本文讨论全球化背景下英语学习和教育的特征,及其带来的挑战和机遇。全球化背景下的语言文化具有“动”与“变”的特征,其进程打破或淡化了原本泾渭分明的英语作为“外语”与“第二语言”之界限,随之而来的是一系列疆界的打破:“学习”与“使用”或“娱乐”、教室“内”与教室“外”、“虚拟”与“现实”语境等界限。上述疆界的打破为我国的英语学习、教育和相关研究同时带来了挑战和机遇。“目的语”、“学习情境”、“学习者”、“教育者”、“学习过程”、“学习结果”等基本概念都有待重新审视;对资源的重新考察、定位和开发,有望为我国的英语教育注入新的活力。 This article discusses the characteristics of English learning and education in the context of globalization and the challenges and opportunities it presents. The language culture in the context of globalization has the characteristics of “moving” and “changing”, and its process breaks or weakens the original distinction between English as the “foreign language” and “second language” It comes with a series of break-ups in the frontiers: “learning” with “using” or “entertainment”, classrooms “inside” and classrooms “outside”, “virtual” and “ ”Reality“ and other boundaries of the context. The breaking of these boundaries brings challenges and opportunities to our English learning, education and related research. Basic concepts such as ”target language“, ”learning context“, ”learner“, ”educator“, ”learning process“, ”learning result" have yet to be revisited; Re-examination of resources, positioning and development, is expected to inject new vitality into our English education.