It is of great practical significance to develop English teaching for core curricula in civil engineering major in a bid to cultivate high-quality professionals adapting to the development of globalization. The course of fundamentals of concrete structures possesses the characteristics of scientific, engineering and practice which is representative in the courses of civil engineering. Taking this course as an example, the pilot practice of English teaching in the bilingual course for students in MAO Yisheng Class and English course for international students in Beijing Jiaotong University is introduced. In compliance with the basic requirements of engineering education certification, the teaching notion, content, means, methods, course project, and grading policy are reformed aiming at strengthening English thinking and application of the two groups of students with distinct traits. The practice shows that the English course project helps to improve students’ professional English application ability in an all-round way and the online communication platform of teachers and students with the help of information teaching method effectively sparks students’ motivation and initiative in learning. Based on the pilot teaching experience, suggestions for the sustainable improvement of the courses are proposed.