Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition
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This book addresses the issue of fossilization in relation to a key question in SLA research, which is: why are learners, adults in particular, unable to develop the level of competence they have aspired to in spite of continuous and sustained exposure to the target language, adequate motivation to learn, and sufficient opportunity to practice?
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Among the nine categorized errors observed in students' writing, idiomatic language usage, verb-related errors, and subject-verb agreement are prone to fossilization.
“According to previous studies in error analysis (Han, 2004(Han, , 2009;;Selinker & Han, 1996), idiomatic language usage, verb-related errors, and subject-verb agreement constitute the three specific types of errors identified as being prone to fossilization among the nine categorized errors observed in students' writing.”
From Overcoming error fossilization in academic writing: strategies for Saudi EFL learners to move beyond the plateau (2024) · cites this paper as Han, 2004
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Albelihi, H. H. M., & Al-Ahdal, A. (2024) · Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education · doi:10.1186/s40862-024-00303-y · Cited by 7 · see citing works
“Primarily, these errors are characterized as inferential, contrasting with those that are directly observable or exhibit temporary stability, as delineated by Han (2004).”
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- Authors
- Han, Z.
- Corresponding author
- Han, ZhaoHong
- ORCID
- Han, ZhaoHong
- Venue
- Multilingual Matters eBooks
- Publisher
- Multilingual Matters
- Published
- 2004-12-31
- OpenAlex
- W362681941
- Cited by
- 244
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- 0
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- FWCI
- 15.97
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Multilingual Matters eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Linguistics and Language Analysis
- Keywords
- fossilization, adult second language acquisition, second language proficiency, student motivation, target language exposure, practice opportunities
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