Strategies to Overcome Interlanguage Fossilization by Using Flipped Learning in Pandemic Era

Abstract

Learning foreign language means learn all aspects of the language, such as language features, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, grammar, structure and culture. The different of these aspects from target language and native language will create different form output both of them, that known as the interlanguage. Interlanguage fossilization is common in the process of foreign language learning, which causes foreign language learners not make progress any more. Based on teaching learning process condition, researcher applied the strategies to overcome interlanguage fossilization by using flipped learning in pandemic era. This research focuses on grammatical errors. This study belongs to quantitative method. The study conducted in the pandemic era when the teaching learning process of the students in Padang applied in two shifts both face to face learning and online learning. The research conducted in 3 weeks of learning process. each week consists of two meetings by applying flipped learning Approach. The result of this study showed that there was positive effect of using strategies in flipped learning to overcome their fossilization of target language. The result indicates that almost all of the learners’ grammatical errors could be eliminated step by step and need more process and times.