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Third or additional language acquisition

has something for everyone some articles of interest to teachers, some of interest to policy makers and others of interest to researchers but the diversity of the articles makes it difficult to identify a common theme. The essays and research reports represent a loosely edited collection of seeming ‘odds and ends’, and the subtitle, ‘studies of learners of first and other languages’ seems designed more to justify the hodgepodge than to provide a sense of direction to the collection. Moreover, in spite of the editor’s promise to consider how research in second language acquisition can inform practice in first language acquisition, none of the articles here address that particular question. Nevertheless, I believe there is much of interest in this volume. The collection includes a set of innovative, probing studies, and provides both sociocultural and psycholinguistic insights into language learning. Tomlinson’s volume opens the way for additional exploration and offers new perspectives on previously addressed questions.