This volume contains: Multilingual transfer: L1 morphosyntax in L3 English by Abdelkader HERMAS, Instant messaging in office hours: Use of ellipsis dots at work and Hong Kong culture by Bernie Chun Nam MAK, Royal sport and social distance: Television interviews with Prince Andrew and Princess Anne by Douglas Mark PONTON, Code-mixing and its impact on language competence by Dan LU, Engagement as perception-in-action in process drama for teaching and learning Italian as a second language by Erika C. PIAZZOLI, Assessment of critical thinking skills through reading comprehension by Kassim A. SHAABAN, Book Review: Doerr, N. M., & Lee, K. (2013). Constructing the heritage language learner: Knowledge, power and new subjectivities. Berlin: Walter De Gruyter. [xiii + 188 pp, ISBN: 978-1-61451-283-7] by Hsiang-Hua CHANG.