Research and practice of cultivating college students' English reading ability under the new situation

English is the world's largest language and plays an important role in international communication. Developing English reading ability is one of the important goals of college English teaching, and improving the English reading ability of college students is an important task of English teaching. With the application of English in real life and work, more English educators pay more and more attention to students' English reading ability. How to better cultivate college students' English reading ability under the new situation is more and more emphasized by the national education department. This paper focuses on the current situation, existing difficulties and the causes for the cultivation of college students' English reading ability, and provides guidance for college students' English reading teaching under the new situation from the dimensions of academic English reading ability cultivation and practical English reading ability cultivation. While improving relevant abilities, it not only attaches importance to language knowledge, but also cultivates students' full understanding of the relevant knowledge of cultural background.