Articles in this issue of a journal on applied linguistics include: "Multilingualism as a Relaxed Affair: The Case of the Western Canadian Halfbreeds" (Patrick C. Douaud); "Testing a Group of Bilingual Children with the Bilingual Syntax Measure" (Christine Helot); "Two Years On: A Sample of Mother Child Interaction in a Second Language" (Maire Owens); "Schooling Through L2 -- Its Effect on Cognitive and Academic Development" (Gearoid O Ciarain); "The Potential for Irish-English Dual-Medium Instruction in the Primary School" (Liam Mac Mathuna); "Discourse Analysis and Language Acquisition" (Michael F. McTear); "Pre-primary Education Through the Medium of Lesser Used Languages" (Helen O Murchu); and "Bilingualism and the Genesis of Hiberno-English Syntax" (Jeffrey L. Kallen). (MSE)