学生的思维模式是学生语言能力的基础。因此,培养学生的语言能力应首先培养其思维模式。具备英语思维能力,英语学习者才能用英语实现正常的交流。因此,高职院校英语教师在培养学生语言技能的同时,更重要的是培养他们的英语思维。本文在讲述汉英思维模式的差异基础上,对如何培养高职英语专业学生的英语思维能力提出了几点方法和建议。 Students’ thinking patterns are the foundation of their language skills. Therefore, cultivating students’ language ability should first develop their thinking mode. With English thinking ability, English learners can communicate normally in English. Therefore, English teachers in higher vocational colleges in training students language skills, more importantly, to develop their English thinking. Based on the differences between Chinese and English thinking modes, this article puts forward some methods and suggestions on how to cultivate the English thinking ability of English majors.