英语语音是英语教学中不可或缺的一部分,但中国学生并不重视语音学习,容易形成“哑巴英语”;教师也常常忽视语音教学的重要作用。为此,本文从英语语音的特点即音段和超音段音位特征、语音模式的选择、影响因素和主要语音问题,以及英语教学策略几方面对高校英语语音的教学提出指导性意见。 English pronunciation is an indispensable part of English teaching. However, Chinese students do not pay attention to pronunciation learning and are easy to form “dumb English”. Teachers also often neglect the important role of pronunciation teaching. For this reason, this paper gives some guidance to the teaching of college English phonetics from the characteristics of English phonetics, such as the phonological features of the phonetic and the suprasegmental phonetic patterns, the choice of phonetic patterns, influencing factors and major phonetic questions, and the strategies of English teaching.