目前,国家在大力提倡职业技术教育,怎样发挥职业技术学院学生的主观能动性,培养他们独立思考和学习的能力是摆在当前职业教育一个严峻的课题。英语教学作为职业教育的一门基础学科,注重培养职教学生对语言的掌握能力和今后对从事生产业务水平的提高,职教学生对英语学习接受的能力间接反映出自身素质的高低。因此培养职教学生在英语学习上的自主学习能力是职教英语教学中重要一环,应给予足够重视。 At present, the state vigorously advocates vocational and technical education, how to give play to the subjective initiative of students of vocational and technical colleges and cultivate their ability of thinking and studying independently is a serious issue in current vocational education. As a basic discipline of vocational education, English teaching focuses on cultivating students’ mastery of language and raising their level of business in the future. The ability of vocational education students to accept English learning indirectly reflects their own quality. Therefore, the cultivation of vocational education students in English learning ability of independent learning is an important part of English teaching, should be given enough attention.