在外语教学中,如何加强素质教育,我认为以下三点至关重要。一、在教学中渗透民族自强意识长期来,外语教学只注重语言文字的教学而忽略精神素质培育这是一个不小的失误。有人预言,21世纪是中国的世纪,怎样来理解这个预言?我曾赴澳教学一年,在昆州一所中学任教中文,也即他们的外语。绪论课是澳州教师上的,他不客气地开宗明义:“我们要好好学习中文,因为中国地大物博,人口很多,是很好的商品市场和劳动力市场,你们学好了中文可以去那里图谋发展。”澳洲人也认为21世纪是中国的世纪,但仅仅是从他们的发展角度来寻找市场和劳动力的,如果我们的莘莘学子拼命学习外语,不过想求取一个 In the foreign language teaching, how to strengthen quality education, I think the following three points are very important. First, in the teaching of permeating the awareness of national self-strengthening for a long time, foreign language teaching only pays attention to language teaching and ignores the cultivation of spiritual quality. This is not a small mistake. Some people predicted that the 21st century is the century of China. How do we understand this prediction? I used to teach in Australia for one year and taught Chinese in a secondary school in Queensland, that is, their foreign language. The introductory class was taught by Australian teachers. He said impolitely: “We must learn Chinese well because China has a vast territory and a large population. It is a very good commodity market and labor market. You can learn Chinese where you can go and seek development.” Australians also think that the 21st century is the century of China, but only looking for market and labor force from their perspective of development. If our students are desperate to learn a foreign language, they want to find a