Combined with the English teaching experience of civil engineering specialty for African international students in Shenyang University of Technology, the existing teaching problems are pointed out from two aspects of students learning and teachers teaching. The paper put forward the corresponding countermeasures according to the features of African international students. Lay a good foundation for local university further advance the level of education to the African international students and expand the scale of student recruitment, provide a reference for civil engineering majors in local university of education internationalization.