Such a knowledge is also posited as having its locus in the human mind. The combination of these features is represented well in M. H. Long’s (1997) characteriza- tion of SLA: “Most SLA researchers view the object of inquiry as in large part an internal, mental process: the acquisition of new (linguis- tic) knowledge” (p. 319). In line with the modernist orientation, the school developed findings on controlled and predictable ways in which acquisition can be facilitated.