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1. The Critical Issue Teachers and learners in language studies all become aware of the inevitable "plateaus" in learning, where development slows or even stops before the learning curve climbs once again. Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition deals with the final plateau, that which all language teachers and learners fear most: the point where there is no further language growth. ZhaoHong Han has compiled a detailed survey of the 30+ year history of this topic and added findings of her own to present the most detailed and current discussion available. 2. 95% Failure in Language Learning? If only 5% of adult language learners attain native-like fluency in a second language, clearly teachers and researchers should be concerned. This figure is in sharp contrast to the "95% success" rate in first language acquisition! Originally coined by Selinker (1972), the term "fossilization" has seen many interpretations and re-definitions. Most English language teachers themselves have their own rough definition ­ Han spends a considerable amount of time reviewing the field and establishing exactly what it is we are talking about. Her definition is based on "cessation of learning

Who reads Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition (Second Language Acquisition (Buffalo, N.Y.), 5.)?

Author

Dr. ZhaoHong Han

Publisher

Multilingual Matters Limited

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781853596889

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Linguistics, Language Learning, Literary Fiction