Critical Review of National Curriculum in the field of Foreign LanguageTeaching

In this article، we studied the national curriculum of Islamic Republic of Iran in field of teaching foreign languages (especially English) from a critical stand point to find the adequacy level of this document in realizing the objectives mentioned in higher level documents such as the 20-year national vision، the comprehensive scientific road map and the national document of education of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Methodologically، the research extracted the related parts of the above mentioned documents initially and studied the adequacy of the national curriculum in the field of teaching foreign languages. The results of this study show that although the national curriculum of Iran holds some considerable advantages، the successful application of its elements in area of teaching foreign languages requires preparation of some prerequisites.