本文將以培養全民國際行動能力，厚植國家戰略實力的角度，談第二外語的定位與國家戰略思維。時值十二年國民基本教育的課綱研修工作進行之際，發現第二外語教學政策的問題，因此本文首先概觀歐盟、美國、加拿大、英國、澳洲、中國、韓國、日本等全球的外語教育政策，接著反思臺灣20年來實施高中第二外語的現況與問題點，最後對建構優質的外語教學制度提出具體建言。例如：在「師資培用」制度、「學習標準」制度、「教材」、「評量」機制的配套措施等都急需有系統性、政策性的建置。十二年國民基本教育的第二外語的課綱正朝此前瞻性的方向努力策劃，但是，課綱之後更需有嚴格的執行決心，才能走出下一步。本文希望拋磚引玉，引發臺灣教育界以及整體社會提出以國家戰略思維的第二外語定位，期待建構優質第二外語教學制度。

This study discusses teaching a second foreign language and thoughts on national strategies with the prospect of mobilizing the international community and drawing upon national strategic strength. During the process of the examination and revision of the course outline for 12-year compulsory education, it was found that the strategies for the teaching of a second foreign language are problematic. Thus this study first summarizes forward-looking policies on teaching foreign languages from a global perspective by examining policies adopted by the EU, the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Australia, China, Korea, and Japan. Then it discusses the current situation and identifies problems of second-language teaching in Taiwan’s high schools over the past twenty years. Finally, the study makes several concrete proposals on the construction of a superior system for the teaching of foreign languages. For example, a systematic and strategic design is needed for the improvement of the system of training and hiring of teachers, the system of “standards for the learning of foreign languages,” and the coordinated set of measures for the evaluation of teaching materials. The course outline for 12-year compulsory education is based on such a design. However, putting the course into practice according to the outline is essential. The objective of the study is to encourage those in the educational field in Taiwan to reconsider the possibility of constructing a superior system of second-language teaching based on the notion of a national strategy.