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ULRIKE JESSNER is Professor at the University of Innsbruck and the University of Veszprem. She has published widely in the field of bilingualism and

multilingualism with a special focus on the acquisition of English in

multilingual contexts. She is the co-author of A dynamic model of

multilingualism (with Philip Herdina in 2002) and Linguistic awareness of multilinguals: English as a third language (2006). She is also founding editor of the International Journal of Multilingualism and the book series Trends in Applied Linguistics (with Claire Kramsch from Berkeley University) Furthermore she has been engaged in the development of the research area of third language acquisition/multilingualism both as organiser of the biennial international L3-conferences and as founding member and President of the International Association of Multilingualism.

Jasone Cenoz is professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of the Basque Country. Her research focuses on bilingualism and multilingualism in educational settings. She is the editor (in collaboration with Ulrike Jessner) of a€~The International Journal of Multilingualisma€(TM) and a€~Aila Reviewa€(TM). She is publications coordinator of AILA (International Association of Applied Linguistics) and she is the vice-president of IAM (International Association of Multilingualism). She has published widely on bilingualism and multilingualism and her most recent volume is a€~Towards Multilingual Education: Basque Educational Research in International Perspectivea€(TM) which will be published by Multilingual Matters.