College English teaching mode research and practice under the background of higher education transformation

The rapid development of information and economy in the process of globalization has to some extent accelerated the cross-cultural communication among countries around the world. As a globalized language, English is universally acknowledged as an international tool of communication. College English is a compulsory course in higher education institutes and the important content of humanities education and general education. In the face of the transformation of local colleges, this paper in view of the problems existing in the transformation of current colleges, combining with the present situation of common colleges, points out that college English teaching mode is the direct factor relating to college English teaching reform and plays a decisive role to achieve the goal of college English teaching. Under the overall framework of applied talents cultivation, it is of great necessity to explore and reform college English teaching mode, apply the theories of modern foreign language teaching to college English education, build stratified teaching system of college English, adapt to the development of each student in a more flexible way and meet the social demand for English applied talents.