Fossilisation in language learning: a review of conflicting research outcomes

Abstract EN

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 L 2.

this query entails addressing the possible inherent limitations that apprehend the acquisition process.

the present study offers a theoretical discussion of fossilization 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.