المدونة
Volume 10, Numéro 2, Pages 1068-1083
2023-12-31

Fossilisation In Language Learning: A Review Of Conflicting Research Outcomes

Authors : Mhamedi Nadir . Ibrir Latifa .

Abstract

Second Language Acquisition research has the goal of providing a descriptive account for the linguistic cognitive, social and psychological factors that underpin the mental grammar development in L2. This query entails addressing the possible inherent limitations that apprehend the acquisition process. The present study offers a theoretical discussion of fossilisation research and provides a review of the conflicting findings among scholars. One conceivable outcome of the review is that researchers arrive at conflicting conclusion consequentially to an anteceding fundamental difference in the measurement criteria.

Keywords

fossilisation ; interlanguage ; Critical Period Hypothesis ; ultimate attainment