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Thepresent workshop aims at: 1.Clarifying the concept of ‘advanced learner’. What is it? How does it relate to‘native speaker’ or ‘near-native speaker’ How does advancement translate interms of, for e.g., mental representations of formal features, or in terms ofsociolinguistic and pragmatic knowledge? 2,Providing new evidence for the understanding of advanced varieties in areassuch as lexical development, nominal and verbal morphology; mood, tense andaspect; syntax; discursive, sociolinguistic or pragmatic competence etc… on thebasis of the various approaches. Theworkshop will focus in the first instance on L2 French but contributions onother languages are more than welcome, be it the studies of other RomanceLanguages, contrastive studies or studies that provide general insight intoadvanced varieties.  Practical Information Abstractdeadline:       31st January2006Language:                   English or FrenchProposal:                     Anonymousabstract of max. 400 words sent as an attachment (word Document) to an emailmessage containing the author’s name and affiliation, and the title.Submission:                ²²Send all proposal to e.labeau@aston.ac.ukOrganisers:                  Prof. Florence Myles,Newcastle University                                   Dr EmmanuelleLabeau, Aston University