加快高职高专英语教学改革速度、提高英语教育质量的关键是英语教师专业素质的提高。而当前中国高职高专英语教师文化知识和自身素养明显不足,其综合素质与时代发展的要求之间尚存在较大差距。本文分析了高职高专院校专业英语教师应该具备的职业素质。 The key to speed up the English teaching reform in higher vocational colleges and improve the quality of English education is to improve the professional quality of English teachers. At present, the cultural knowledge and self-literacy of English teachers in higher vocational colleges in China are obviously insufficient, and there is still a big gap between their comprehensive qualities and the requirements of the development of the times. This article analyzes the vocational qualities that professional English teachers in higher vocational colleges should have.