高职英语教学的课堂现状仍然是以教师讲授式为主、学生被动接受,优秀学生乐于参与和积极表现,大多数学生则沉默以对。要提高教学效果,必须要营造良好的课堂氛围,提高学生的兴趣和参与积极性,戈夫曼的拟剧理论也许可以对高职英语课堂教学的改革提供有一些有益思路。 The status quo of English teaching in higher vocational schools is still based on the teachers’ teaching style. The students are passively accepted, the outstanding students are willing to participate and demonstrate their positive performance, while most students are silent. To improve the teaching effect, we must create a good classroom atmosphere, improve students’ interest and enthusiasm for participation. Goffman’s drafting theory may provide some useful ideas for the reform of vocational English classroom teaching.