Thoughts on “Four Modernizations” of China’s Basic Foreign Language Education Reform From an Ecological Perspective in Philosophy of Language

Abstract

Cultivation of core competencies has been a hot issue in China’s basic FLE reform currently. Core competencies in English include all the language qualities and competencies conducive to students’ sustainable development and development of the society. To meet the demanding requirements of fostering core competencies in English, “Four Modernizations” are suggested metaphorically and technically to solve the key problems in cultivating core competencies ecologically. After exploring the feasibility and connotations of “Four Modernizations” from an ecological perspective in philosophy of language, this article puts forth some strategies to make basic foreign language education life-stylized, mathematized and logicized, communitized and ecologized in the hope of constructing linguistic-cultural ecology by means of modern information technology to transform FLE from exam-orientation to core-competency-orientation in a fun way.