随着经济全球化进程的不断加快,我国与世界各国的经济、政治以及文化交流逐渐加深,如此,语言工具的重要性则日益凸显出来。这也迫使社会对当前高校大学生的英语水平,尤其是交际能力有了更高要求。目前,受到市场经济影响,很多学生学习外语都带有一定的功利性,英语已经成为获得就业机会的重要敲门砖。然而,通过调查发现,很多通过四、六级英语考试的学生,实际的口语以及听力水平却很难达到众多企业的工作要求。这也充分的反映出当前高校的英语教学工作存在一定的弊端。通识教育主要是对学生综合素质以及价值判断能力进行培养,其能够帮助学生摆脱功利化以及职业化心理。本文重点探索通识教育视角下的大学英语课程设置改革工作。 As the process of economic globalization accelerates, the economic, political and cultural exchanges between our country and other countries in the world have gradually deepened. Therefore, the importance of language tools has become increasingly prominent. This also forces the society to have higher requirements on the college students’ English proficiency, especially their communicative competence. At present, influenced by the market economy, many students have certain utilitarianism in learning foreign languages. English has become an important stepping stone to obtaining employment opportunities. However, the survey found that many students who passed the English tests in grades four and six actually had difficulty in meeting the job requirements of many enterprises with their actual spoken English and listening comprehension. This also fully reflects the current English teaching in colleges and universities there are some drawbacks. General education mainly aims at cultivating students’ overall quality and ability of value judgment, which can help students get rid of utilitarian and professional psychology. This article focuses on the reform of college English curriculum reform from the perspective of general education.