Crosslinguistic Influence and Crosslinguistic Interaction in Multilingual Language Learning

The strength is that the information of the book applies not only to teaching and learning English as is traditionally the case, but to other languages which are taught in many countries in addition to English. This makes the volume very important practically. Dealing with different languages, including languages as different as Dutch, Spanish, Scottish and Italian, rather than only English, it is of value to many places in the world. The collection deepens the topic, focusing on how speakers perceive the closeness between languages. -- Larissa Aronin, Associate Professor, Oranim Academic College, Israel
This volume, while remaining all the time true to its theme of crosslinguistic influence and interaction in multilingual learning, offers a quite breathtaking array of engaging perspectives on this theme. The fascinating range of theoretical and methodological treatments and the variety of results and interpretations it presents demonstrate yet again the rich diversity of multilingualism studies, and the way in which a topic like crosslinguistic impact, which was once regarded as straightforward (!), takes on an infinity of complexities in a multilingual context. -- David Singleton, Fellow Emeritus, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary