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A Review of Research on Fossilization in Second Language Learning
- 1 Shanghai Jian Qiao University
- 2 Xianyang Normal University
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Abstract
Language fossilization is the most important feature of interlanguage, and interlanguage is a universal and inevitable phenomenon during the second language learning process. Therefore, it is necessary to study the phenomenon of fossilization. In recent years, there has been more and more researches on language fossilization, but there are different opinions on the causes and manifestation. To comprehend the psychological mechanism underlying fossilization, and explore the possible causes of fossilization and its influence on foreign language teaching strategies. The research on language fossilization needs to be continued. Based on Selinker’s main views of fossilization, this paper expounds on the possible causes and the main manifestations of language fossilization followed by a discussion on fossilization by Krashen, Elis and other scholars, while in view of the problems in the process of Chinese students’ English learning and English teachers’ teaching methods. This paper also puts forward some corresponding preventive strategies and suggestions.
Keywords
language fossilization, interlanguage, Selinker
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Li,Y.;Ren,Y. (2023). A Review of Research on Fossilization in Second Language Learning. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,28,43-48.
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