“对外汉语教学”这一名称,据吕必松(1993)和施光亨(2012)回忆,是1982年筹备中国对外汉语教学学会时确定的,至今使用了30余年,已为学界认可,是这门新学科的正式名称。自从它出现之日起,就有对这一名称表述不够理想的议论,但又想不出更好的名称,只好沿用。但据我看来,“不够理想”的应该不是这个名称 The name “Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language”, as recalled by Lu Bixong (1993) and Shi Guangheng (2012), was set at the time of preparing for the China Society of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language in 1982 and has been in use for more than 30 years. It has been recognized by the academic community. The official name of the new discipline. Since the day it appeared, there has been a remark of unsatisfactory expression of this name, but no idea of ​​a better name can only be used. But in my opinion, “less than ideal ” should not be the name