云南地区处于我国的西部,在经济、文化教育等方面较为落后。云南为少数民族聚居区,与内地一些省、市相比,其在基础教育特别是英语的基础教育方面稍显薄弱,这就为云南各高职高专院校的英语教学带来极大的困难与挑战。而同时,云南又属于边境省区,与东盟十国在政治和经济上都存在着一定的合作关系,因此对英语的教育与学习是时代的需要。本文以云南地区的高职高专学校为例,分析了英语教学所面对的困难与挑战,并结合实际,给出良好的有效改革建议。 Yunnan is located in the western part of China and lags behind in economy, culture and education. Compared with some provinces and cities in the Mainland, Yunnan has a slight weakness in basic education in basic education, especially in English, which brings great benefits to English teaching in higher vocational colleges in Yunnan Difficulties and challenges. At the same time, Yunnan belongs to the border provinces and autonomous regions and has certain political and economic relations with the 10 ASEAN countries. Therefore, education and learning of English are the needs of the times. Taking Yunnan higher vocational college as an example, this paper analyzes the difficulties and challenges faced by English teaching and gives some suggestions on effective reform.