中学语文教学新大纲所涵盖的内容十分丰富，但总的精神是通过语文教学“致力于学生语文素质的整体提高”。这是当今素质教育的要求，也是教改的方向。要形成学生的语文素养，“教学目的”显豁突出地提高了明确要求，从智育来说，“指导学生正确地理解和运用祖国语文，提高阅读 The content of the new outline of Chinese teaching in middle schools is very rich, but the general spirit is to “enhance the overall improvement of students’ Chinese language skills” through Chinese language teaching. This is the demand for quality education today, and it is also the direction of teaching reform. To form a student’s language accomplishment, “teaching purposes” clearly and explicitly improve the clear requirements. From the perspective of intellectual education, “instruct students to correctly understand and use the motherland’s language and improve reading.”