外语教育政策是国家战略的重要组成部分,也是外语教育学的主要研究领域。本研究以1993~2023年CNKI数据库的456篇期刊论文为样本,运用文献计量法和CiteSpace软件对我国外语教育政策研究现状、主题脉络与前沿趋势进行可视化分析。结果表明:(1)研究发文量呈波动上升态势,已形成相对集中的期刊群,研究主体为外语界学者,但学者间跨机构、跨学科合作仍有待加强,尚未形成核心团队;(2)研究主题多样,涵盖国内外语教育政策研究、外语教育政策国际比较研究及外语教育政策研究理论构建;(3)研究前沿交替演进,体现了国家需求导向。未来研究应进一步增强国家意识,立足国家战略需求,注重拓宽研究维度、提升研究方法、扩大研究范围、转换理论视角。

As an integral part of national strategy, foreign language education policy constitutes a major research domain of foreign language education studies. Taking 456 journal articles indexed in the CNKI database from 1993 to 2023 as samples, this study employs bibliometric methods and CiteSpace software to conduct visualized analysis of the present situation, thematic context and frontier tendency in China’s foreign language education policy research. The findings show that: (a) relevant studies have been increasing with fluctuation, published in a relatively concentrated group of journals and chiefly authored by scholars in the foreign language circles, whose collaboration across institutions and disciplines, however, is insufficient and core research teams have not yet been formed; (b) research themes are diverse, falling into the categories of domestic research, international comparative research and theoretical construction; (c) research frontiers evolve dynamically and reflect a national demand orientation. Researchers in the future should further enhance national consciousness, and based on national strategic needs, push for the diversity of research dimensions, improvement of research methodology, expansion of research scope, and turn of theoretical perspectives.