“英语诗歌选读”是一门开设在英语专业四年级的专业选修课,旨在通过对英美诗歌的理解与赏析,提高学生的文学素养。笔者在教学实践与问卷调查中发现,该课程的教与学充满了矛盾。在具体分析了主要的矛盾后,笔者探讨了解决的对策,以更好的促进教学。 “English poetry reading ” is a specialized elective course set up in the fourth grade of English majors, aimed at improving students’ literary accomplishment through understanding and appreciation of British and American poetry. In the teaching practice and questionnaire survey, the author found that the teaching and learning of the course is full of contradictions. After analyzing the main contradictions in detail, the author discusses the countermeasures to solve them so as to promote the teaching better.