The learning community is the vision for the high-quality development of basic education in the new era. Promoting the construction of a learning community for foreign language teachers in middle school is not only an inevitable requirement for the New English Curriculum reform, but also a realistic need to realize teachers' professional development. The learning community of foreign language teachers in middle school should be committed to creating a home for teachers to have a common sense of belonging and a field for teachers to gain professional dignity and happiness. Learning community should be built by shaping a new teaching and research culture and leading teachers to form a common vision, building a digital learning platform and expanding the space for teachers' professional development, and establishing a developmental evaluation system to promote the sustainable development of teachers.

Yuqian Huang. New Dimensions of Professional Development of Middle School Foreign Language Teachers from the Perspective of Learning Community. International Journal of New Developments in Education (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 10: 30-36. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDE.2023.051006.

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