Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. The age factor in context -- 2. Early foreign language learning: Published research, good practice and main principles -- 3. Assessment of early learning of foreign languages in the USA -- 4. Assessing young language learners: What is the construct? -- 5. Language proficiency and age-appropriate methodology at the English Kindergarten of Kuopio -- 6. ''I can you help?'' Assessing speaking skills and interaction strategies of young learners -- 7. Input and long-term effects of early learning in a formal setting -- 8. English /l/ and /r/ acquisition by Japanese children and adults -- 9. Individual differences in early language programmes -- 10. Early foreign language instruction in Greece: Socioeconomic factors and their effect on young learners' language development -- 11. The role of aptitude in young learners' foreign language learning -- 12. Primary English in China: Policy, curriculum and implementation -- 13. The teacher factor in early foreign language learning programmes: The case of Vietnam -- 14. Chinese primary school students' use of communication strategies in EFL classrooms -- 15. Expanding the comparative context for early language learning: From foreign to heritage and minority language programmes -- 16. The status of the target language: Contemporary criteria influencing language choices for early learners in England -- 17. English for Young Learners (EYL) in grades 1 and 2 in Israel: A critical discourse analysis -- Backmatter