Dealing with Fossilized Errors while Teaching Grammar

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the grammatical error fossilization: history of study, definition, classification, and treatment. A survey of Georgian (non-native-speakers of English) teachers opinions on the issues of error fossilization is offered. The author comes to conclusion that grammatical error fossilization is a serious problem which should be treated on a regular basis, however, in case of effective teaching methods this is a soluble problem.