高等院校英语教学担负着加快知识创新和人才培养的重大历史责任,培养学生的创新意识与能力是高等院校迎接挑战的必然选择。而课堂教学是培养学生创新精神及实践能力的主阵地,又是开启学生心智,提高学生素质,发挥创新精神的前沿。创新是英语教学的灵魂,没有创新就没有成功的课堂教学。所以英语教师在 English teaching in institutions of higher learning is responsible for accelerating knowledge innovation and talent cultivation. It is an important historical responsibility to cultivate students’ awareness and ability to innovate. Classroom teaching is the main position for cultivating students’ innovative spirit and practical ability. It is also the frontier for opening up students’ minds, improving students’ quality and giving play to the spirit of innovation. Innovation is the soul of English teaching. Without innovation, there is no successful classroom teaching. So English teachers are