РStructural view ?Functional view ?Interactional viewРStructural view:? Language is a linguistic system made up of various subsystems: phonology, morphology, lexicology and syntactics. To learn a language is to learn its vocabulary and structural rules.РFerdiand de Saussure?(1857-1913 )РFunctional view:? Language is a linguistic system as well as a means for doing things. Learners learn a language in order to be able to do things with it (use it). To perform functions, learners need to know how bine the grammatical rules and the vocabulary to express notions that perform the functions.РInteractional view:? Language is municative tool to build up and maintain social relations between people. Learners need to know the rules of a language and where, when and how it is appropriate to use them.