外语教育教学面临的机遇与挑战

Challenges and opportunities of for eign language teaching

新世纪,我国进一步扩大开放、即将加入WTO、经济全球化的大趋势、教育国际化和国际教育市场的开放,以及高校扩大招生和旅游业的大发展,为外语教育提供了良好的发展机遇,外语的社会价值与社会需求进一步提高和强烈,外语人才倍受青睐,外语教学地位日益提高.新世纪,外语教育将面临严峻挑战,提高外语教学质量将要面对师资数量不足、教师整体素质不高、人才外流和质量滑坡等困难.

In 21 st century,foreign language teaching is furnished with a very good opportu nity to develop by the further open and reform,the entry in to WTO,globalization of the world economy,the internationalization of our Chinese education and the enlarged e nrolment of higher education.Our fu ture society will need more and more foreign language talents.F L T will f ace such challenges as scarcity of te aching staff,lower qualities of the teachers and the flow -out of talents.