高职主要是为社会培养实用技术型人才,培养学习者某一特定职业或职业群所需的实际能力,为他们搭建通向某一职业的道路。在高职学校教育中,英语也是一门重要的学科。英语能够更好地辅助学习者获得一门好的职业,帮助高职学生进行更好的交流。有时英语还可以帮助高职学生看懂和掌握一些用英文写的国外技术,让他们提升自己的技术水平,使自己成为更加符合社会需要的人才。 The higher vocational education is mainly to train practical and technical talents for the society and cultivate the practical abilities required for a particular occupational or professional group of learners so that they can set up the road leading to a certain profession. English is also an important subject in higher vocational school education. English can better assist learners to gain a good career and help higher vocational students to communicate better. Sometimes English can also help vocational students to understand and master some foreign technologies written in English so that they can upgrade their technical level and make themselves more qualified personnel for the society.