a study of interlanguage fossilization in college students’ english writing 英语专业大学论文.docVIP

A Study of Interlanguage Fossilization in College Students’ English Writing Abstract: Interlanguage is also known as interlanguage or transitional language, it is systemic knowledge about the second language established in learners’ brain in the process of second language learning, the systemic knowledge in the learners mind forms a immobilized thinking, so the concept of fossilization is formed. Interlanguage fossilization refers to the stagnant phenomenon of the second language learners after their second language ability reaching a certain level and it is difficult to make progress in that period. Interlanguage fossilization has a serious negative impact on the learner of a second language, but if the problem is solved, the language ability of the second language learners will be greatly improved. Currently, interlanguage fossilization appears mostly in second language writing, the author takes this phenomenon as a background, English as studied language and English major students in Beijing Institute of Disaster Prevention Science and Technology as the goal of investigation then combines with such writing methods as literature material law, case tracking method. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the reasons of the appearance of interlanguage fossilization in the process of English learning and measures of solving the problem. Key words: interlanguage；fossilization；problem research；countermeasure analysis Introduction The concept of language fossilization was firstly put up in the United States in 1972, American linguist Selinker thinks that when the rules and the system tend of learners’ own mother tongue retain in the interlanguage related to the second language, and this tendency will not vary according to the learners’ age and learning time. Analysis of petrochemical phenomenon is a prominent subject in second language acquisition research subject, because it helps to find the rules of foreign language learning and provide a theoretical and practical b