Both domestic and foreign universities have been aware of the importance of improving the level of internationaliza- tion of  higher education．  This paper discusses the new developments of internationalization of higher education from the aspects of its connotation ，value orientation as well as the ultimate goal ，and investigates their implications on the foreign language education． On the basis of learning from the experience of the United States  and  other  foreign  countries ，the  paper  suggests that  we  should update our understanding of language teaching and take effective ways to develop the language education creatively．