The National English Curriculum for Nine-year Compulsory Education is based on the following six principles:

(1) Aiming for educating all students, and emphasizing quality-oriented education. Students1 overall development is the motivation and goal of the English curriculum. Therefore, its objectives, the teaching process, the assessment procedures as well as the development of teaching resources should all reflect the principle of learner-centered approach.

(2) Promoting learner-centeredness, and respecting individual differences. The English curriculum aims education for all students and stresses quality-oriented education. The new standards particularly show concerns over students' affective needs as well as other learning needs in order to stimulate their interests in learning.

(3) Developing competence-based objectives, and allowing flexibility and adaptability. Modern foreign language teaching emphasizes the learning process and advocates the use of different teaching approaches and methods for the purpose of facilitating students? language development.

(4) Paying close attention to the learning process, and advocating experiential learning and participation. The overall aim of the curriculum for nine-year compulsory education is to develop students' comprehensive abilities in language use. Such abilities are grounded in the development of language skills, language knowledge, affects, cultural awareness and learning strategies.

(5) Attaching particular importance to formative assessment, and giving special attention to the development of competence. English curriculum requires that teachers should properly utilize and develop teaching resources so as to provide rich and healthy resources that are practical, lively, updated for students' learning.

(6) Optimizing learning resources, and maximizing opportunities for learning and using the language. The assessment for the nine-year compulsory education should be geared to stimulating students? interests and cultivating their autonomy in learning. Thus based on these designing principles, the theoretical basis of the National English Curriculum for Nine-year Compulsory Education is communicative view of language and language learning.

首先阐述国家英语课程标准制定的六大原则，结合这些原则分析其制定的理论基础。