正象在国外英语课主要设在中学里一样(只有少数例外,这种例外情况主要发生在非洲),在英国,外语课也主要设在中学里,首先是文法学校里。然而,这并非是唯一的课程设置方式。事实上,在英国现代中学和小学里,试验开设外语课的兴趣越来越浓,大有蔚然成风之势,看来不需几年,外语课的设置将发生一个巨大的变革。如果承认语言的实践能力可以作为一个教学目标从范围更广的文化或者文学目标中分离出来,承认儿童年令越小越容易掌握外语,那末,其推论显然是,语言能力可以是小学的一个目标,而且事实上比之作为中学的目标更为合适。我们还大可把话说得更肯定一些。人们普 Just as foreign English classes are mainly located in secondary schools (with only a few exceptions, mainly in Africa), in the UK foreign languages ​​classes are also mainly located in secondary schools, above all in grammar schools. However, this is not the only way to set up a course. In fact, in the modern middle schools and primary schools in Britain, the interest in opening foreign language courses has become more and more popular. It seems unlikely that a few years will take place and there will be a drastic change in the setting of foreign language courses. Recognizing that the ability to practice language can be separated from broader cultural or literary goals as a teaching goal, recognizing that younger children are younger and easier to master a foreign language, the corollary is that linguistic competence can be an objective in primary school , And in fact more suitable as a secondary school goal. We can speak with greater certainty. People are general