Updated thesis topic

Another possible thesis topic is culture fossilization or language fossilization.  This topic was briefly discussed last week in my Issues in TESOL class.  The way I understand it is that culture and language fossilization refers to people who emigrate to another country, but still want to teach their children about the ways of their homeland.  By relying on this previous knowledge, perhaps they are misrepresenting the present state of affairs in their home country.  By not developing new, relevant knowledge, people who have left homeland teach their children the way things WERE--not necessarily the way things ARE!  If I choose this topic, I have a case study in mind who owns a restaurant down the street from my villa.

Now I'm going to do a google scholar search to see if there is enough published literature to support this topic.