Contents // Foreword ...7 // Předmluva ...9 // Keynote papers ...11 // Foreign Language Education in the Elementary Schools: // A Cautionary Tale (Mary S. Benedetti, Penny A. Freppon) ...13 // Výuka cizích jazyku v primární škole: // Varovné hlasy (Mary S. Benedetti, Penny A. Freppon) ...29 // Foreign Language Learning/Acquisition at an Early Age (Gabriela Lojová) ...43 // Ucenie sa/osvojovanie si cudzieho jazyka v ranom veku // (Gabriela Lojová) ...51 // Discussion papers ...59 // Early Foreign Language Teaching in the Czech Republic: // Existing Problems and Future Challenges // (Kateřina Dvořáková) 61 // When Should Children Start Learning a Foreign Language in Czech Context (Findings of the Opinion Survey) // (Šárka Purdjaková) ...71 // Early Foreign Language Instruction in the Czech Republic in the Light of Empirical Research // (Svetlana Hanušová, Petr Najvar) ...77 // English As a Game (Helena Havlícková) ...83 // Teacher — the Most Important Agent for Educating // Very Young Learners (Nadežda Vojtková) ...89 // Teaching a Foreign Language in the Integrated Primary Classroom (Rita Collins, Helena Titlová) ...97 // Author Index 105