我国的外语专业教学历经60 余年的建设与发展，现已成为本科在学学生人数最的学科。本文从外语学科定位的历史变迁入手， 阐述双轨制外语教育模式的形成，指出实行双轨制必须转变若干理念与政 策上的偏差，然后反思外语专业学科规划，最后说明实行双轨制外语专业教育应遵循 的原则以及应避免的问题。

 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．