外语教育的内涵是在外国语言、文化、思维下的本我观照,其发展始终以服务国家观为导向。文章在回溯我国外语教育发展历程的基础上,瞻望其未来的发展目标。在历史上,伴随着近代国家观的萌芽与确立,外语教育也经历了清末的格局初成和民国时期的留学热潮。之后,外语教育又经历了新中国成立初期的曲折发展,以及改革开放后的勃兴。世界正处于百年未有之大变局,新冠肺炎疫情全球大流行加速了国际格局演变,当前重构外语教育的目标是培养具有全球视野和格局、通晓国际规则并能参与各领域全球事务的外语专业人才。展望未来,基于阐释国际视野、国际规则与国际法话语之间的关系,在外语教学中设置国际法话语的相关元素具备合理性和必要性。

The connotation of foreign language education is driven by the outlook of State on a foreign language, culture, and thinking. The study clarifies the relationship between the public consciousness of State Outlook and the development of foreign language education by looking back and ahead. Along with the bud and formation of State View in modern China, foreign language education experienced the initial period of its development in the late Qing Dynasty, and the upsurge of studying abroad during the Republic of China. The study also revisits the evolution of foreign language education at the dawn of the new China and examines its subsequent growth following the reform and opening up. Nowadays, the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, and the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated shifts in the international landscape. Therefore, the reconstruction of foreign language education is needed, aiming to cultivate young talents with a global mindset, a worldview, and a legitimate understanding of international rules, thus enabling them to take part in global affairs in various fields. The study seeks to identify the viability of international law discourse as a component of foreign language teaching and learning based on an interpretation of the connection among global perspectives, international rules, and international law.