Sally Rehorick(以下简称S.R.):您教外语至今恰恰已满五十年。外语教学至今走了有多远?您认为现在仍是换汤不换药还是真的发生了一些变化? Wilga Rivers(以下简称W.R.):嗯,首先,学校外语教学很大程度上受教育思潮的影响。教育一般已变成以学生为中心。普通教育普遍更强调学生通过实践获得知识,而不是听专家讲来消化知识。外语教学反映在职业交谈和会议里,新近的教科书显然力图更贴近学生的需要和兴趣以及更为广宽的 Sally Rehorick (S.R.): You’ve taught a foreign language for exactly fifty years. Foreign Language Teaching How far have you gone? Do you think there are still some changes now? Wilga Rivers (WR): Well, first of all, the school language teaching is largely influenced by the education trend influences. Education has generally become student-centered. General education generally emphasizes that students gain knowledge through practice rather than listening to experts to digest their knowledge. Foreign language teaching is reflected in professional conversations and conferences, and recent textbooks clearly seek to be closer to students’ needs and interests as well as broader