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The Federation of Ikastolas (Basque-medium schools) has been running a multilingual Project since 1991. The main aim is to educate and prepare students as future citizens of our multilingual and multicultural Europe. The English project has the following characteristics: An early start to learning English (at the age of 3). The development of coherent and structured teaching materials (from the ages of 3 to 16). The use of a constructivist approach whereby language is learnt by sharing meaningful experiences with others (dramatised stories, task based-learning, project work and CLIL). An emphasis on teacher-training and development.