English teaching reform in local undergraduate colleges based on interlanguage fossilization

Abstract

—The interlanguage fossilization is a distinguishing characteristic of second language acquisition and plays an important role in promoting the foreign language teaching in China. According to survey four main problems of English teaching in local undergraduate colleges have been found, involving language environment, teaching methods, teacher-student relationship and test mode. Therefore, this paper expounds the characteristics, classification and basic causes of interlanguage petrochemical phenomena, and proposes the main measures of English teaching reform in local undergraduate colleges from the perspective of theory of interlanguage fossilization. The reform measures are as follows (a)foster a good language learning environment, (b) emphasize learning strategy in the teaching process, (c) innovate teaching concepts and teaching models,(d) select high-quality teaching materials and strengthen teacher promotion.