Yvonne, You state that "Semilingualism refers to non-native speakers (e.g., ESL students, and usually identified in elementary school settings), who have not acquired a sufficient foundation in either the first or second language." Alan Davies, though, in his book "The Native Speaker: Myth and Reality," applies the term *semilingualism* both to native and non- native speakers. He states: "What semilingualism argues (Skutnabb-Kangas, 1981) is that in certain situations, "either of a multilingual character or an impoverished one, which creates a climate of disadvantage, children may be brought up with no fully developed linguistic system and what they have will be either (a) a set (two or more) of partial systems or (b) one inadequate system." (p. 30) Eduard To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/