The study examines the current problems with which the nation’s second foreign languages(SFL) education today faces and suggests the recommendations for SFL policy. Assumíng that SFL is at risk, the study warns that SFL policy has failed to recognize the importance of SFL and so gives less attention to factors that are required for improving the quality of SFL. The maín reasons for the crisís of SFL, the study says. seem to be the lack of giving efforts to improvement for SFL and the policy. makers' failure to provide the SFL improvement plans (e.g., focusing on expanding the aspect of quantity with respect to the SFL without considering that of quality or making the SFL electives for the ColIege Scholastic Ability Test). Based on the problems identified in the study. a couple of recommendations are suggested as follow. The SFL shou1d be offered as common courses for a11 and thus high schoo1 graduates take SFL subjects as the compu[sory in the College Scholastic Ability Tests. Teaching methods and materials for the SFL should be improved and developed. Particularly for the effective SFL, it should be free from the textbooks only classroom teaching-learning situation and lots of up-to-date curricular materials and laboratory apparatus should be developed .

I. 서
II. 우리나라 제2외국어 교육의 현황과 문제점 
　1. 제2외국어 교육의 외형적 확대
　2. 대학 입학 시험에서의 위치
　3. 제2외국어 과목 간 선택 비율의 불균형
　4. 교사들의 외국어 의사 소통 능력
III. 외국의 외국어 교육 현황
　1. 외국어 과목 수
　2. 외국어 선택 방식
　3. 외국어 교육 시작 시기
　4. 주당 수업 시수
IV. 제2외국어 교육의 발전 방안
　1. 교육과정 개선을 통한 발전 방안
　2. 제2외국어 교수 · 학습 방법 개선을 통한 발전 방안
　3. 대학 입시 제도 개선을 통한 발전 방안
　4. 교사 채용 및 교원 연수 제도 개선을 통한 발전 방안
V. 결론
참고문헌

• 이근님(한국교육과정평가원) | Lee, Kun-Nim