摘要
This paper discusses some of the unfounded beliefs in current foreign language education policy and English language teaching, i.e. learning a foreign language will make a person cleverer; learning a foreign language will improve one's potential power and creative ability; the younger the child learns a foreign language, the better he will learn the language. In the light of the problems in current foreign language teaching and foreign language education policy, the paper has put forward some reform proposals including 'differentiating cities from rural areas, stressing teaching efficiency and cutting down class hours, and offering a foreign language in schools either as a compulsory or as a selective course according to different needs of students'. In conclusion, the paper holds that the reform measures will bring benefit to the country as well as to its people and should be a guide to the reform of China's foreign language education.
本文对我国现行外语教育政策及教学中存在的一些误区,如学习外语可以使人变得聪明、使人的创新意识和创造能力得到提高、学习外语年龄越早越好等进行了讨论,认为我国现行外/英语教育体制和教学方法弊端颇多,改革势在必行,提出了"城乡有别,缩时求效,以人为本,专选结合"的改革建议措施。文章认为这是一项利国利民之策,也是我国今后外语教育改革的基本方向。
