培养学生的职业技术水平是高职院校的主要教学目标,因此学生最终能顺利胜任境外旅游工作就是高职旅游英语教学的主要教学目标。作为世界职业教育理念前列的职业能力导向教学更是在高职旅游英语中扮演着重要角色。本文将对职业能力导向教学进行概述,及其在高职旅游英语教学中的具体应用从而体现出其重要作用。 The cultivation of students’ vocational and technical level is the main teaching goal of higher vocational colleges. Therefore, the students can successfully carry out their overseas tourism work as the main teaching target of tourism English teaching in higher vocational colleges. As the world occupation education forefront of vocational ability-oriented teaching is even higher vocational tourism English plays an important role. This article will give an overview of vocational ability-oriented teaching and its application in tourism English teaching in higher vocational schools to show its important role.