Do you think that people have a natural ability to learn a language within their brain or do you think that all learning is based on the same principles or mechanisms? Find your match, share your ideas, tell the class. Today you will learn about language and the brain, critical period hypothesis, the framework most associated in SLA learning, the different types of learning in the framework, associated assumptions, fossilization, three IP stages, theories regarding order of acquisition, competition model, connectionist approaches.