任何一个学科的确立都包括两个基本的方面,一是理论,二是历史。前者揭示其特定的研究对象、理论构架和学术范畴;后者则说明其学科的形成与发展,从历史形态上对学科的理论体系给以确证。对外汉语教学作为语言学的一个学科,同样有着自身悠久的历史,这一历史证明那些视对外汉语教学为“小儿科”的人在学识上的不足。 The establishment of any one discipline includes two basic aspects, one is theory, and the other is history. The former reveals its specific research object, theoretical framework and academic category; the latter illustrates the formation and development of its disciplines, from the historical form of the theoretical system to give evidence to confirm. As a discipline in linguistics, teaching Chinese as a foreign language also has its own long history. This history proves that those who regard teaching Chinese as a foreign language as “pediatrics” are not sufficiently knowledgeable.