学校里的英语作为本国语文的教学(社会上成年人的扫盲教学)和英语作为外语的教学,初看起来相似之处甚少,在高级阶段尤其如此。然而,本文作者认为,这仅仅是表面现象。对这两种教学的发展过程作一番考察,就会发现两者相似之处颇多,从思维的一般方式到方法论,甚至教材的编写及其语言学的指导思想。这里还应当指出,在具体教材和教学技术方 At first sight, teaching English as a medium in schools (literacy education for adults in society) and teaching English as a foreign language at school seem to be very similar at first sight, especially in the advanced stage. However, this author believes that this is only a superficial phenomenon. After examining the development of these two kinds of teaching, you will find many similarities between them, from the general mode of thinking to the methodology and even the writing of teaching materials and the guiding ideology of linguistics. It should also be noted here that in specific teaching materials and teaching techniques