The Editors: Vera Regan, Chevalier de l’ordre des palmes académiques, is Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics, in French and Francophone Studies at University College Dublin. She publishes on sociolinguistics and second language acquisition, acquistion of sociolinguistic competence, French L2, variation in French including French-Canadian forms. She is former President of EUROSLA (European Association for Second Language Research) and President of the Association for Canadian Studies in Ireland.Caitríona Ní Chasaide is a Programme Specialist in Tipperary Institute where she has lectured in French and Irish since the inception of the Institute. She researches second and third language acquisition of Irish and French, and sociolinguistic variation in French and Irish in the French Department at University College Dublin.

• Contents: Vera Regan/Caitríona Ní Chasaide: Language and identity construction: Sociolinguistic variation – Françoise Mougeon/Katherine Rehner: Identity and nativelikeness in bilingual FSL learners – Terry Nadasdi/Raymond Mougeon/Katherine Rehner: Formal in, formal out: The impact of classroom input on the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence – Caitríona Ní Chasaide/Vera Regan: Irish adolescents, three languages and identity construction: Finding a voice in French – Hélène Blondeau: Bilingual language practices and identity construction: A generation of Anglophones in Montreal and its linguistic repertoire – Isabelle Lemée/Vera Regan: Gender, identity and context in French L2 acquisition: The year abroad – Jean-Marc Dewaele: The perception of French by native speakers and advanced L2, L3 and L4 learners – Vera Regan/Niamh Nestor: French Poles, language and identity: An intergenerational snapshot.

The Editors: Vera Regan, Chevalier de l’ordre des palmes académiques, is Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics, in French and Francophone Studies at University College Dublin. She publishes on sociolinguistics and second language acquisition, acquistion of sociolinguistic competence, French L2, variation in French including French-Canadian forms. She is former President of EUROSLA (European Association for Second Language Research) and President of the Association for Canadian Studies in Ireland.Caitríona Ní Chasaide is a Programme Specialist in Tipperary Institute where she has lectured in French and Irish since the inception of the Institute. She researches second and third language acquisition of Irish and French, and sociolinguistic variation in French and Irish in the French Department at University College Dublin.

• Contents: Vera Regan/Caitríona Ní Chasaide: Language and identity construction: Sociolinguistic variation – Françoise Mougeon/Katherine Rehner: Identity and nativelikeness in bilingual FSL learners – Terry Nadasdi/Raymond Mougeon/Katherine Rehner: Formal in, formal out: The impact of classroom input on the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence – Caitríona Ní Chasaide/Vera Regan: Irish adolescents, three languages and identity construction: Finding a voice in French – Hélène Blondeau: Bilingual language practices and identity construction: A generation of Anglophones in Montreal and its linguistic repertoire – Isabelle Lemée/Vera Regan: Gender, identity and context in French L2 acquisition: The year abroad – Jean-Marc Dewaele: The perception of French by native speakers and advanced L2, L3 and L4 learners – Vera Regan/Niamh Nestor: French Poles, language and identity: An intergenerational snapshot.

The Editors: Vera Regan, Chevalier de l’ordre des palmes académiques, is Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics, in French and Francophone Studies at University College Dublin. She publishes on sociolinguistics and second language acquisition, acquistion of sociolinguistic competence, French L2, variation in French including French-Canadian forms. She is former President of EUROSLA (European Association for Second Language Research) and President of the Association for Canadian Studies in Ireland.Caitríona Ní Chasaide is a Programme Specialist in Tipperary Institute where she has lectured in French and Irish since the inception of the Institute. She researches second and third language acquisition of Irish and French, and sociolinguistic variation in French and Irish in the French Department at University College Dublin.

• Contents: Vera Regan/Caitríona Ní Chasaide: Language and identity construction: Sociolinguistic variation – Françoise Mougeon/Katherine Rehner: Identity and nativelikeness in bilingual FSL learners – Terry Nadasdi/Raymond Mougeon/Katherine Rehner: Formal in, formal out: The impact of classroom input on the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence – Caitríona Ní Chasaide/Vera Regan: Irish adolescents, three languages and identity construction: Finding a voice in French – Hélène Blondeau: Bilingual language practices and identity construction: A generation of Anglophones in Montreal and its linguistic repertoire – Isabelle Lemée/Vera Regan: Gender, identity and context in French L2 acquisition: The year abroad – Jean-Marc Dewaele: The perception of French by native speakers and advanced L2, L3 and L4 learners – Vera Regan/Niamh Nestor: French Poles, language and identity: An intergenerational snapshot.