本文从理论和实践两个层面评析本世纪兴起的外语教学流派概念型教学法 。全文包括四个部分 : 1)剖析概念型教学法的语言观、 习得观和教学观 ； 2)阐述其教学过程的5个阶段（即解释、物化、交际活动、言语化和内化）；3）报告本文作者对概念型教学法利弊的思考；4）预测概念型教学法的未来走向。

Commencing over 60  years ago ，foreign language teaching  as a  specialty  education  is currently  a  discipline with the largest enrolment of undergraduate students in China．  The present paper begins with a general survey of the changing discipli- nary  orientations in foreign language teaching over the  past  years ，then  explicates  the  establishment  of  the  dual － track  mode  of foreign language education ，necessitates the correction of  several erroneous conceptions and policies when implementing the dual  － track mode ，examines the disciplinary planning for the foreign language specialty ，and finally elucidates the principles to follow and the problems to avoid when employing the dual － track mode．