Fossilization in EFL Acquisition. The Case of: Middle and Secondary School.

Abstract

EFL learners face great challenges in English language acquisition due to the occurrence of fossilization in their interlanguage, and the different systems of a second language it reaches, as well as its impact on their future performance. This research presented the phenomena of fossilization and suggested strategies that teachers can adopt to minimize the influence of language fossilization in learners. The students were subjected to a test in order to analyze the difficulties they encounter in the classroom when trying to learn a foreign language, followed by the expertise of the teachers in the field of teaching, we were able to highlight some important aspects of fossilization in language acquisition to help both learners and teachers in the state of education to ensure proper second language transfer.