Objectives: There are inherent defects in college English teaching. In addition, it is inconsistent with the characteristics of college English, and students and teachers have not received enough attention in the application, resulting in inevitable congenital deficiencies in
college English teaching. Methods: Therefore, from the perspective of sociology, the author studies the mode and approach of English online teaching in colleges and universities. This paper analyzes the problems existing in the current college English network teaching, and puts forward
some corresponding suggestions. Results: Economic and trade practice research shows that under the networked teaching mode of college English, students gradually change from the passive recipients of knowledge to the active learners, effectively establishing the student’s self-learning
subject status, and the students’ English scores are also constantly improving. Conclusion: It is an inevitable development to use the network technology to reform the traditional mode of college English majors..