1. According to China Education Network, the purpose of college English is to cultivate students' comprehensive English application ability, including listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation, in order to cope with various English tests and practical applications. Higher vocational English pays more attention to cultivating students' professional English ability to meet the needs of students' future work.

2. With the different teaching contents, the teaching contents of college English are more extensive, including English literature, English culture and English linguistics. The teaching content of higher vocational English pays more attention to practicality, including business English, tourism English, hotel English and medical English.

3. Different teaching methods make college English teaching methods more diversified, including classroom teaching, listening training, oral practice, reading comprehension and writing training. However, higher vocational English teaching methods pay more attention to practice, including scenario simulation, case analysis, role playing and so on.