On December 10, 2022, the First Language Teaching Materials Research and Evaluation Conference of Shanghai Jiao Tong University was successfully held online. The conference was sponsored by the School of Foreign Languages of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, organized by the Language Teaching Materials Research and Evaluation Center and co-organized by the Editorial Office of Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies. Prof. Chang Hui, Dean of School of Foreign Languages of Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Prof. Yang Feng, Director of Language Teaching Materials Research and Evaluation Center of the School of Foreign Languages; Prof. Huang Guwen from South China Agricultural University; Prof. Wang Junju from Shandong University; Prof. Yang Luxin from Beijing Foreign Studies University; Prof. Yang Min from Renmin University of China; Prof. Xiong Tao from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies; and Prof. Xu Jinfen from Huazhong University of Science and Technology attended the conference. The conference was presided over by Professor Zhen Fengchao and Associate Professor Liu Xinghua, deputy directors of the Language Teaching Materials Research and Evaluation Center. 

At the opening ceremony, Professor Chang Hui, Dean of the School of Foreign Languages, delivered a welcoming speech. Professor Chang pointed out that there were various kinds of language textbooks at present, but the corresponding research and evaluation was not deep enough, and relevant research had just started. The School of Foreign Languages of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where a lot of English textbooks of high reputation were compiled, boasted of a fine tradition of textbook writing. In the new era, the young generation of SFL intended to relay language textbook writing and research. He hoped that today's conference will play a leading role in the compilation and evaluation of teaching materials and wished the conference a complete success.

Professor Yang Feng, Director of the Research and Evaluation Center of Language Teaching Materials, delivered the welcome speech. Professor Yang Feng said that the Language Teaching Materials Research and Evaluation Center of the School of Foreign Languages aimed to merge into the national strategy of teaching materials research, give full play to SFL’s academic advantages, integrate SJTU’s educational and social resources, create the national system of language teaching materials writing theory and teaching materials evaluation, and promote the development mode of integrated production, learning, research and application, and build a first-class research, development, analysis and evaluation base.

Professor Huang Guowen gave a keynote speech entitled "Issues to be Considered in the Study of Foreign Language Teaching Materials -- Taking Syllabus Design as an Example". Professor Wang Junju gave a speech on “Goal Promotion, Curriculum Expansion and Textbook Replacement in Foreign Language Talent Cultivation -- Taking Comprehensive English as an Example". Professor Yang Luxin made a report entitled "Research on the Implementation of Textbook Policy: A Case Study of Textbook Use by Three High School English Teachers". Professor Yang Min gave a report entitled "Research on the Evaluation of Legal English Textbooks from the Perspective of Identity Construction". Professor Xiong Tao delivered a keynote speech titled "Evaluation of Language Teaching Materials from the Perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis". Professor Xu Jinfen delivered a keynote speech entitled "Compiling Language Textbooks: Concept and Implementation -- Taking College English Audio-Visual Speaking Textbooks as an Example".

During the session, teachers from more than 30 colleges and universities in China conducted in-depth discussions on the compilation and evaluation of Chinese and foreign language textbooks in primary education and higher education.