中西方学者的研究表明背诵有利于英语学习。因此,高职英语教学依然应该重视背诵。笔者阐述了背诵对高职学生听、说、读、写能力的促进作用,提议在高职英语教学中绝不能抛弃传统的背诵教学方法和学习策略。背诵不仅培养学生英语听、说、读、写能力,而且还能培养学生语言知识运用能力、理解能力等综合能力,使学生在学习英语的道路上走出一片艳阳天。 Studies by Western and Chinese scholars show that recitation is beneficial to English learning. Therefore, vocational English teaching still should pay attention to reciting. The author expounds the role of memorization in listening, speaking, reading and writing of higher vocational students. It is suggested that traditional memorization teaching methods and learning strategies should not be abandoned in higher vocational English teaching. Memorization not only cultivates students ’listening, speaking, reading and writing ability, but also cultivates students’ abilities of using knowledge of language and comprehension, so that students can get out of the sunny day on the way of learning English.