| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·The Existing Problem in Teaching Practice | 第10-12页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Study | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-38页 |
| ·Technical Terms of Fossilization | 第14-19页 |
| ·Definition | 第14-16页 |
| ·Classification | 第16-19页 |
| ·Individual Fossilization and Group Fossilization | 第16-17页 |
| ·Temporary Fossilization and Permanent Fossilization | 第17-19页 |
| ·A Summary of Studies on Fossilization from Overseas and at Home | 第19-22页 |
| ·Causes of Fossilization from the Learner Perspective | 第22-33页 |
| ·L1 Interference | 第22-24页 |
| ·Poor Quality of Input | 第24-25页 |
| ·Limited Opportunity for L2 Output | 第25-27页 |
| ·High Affective Filter | 第27-29页 |
| ·Overuse of Communicative Strategy | 第29-31页 |
| ·Resistance to Acculturation | 第31-33页 |
| ·Causes of Fossilization from the Teacher Perspective | 第33-35页 |
| ·Lack of Corrective Feedback to Errors of Learners in Instruction | 第33-34页 |
| ·Neglect of Teaching Learners Learner Strategy | 第34-35页 |
| ·Causes of Fossilization from the Perspective of EFL Instruction Setting Rathe than L2 Environment | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Three The Method | 第38-42页 |
| ·An Introduction to SECCL | 第38页 |
| ·The Procedure | 第38-42页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework and Sampling from the Two Corpora | 第38-39页 |
| ·Focusing on Verb Be and Error Tagging System | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Four The Results and Data Discussion | 第42-75页 |
| ·Distribution of Errors | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Gap between the Two Selected Corpora | 第43-44页 |
| ·Analysis on the Slightest and the Most Fossilized Items | 第44-50页 |
| ·What’s Happening to Each Item? | 第50-51页 |
| ·Specific Examples of Error Types | 第51-70页 |
| ·A Summary of the Results | 第70-71页 |
| ·Implication for Oral English Acquisition | 第71-75页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第75-78页 |
| ·A Summary of the Research | 第75-76页 |
| ·Limitation of the Research | 第76-78页 |
| Bibliography | 第78-82页 |
| Appendix | 第82-83页 |
