The Major Missions of Second Language Research in China
Second language research in China is supposed to serve our country and society.It should make contributions to foreign language education,teaching Chinese to speakers of other languages,the issues that the society is concerned with such as positive effects of bilingualism on people's well-being.In addition,second language research in China is supposed to test and improve current theories and put forward new theories based on the Chinese language,so as to make contributions to theoretical developments and enhance our academic status in the world.This paper spells out the major missions of second language research in China which include serving the country,serving the society and building theories of second language research.