中国高等教育人文教育缺失,尤其是以理工科为主的独立学院。英语语言具有功用主义的特性,也是一门人文学科。然而在大学英语课堂上,大多数老师把教学重点放在了应试和过级上,忽视了学生人文教育。作为语言学科,在理工科为主的独立学院大学英语教学中融入人文教育是必要的和可行的。本文从语言本身出发,对大学英语课堂上如何利用语言本身的魅力进行人文教育给出建议。 Humanities education in China’s higher education is lacking, especially in independent colleges that are mainly composed of science and engineering. English language has the characteristics of utilitarianism, but also a humanities. However, in the college English classroom, most of the teachers focus their teaching on exams and examinations, ignoring the humanistic education of students. As a linguistic subject, it is necessary and practicable to integrate humanities education into college English teaching at independent colleges mainly based on science and engineering. Based on the language itself, this article gives some suggestions on how to make use of the charm of language itself in humanities education in college English classes.