高职英语教学要正确处理知识与技能的关系,教学中应把能力的培养放在第一位,做到知识的传授为能力的培养服务。交际法教学不仅指的是课堂学习的过程和目标,也是交际能力的理论。将交际法教学很好地应用到高职英语的课堂中,能有效地提高学生的自信心和学习效果。 English teaching in higher vocational colleges should correctly handle the relationship between knowledge and skills. In teaching, the cultivation of abilities should be put in the first place and the imparting of knowledge should be the service of cultivation of abilities. Communicative teaching not only refers to the process and goal of classroom learning, but also communicative competence theory. The communicative approach to teaching well applied to vocational English classroom, can effectively improve students’ self-confidence and learning effectiveness.