FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN EUROPE ; VOL. 4. Includes bibliographical references and index. The teaching of language to young learners : linking understanding and principles with practice / Annie Hughes -- Towards a teaching skills profile of the primary foreign language teacher / Manuel Jimâenez Raya -- Towards a language profile for the primary foreign language teacher / Marina Bondi -- A story in rhyme, rhythm and repetition / Diane Ponterotto -- The intercultural dimension of foreign language education in the primary school / Peter Doyâe -- Primary teachers' perceptions of their own professional needs / Manuel Jimâenez Raya & Elaine Hewitt -- Design of a corpus-based vocabulary for teaching English in the primary school / Pamela Faber & Carlos Mâarquez Linares -- Teaching strategies in primary EFL / Yvette Coyle, Marisol Valcâarcel, & Mercedes Verdâu -- The use of observation of videãid class time as a framework for teacher development / Tessa Woodward -- Language teacher training - at a distance / Antony Peck -- Fascinating children : using stories in teaching English as a foreign language in a first-year primary class / Gèunter Gerngross -- What should a first aid kit for new foreign language teachers contain? The perceived needs of practising foreign language teachers / Claudia Mewald.