Causes and Countermeasures of Silence in College English Classroom

With the increasingly frequent foreign exchanges in China, the importance of English is becoming more and more significant. For non-English major students, college English courses are the most important platform to improve their English ability. Classroom teaching activities need to be carried out by frequent interaction between teachers and students. However, most students choose to be silent for a long time in class, which will hinder classroom communication and affect the learning effect of students. Students are the main body of the classroom, and students' silence is not only the feedback to teachers but also the expression of their own feelings. The decrease in students' participation in class will directly affect the cultivation of communicative competence and knowledge acquisition. Therefore, from the perspective of teachers and students, this paper is committed to analyzing the causes of the silence of students in college English class, to help teachers and students understand each other and improve the quality of teaching.