本文通过分析日本汉语教学目的、教学效果、教师等问题来反思对外汉语教育问题。近几年日本学习汉语人数剧减,不仅是中日关系恶化的因素造成的,而且汉语教学目的不符合学习者的需求,以及汉语教育界重研究轻教学的风气所造成的教学与研究脱节、教师缺乏热情等现象都是造成学习者剧减的原因。这些问题不只存在于日本汉语教育界,也存在于其他国家以及中国国内的对外汉语教学界。在客观体制问题无从解决的情况下,唯一能起作用的还是教师本身。本文提出,教师只有实现专业化和人性化,教学质量才能提高。教学质量提高,学习者必然会增加,对外汉语教学才会更有前途。 This article reflects on the purpose of Chinese teaching in Japan, teaching effectiveness, teachers and other issues to reflect on the education of Chinese as a foreign language. In recent years, the drastic reduction in the number of Chinese learners in Japan is not only caused by the deteriorating Sino-Japanese relations, but also because the purpose of Chinese teaching is not in conformity with the needs of learners and the teaching and research results from the emphasis on light teaching in Chinese education are out of step with each other. Teachers lack of enthusiasm and other phenomena are caused by the sharp decrease in learners. These problems lie not only in the Japanese language education community, but also in the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language in other countries as well as in China. In the case of objective problems can not be solved, the only thing that can work is the teacher itself. This paper suggests that teachers should improve their teaching quality only if they are professional and humane. With the improvement of teaching quality, learners will inevitably increase and teaching Chinese as a second language will be more promising.