本文以西部某重点大学大一新生和大学英语教师为研究对象,通过问卷调查、英语水平测试和访谈三种方式,揭示现阶段大学通用英语存续的必要性。结果表明,绝大部分学生被试自我认知的英语水平未达到基本的交际要求,其实际英语水平低于四级,不具备基本的交际能力;教师被试均认为学生整体英语水平低,通用英语课程不可取缔。因此,至少在西部,大学有必要开设通用英语课程来满足学生的学习需求,培养其语言技能和人文素养。 Taking the freshmen and college English teachers in a major western university as the research object, this paper reveals the necessity of the existence of common English in universities at this stage through questionnaires, English proficiency tests and interviews. The results show that most of the students’ self-cognition in English did not meet the basic communicative requirements. The actual English level was lower than Level 4 and did not have the basic communicative competence. The teachers were all regarded as having a low level of English as a whole, English courses can not be banned. Therefore, at least in the west, it is necessary for universities to set up a general English course to meet the learning needs of students and to develop their language skills and humanistic accomplishments.