The Research on College English Teaching Guided by the General Education Idea

The college English teaching innovation is going off in the direction of cultivating college students' English comprehensive practical abilities and cultural attainments.The general education aims to cultivate individuals with comprehensive qualities, abilities of cross-cultural communication and unique thinking.Therefore, applying the general education idea to college English teaching is consistent with the direction of current English teaching innovation, which enables to meet the social demand for compound English talents.Combining with college English teaching practice, the article has put forward the innovation strategies on applying the general education idea to college English teaching.Meanwhile, the article has also analyzed the difficulties emerged during the application course and offered some constructive suggestions.