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 Développement (UMR 7023), based at the Université Paris VIII. Her research interests include second and additional language acquisition, as well as the interface between language acquisition and teaching.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1: Theoretical Preliminaries1. Input and Intake Revisited2. First Exposure StudiesPart 2: The Study3. Polish-French Contrastive Analysis4. Research Methodology5. The Adult’s Available Knowledge at First Exposure to an Unknown Language6. Case Studies: Two Learners with Similar Linguistic Profiles7. Speech Perception8. Speech Comprehension9. Grammatical Analysis10. Concluding RemarksReferences

Rast's clearly written exploration of input variables illuminates the nature of word and sentence repetition and word- and sentence-translation tasks for learners given minimal L2 exposure. This work will undoubtedly inspire further studies of first exposure.

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 Développement (UMR 7023), based at the Université Paris VIII. Her research interests include second and additional language acquisition, as well as the interface between language acquisition and teaching.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1: Theoretical Preliminaries1. Input and Intake Revisited2. First Exposure StudiesPart 2: The Study3. Polish-French Contrastive Analysis4. Research Methodology5. The Adult’s Available Knowledge at First Exposure to an Unknown Language6. Case Studies: Two Learners with Similar Linguistic Profiles7. Speech Perception8. Speech Comprehension9. Grammatical Analysis10. Concluding RemarksReferences

Rast's clearly written exploration of input variables illuminates the nature of word and sentence repetition and word- and sentence-translation tasks for learners given minimal L2 exposure. This work will undoubtedly inspire further studies of first exposure.

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 Développement (UMR 7023), based at the Université Paris VIII. Her research interests include second and additional language acquisition, as well as the interface between language acquisition and teaching.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1: Theoretical Preliminaries1. Input and Intake Revisited2. First Exposure StudiesPart 2: The Study3. Polish-French Contrastive Analysis4. Research Methodology5. The Adult’s Available Knowledge at First Exposure to an Unknown Language6. Case Studies: Two Learners with Similar Linguistic Profiles7. Speech Perception8. Speech Comprehension9. Grammatical Analysis10. Concluding RemarksReferences

Rast's clearly written exploration of input variables illuminates the nature of word and sentence repetition and word- and sentence-translation tasks for learners given minimal L2 exposure. This work will undoubtedly inspire further studies of first exposure.