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- critical period for language acquisition cannot be transfered to SLA,
  but is at least age-sensitive
- adults are quicker than young children at learning syntax,  
  morphology and lexis
- children are better at phonology:
  - natural ability to aquire language declines with maturity -
    critical period
  - about 12 years a child is able to think in abstract terms, develops
    meta-awareness - cognitive hypothesis
  - affective barriers inhibit acquisition after puberty - affective
   hypothesis
- makes it difficult for adult learner to develop integrative motivation
  more likely to have instrumental motivation