| There was a lot written in the eighties about
learner errors and language transfer, but not so much has been
published recently. I agree that fossilization is a really big
problem and I think it's a good thing that you want to investigate
it further.
I'm attaching a list of sources you might
like to look at. I don't expect you'll be able to get hold
of all the items on the list, but you may be able to find
some. Most of the items are about the causes of errors and
how to deal with them. The only item that discusses fossilization
in detail is the book by Han (2004).
Error analysis and error correction
Anson, C.M. 2000 Response and the social construction
of error. Assessing Writing, 7 (1), 5-21
Brandl, K. K. 1995 Strong and weak students'
preferences for error feedback options and responses. The
Modern Language Journal, 79(2), 194- 211
Burt, M. & Kiparsky, C. 1972 The Gooficon:
A Repair Manual for English. Rowley, Ma: Newbury House
Corder, S. P. 1981 Error Analysis and Interlanguage.
Oxford: Oxford University Press
Davis, A., Criper, C. and Howatt, A. (eds)
1984 Interlanguage Edinburgh: Edinburgh University
Press
Dechert, H. and Raupach, M. (eds) 1989 Interlingual
Processing. Tübingen: Gunter Narr
Gass, S. M., & Selinker, L. 1983 Language
Transfer in Language Learning. Rowley, Massachusetts:
Newbury House Publishers, Inc
Han, Z. H. 2004 Fossilization in Adult
Second Language Acquisition. Clevedon; Buffalo, NY: Multilingual
Matters
Hendrickson 1980 The treatment of error in
written work. Modern Language Journal, 64, 216-221
Hendrickson 1978 Error correction in foreign
language teaching: recent theory, research and practice. Modern
Language Journal, 62, 387-398
Hughes, A. & Lascaratou, C. 1982 Competing
criteria for error gravity. ELT Journal, 36 (3), 175-182
James, C. 1980 Contrastive Analysis.
Harlow, Essex: Longman Group Limited
James, C. 1998 Errors in language learning
and use: Exploring error analysis. London: Longman
Kubota, M. 2001 Error correction strategies
used by learners of Japanese when revising a writing task.
System, 29 (4)
Lee, I. 1997 ESL learners' performance
in error correction in writing: some implications for writing.
System, 25 (4), 465-477
Lennon, P. 1991 Error and the very advanced
learner International Review of Applied Lingusitics,
29 (1), 31-43
Li, D. C. S. & Chan, A. Y. W. 1999 Helping
Teachers Correct Structural and Lexical English Errors. Hong
Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol. 4, No. 1, 79-102
Long, 1977 Teacher feedback on learner error:
mapping cognitions. In Brown, H.D. et al (eds) On TESOL
77 Washington: TESOL 278-294
Odlin, T. 1989 Language Transfer: Cross
Linguistic Influence in Language Learning. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press
Olsen, S. 1999 Errors and compensatory strategies:
a study of grammar and vocabulary in texts written by Norwegian
learners of English. System, 27 (2), 191-2005
Pym, A. 1992 Translation error analysis and
the interface with language teaching. in: Dollerup, C. and
Loddegaard, A. (eds) Teaching Translation and Interpreting:
Training, Talent and Experience. Amsterdam: John Benjamins,
279-288
Raimes, A. 1992 Grammar troublespots: an
editing guide for students. New York: St Martins Press
[OUT OF PRINT]
Richards, J.C. (ed) 1974 Error Analysis:
perspectives on second language acquisition. London: Longman
Robb, T., Ross, S. and Shatreed, I. 1986 Salience
of feedback on error and its effect on EFL writing quality.
TESOL Quarterly, 20 (1), 83-95
Selinker L. 1992 Rediscovering Interlanguage.
London: Longman Group UK Limited
Swan, M. & Smith, B. 1994 Learner English.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
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