The book focuses on the effect of bilingualism in the oral production of the English language learners. This volume deals specifically with bilingualism effects in the pragmatic production and awareness of third language learners of English.

Maria Pilar Safont Jordà is currently a researcher and teaching assistant at the Department of English Studies at the Universitat Jaume I in Castelló (Spain). She has carried out various studies on the development of pragmatic competence by third language learners of English. Her research interests include interlanguage pragmatics and third language acquisition.