Abstract:

In the past forty years of reform and opening up, great achievements have been made in foreign language education in China, except for the building of views of teaching materials. In the new era, foreign language education attaches more importance to the cultivation of international talents. In this context, the building of views of teaching materials consists of several essential elements, including how to strengthen foreign language talents’ national awareness, how to develop the national discourse ability through teaching materials, and how to highlight the national awareness of foreign language teaching materials. Therefore, we put forward views of foreign language teaching materials based on national awareness, explain its connotations and characteristics from the perspective of national discourse ability, and discuss how the views contribute to the development of national discourse ability. It is believed that the views of teaching materials based on national awareness are embodied in three important dimensions: the explanatory power of national value, the construction power of national discourse and the transmission power of national culture. Finally, in light of views of foreign language teaching materials based on national awareness, this study provides some suggestions for constructing a high-quality teaching material system aiming at cultivating international innovative foreign language talents.

Key words: views of teaching materials, national awareness, national discourse ability, foreign language subject