Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Being a prolific researcher and an exceptionally extroverted individual, Andrew D. Cohen (born March 14, 1944) is known as a researcher in applied linguistics, teacher and educator in second/foreign language learning and teaching, learner of11 languages (Aymara, Quechua, German, Italian, and Latin, with working knowledge of Spanish, French, Hebrew, Portuguese, and some Japanese and Arabic), vigorous international traveler and lecturer, timely and informative e‐mail responder, energetic squash player (until age 66), cyclist in all weather, enthusiastic trumpeter and guitarist, and father of two children with one grandchild as of 2010. His work encompasses several subfields of applied linguistics, including assessment, bi/multilingualism and immersion education, language learner styles and strategies, pragmatics, and research methodology.</jats:p>