本文针对现在高职高专英语学习及教育现状,分析了英语教育中存在的普遍问题,并以“中介作用”理论为基础,阐述了高职高专英语教师不仅要传播知识,还应充分发挥在教学过程中的中介作用,成为培养学生学习能力的中介者,并具体阐明了教师如何在教学过程中发挥这一作用,为学生打下终身学习的基础。 Based on the current situation of English learning and education in higher vocational colleges, this paper analyzes the common problems existing in English education, and based on the theory of “intermediary ”, elaborates that English teachers in higher vocational colleges not only need to spread knowledge, but also Give full play to the intermediary role in the teaching process and become an intermediary for cultivating students’ learning ability. They also specify how teachers play this role in teaching and lay the foundation for lifelong learning for students.