高职院校是培养具有实践能力和创新能力的技能型人才,高职院校的英语教学也必须遵循这一目标,培养英语应用能力强、符合社会需要的高职人才。而在英语教学中,词汇是理解和表达语言的基础,它直接关系着学生英语听、说、读、写能力的提高和整体教学水平的提高。本文在总结以往教学的基础上,为提高高职英语词汇教学提出几点策略。 Higher vocational colleges are to train skilled talents with practical and innovative abilities. English teaching in higher vocational colleges must also follow this goal, and cultivate higher vocational talents with strong English application ability and social needs. In English teaching, vocabulary is the foundation of understanding and expressing language. It directly affects the students’ ability to listen, speak, read, and write in English and improve the overall teaching level. On the basis of summarizing previous teaching, this article proposes several strategies for improving English vocabulary teaching in higher vocational education.