Area studies,as an interdisciplinary field,has paved new pathways for the development and talent cultivation in the contemporary foreign language discipline.The discipline should seize opportunities for transformation and upgrading,promote interdisciplinary research,and construct knowledge systems with comprehensive studies of target countries or areas as the core.In terms of talent development,the focus can shift from language proficiency to the construction of knowledge systems.
area studiesinterdisciplinary researchforeign language competence developmentconstruction of knowledge system