Abstract

Interlanguage fossilization is normal for second language acquisition. It is also a hot for studies on theory of foreign language acquisition. Many reasons cause the interlanguage fossilization. This paper probes into the internal mechanism of interlanguage fossilization from five aspects, namely the physiological aspect, the psychological aspect, the cognitive manner, the cultural difference, and the cognitive emotion. In a perspective of teaching, this paper advances possible solutions for overcoming the fossilization phenomenon in foreign language teaching.

Highlights

  • Interlanguage fossilization is normal for second language acquisition

  • Domestic theoretical researchers in foreign language field spend years of studies in observations and researches, and find that: in China foreign language learners basically follow a mode in second language acquisition

  • Compared with some external factors, such as language environment, teaching methods, and textbooks, the author thinks that the internal factors, such as learners’ physiology, psychology, cognitive manner, and cognitive emotions, impact on the fossilization more

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Introduction

Interlanguage fossilization is normal for second language acquisition. It is a hot for studies on theory of foreign language acquisition. During the middle school stage, learners accumulate the foreign language knowledge (sounds, grammars, and glossaries) stably and regularly. Their foreign language competences realize constant and steady improvement. After achieving more progresses during the first two years, their foreign language studies enter a plateau period gradually. Afterwards, their foreign language competences stay in a stagnant state. Chinese students learn foreign languages in class where it is a non-native language content of situation Suppose they take same textbooks, what affects the language fossilization more is the learners’ internal mechanism. This paper tends to discuss the fossilization phenomenon in perspective of interlanguage internal mechanism and how to avoid the fossilization

Interlanguage and interlanguage fossilization
The internal mechanism affecting interlanguage fossilization
The critical period hypothesis of language acquisition
Study tactics and intercommunication tactics
Cultural difference
Positive and negative feedback modes
Barriers in cognition process
Avoid the phenomenon of interlanguage fossilization
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