随着我国社会主义市场经济体制的逐步建立和对外开放工作的实际需要,涉外部门和许多用人单位,对普通高等院校毕业生的专业外语水平提出了更高的要求。但从目前各普通高校的专业外语课程教学实践来看,其效果并不十分理想,很难适应客观形势发展的需要,因此,专业外语教学改革势在必行。当前的重点可放在以下几个环节: With the gradual establishment of China’s socialist market economic system and the actual needs of its opening to the outside world, the foreign departments and many employers have put forward higher requirements on the professional foreign language proficiency of graduates from institutions of higher learning. However, at present, the teaching practice of specialized foreign language courses in all universities shows that the effect is not very satisfactory and it is difficult to adapt to the needs of the development of the objective situation. Therefore, the reform of the professional foreign language teaching is imperative. The current focus can be placed in the following areas: