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In this paper I proceed from the the assumption that the education of young learners is significantly influenced by the teacher and his way of teaching and leading his students, and the way the students are encouraged to prepare their assignments and tasks. The research is therefore primarily concerned with differences on the level of foreign language skills of pupils at primary level, who were taught with the help of competitive, cooperative and individualized teaching strategies during their previous English language education. The research is based mainly on an quantitative methodological approach to research problems of teaching strategies and complex teaching methods, and it is also complemented by qualitative approaches. Educational environment of various primary schools is described and evaluated on the basis of the questionnaire method, on the interview method, discussions, and using free response techniques (discussions with teachers of English at primary schools, structured interviews with directors of elementary schools (audio recorded)). The conclusions were reached by empirical comparison of all data obtained from all the quantitative and qualitative methods.