When the importance of various cu1tures is emphasized more and more, 1earning various languages can a1so keep off the cultural standardization. But today the second foreign 1anguage education is facíng a serious crisis. The balance of foreign 1anguage learners is not proper. The environment for learning the second foreign languages is getting worse. In the seventh curricu1um the credit hour will be reduced. Moreover, students staπ to 1eam the second foreign language only when they are in the e1eventh grade. Many German- or French teachers have to change their own subjects into another subject. The quality of education wiU go down. Changes should be taken place gradually in order t。 prevent side effects.

I. 고사(枯死) 위기에 처한 제2외국어 교육
　1. 지나친 특정외국어로 편향되는 제2외국어 교육
　2. 7차 교육과정에서 실질적으로 이수단위가 축소되고 이수시기가 고등학교 2학년으로 상향조정된 점
　3. 과원교사 양산으로 인한 교단의 불안정
II. 현장 교사의 목소리
　1. 과원으로 인한 불안정한 미래
　2. 수요자 희망이라는 빛좋은 개살구
　3. 시대에 역행하는 제2외국어교육 제도
　4. 수능시험에서 제2외국어를 반영하는 대학이 극소수인 관계로 생기는 파행적인 수업
III. 제언
　1. 7차 교육과정 편제의 문제점
　2. 특정 외국어로의 편향
　3. 과원 교사 양산으로 인한 교단의 불안정
IV. 맺음말
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