复古抑或创新:基于内容的外语教学(CBI)——从洋务学堂的外语课程教学谈起

Renaissance or Innovation: Content-Based Instruction——Taking the Foreign Language Curriculum and Teaching in Westernization Schools as an Example

洋务运动时期的外语教学实践被认为是中国正规外语教学的开端。通过对洋务学堂的外语教学相关教学要素及特点的分析,发现其与"基于内容的语言教学"之间有惊人的相似。洋务运动虽然在政治意义上以失败告终,但作为外语教学发展史的一环,这一时期的外语实践仍旧能给今天的外语教学提供诸多启示。

The practice of foreign language（ FL） teaching in Westernization Movement was regarded as the beginning of Chinese official FL teaching. Based on the analysis of the teaching elements and characteristics of FL teaching in Westernized Schools,this paper reveals its surprising similarities with Content-Based Instruction（ CBI）. Though the Westernization Movements was politically failed,the FL practice in that period provided enlightenment for today＇s FL teaching practice.