本文从高职高专英语教学的培养目标出发,通过阐述当前高职学生英语学习的特点和英语听力教学中所存在的问题,从提高学生的内部动机、外部动机以及对学生进行适度听力技巧训练等三个方面具体探讨了在听力教学过程中,为了提高学生听力能力,作为教师所应该发挥的主导作用,力图为培养高职学生英语听力能力作一些有益的探索。 This article starts from the training objectives of English teaching in vocational colleges, and elaborates the characteristics of current vocational students’ English learning and the problems in English listening teaching, from improving the students’ internal motivation, external motivation, and moderate listening skills training for students. The three aspects specifically discussed in the process of listening teaching, in order to improve the students’ listening ability, as the leading role teachers should play, and try to make some useful explorations for cultivating higher vocational students’ English listening ability.