根据职业教育的人才培养目标,高职英语课程应服务于学生专业发展的需要,英语应该成为一种工具,拓展职业空间,提升职业地位。因此,职业院校的英语课程应该根据职业教育目标,重新对课程目标进行定位,在教学设计上进行改革和创新,从而更好的服务于职业院校学生专业学习和职业发展的需要. According to the goal of personnel training in vocational education, English courses in higher vocational schools should serve the needs of students’ professional development. English should be used as a tool to expand occupational space and enhance their occupational status. Therefore, the English curriculum in vocational colleges should re-orient the curriculum objectives according to the goal of vocational education and carry out reforms and innovations in teaching design so as to better serve the needs of professional learning and career development in vocational colleges.