语文教学的基本任务究竟是什么?历来是教学思想上一个十分敏感的问题。这个问题尽管理论上好讲,实践起来却总是左右摇摆,解放四十年来,语文教学所走过的曲折历程就是一个明显的例证。其原因除了政治方面的以外,语文学科本身所具有的多重性质是一个重要方面。随着教学改革的深入发展,近年来关于语文教学的性质与任务,研究文章日多,各家强调的方面有所侧重,观点不尽相同。有的从教书与育人的关系论述了语文教学进行思想教育和劳动教育的重要性,有的从语文教材含有丰富知识的特点出发,论述了语文学科的知识教育因素,强调要注意发展学生 What is the basic task of Chinese teaching? It has always been a very sensitive issue in teaching thinking. Although this problem is theoretically good, it always swings from side to side in practice. Forty years after the liberation, the tortuous course of Chinese language teaching is a clear example. The reason is that apart from the political aspects, the multiple nature of the language discipline itself is an important aspect. With the in-depth development of teaching reform, the nature and tasks of Chinese language teaching have been increasing in recent years. There are many research articles, and each of them emphasizes the emphasis and the viewpoints are not the same. Some of them discuss the importance of ideological education and labor education in Chinese teaching from the relationship between teaching and educating people. Some start with the characteristics of rich knowledge in Chinese textbooks, and discuss the factors of knowledge education in Chinese subjects, emphasizing attention to the development of students.