Rebekah Rast teaches English and Linguistics at The American University of Paris. She has published in the field of second and third language acquisition and conducts research in collaboration with the interdisciplinary CNRS research team Language, Cognition et DÊveloppement (UMR 7023), based at the UniversitÊ Paris VIII. Her research interests include second and additional language acquisition, as well as the interface between language acquisition and teaching.