国家外语能力建设视角下的外语教育规划

Language-in-Education Planning from the Perspective of National Foreign Language Capacity Building

国家外语能力是国家经济文化竞争力的重要支点。外语教育是中国教育事业的有机组成部分,对于国家总体战略的有效实施具有重要的支撑作用。基于国家战略发展,本文从国家外语能力建设的视角审视外语教育规划的现状与问题,提出外语教育规划服务国家外语能力建设的战略发展建议。

National foreign language capacity is an important fulcrum of the national economic and cultural competitiveness. As an integral part of China's education, foreign language education is bound to play a great role in supporting an effective implementation of the national development strategy. This paper examines the status and problems of the development of China's national foreign language capacity from the perspective of national strategy as well as language planning. In this study, we have identifi ed four areas in need of improvement. At the macro level, fi rst, there is a lack of strategic awareness, and second there exists a need of top-down strategic scheme and systematic assurance. In term of resource allocation, fi rst, strategic input is insuffi cient and disproportionate with regard to professional development, and second there exists an acute insuffi cient supply to meet the demand and structural unbalance. To deal with the problems and challenges, we have also proposed fi ve suggestions, namely: to project a proper strategic plan in foreign language education, to conduct a constant monitoring of the national foreign language competence, to optimize the national system of foreign education, to upgrade the standard for foreign language teachers, and to explore the training model of subject pioneers and top professionals.