The authorities of the European Community have highlighted the importance of efforts to improve the mastery of basic skills, especially through teaching at least two foreign languages at an early age. The statistics about the variety of languages studied in European countries indicate that English, French, German, Spanish and Russian represent over 95% of foreign languages studied. (See EACEA; Eurydice; Eurostat Key Data on Teaching Languages at School in Europe 2008 Edition Brussels: Eurydice, p. 11).

This paper aims to draw inferences and reflections on learning of foreign languages in the Northwest of Spain (Galicia) and by extension to other countries extracting lessons from a study on foreign language teachers went Cajide Val, J. and Vez  Jeremias, J. M. together with the participation of other professionals

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