中国的外语学术研究虽然取得了令人瞩目的进步，但还存在许多问题。最突出的问题是，对本学科的发展缺乏有效的规划，对外语语种布局、 人才培养、 教学理论和方法， 对外语学科在中国走出去的进程中究竟发挥什么样的作用没有充分的研究。鉴于外语学科的特殊性质和学科地位，本文作者认为， 外语学术研究应该为国家外语战略、 外语教育和人才培养、 中国文化和学术走出去等提供决策咨询报告，同时开展与此有关的基础理论研究。

Despite the tremendous achievements made in the academic studies by the Foreign Language teaching and research circles， there are still outstanding problems that need to be addressed in order for the relevant disciplines to survive and develop． One of the problems is that the field still lacks a strategic development blueprint， either official or unofficial， for what foreign languages to be selected and taught in different parts and different schools in the country， what level of proficiency students of foreign languages are expected to meet， what teaching theories and methods should be adopted or developed． Few studies touch on what role foreign languages should play in the nation's“going out”policy implementation processes． The author holds that foreign language teaching and research academia should seriously consider how academic research in the related fields should help draw plans regarding the nation's foreign language planning， education， the introduction and promotion of Chinese cultures in other parts of the world and conduct rigorous basic research in relevant areas．