The current background of internationalization and informationization has put forward new requirements for the teaching of English for urban and rural planning, and the reform of this course is imperative. This article takes the academic English course teaching of urban and rural planning major in Chongqing University as an example. By sorting out its current teaching lack of systematic design, failure to effectively promote the learning of professional knowledge, and duplication with basic English courses, it is proposed that this course should focus on professional knowledge rather than English. The teaching goal of this course should be cultivating students' English thinking. Under the guidance of this principle and goal, this article proposes to improve the curriculum system design from the teaching level, introduce new knowledge, cultivate English thinking, strengthen the transfer of professional knowledge, and actively deal with the relationship with basic English courses. At the same time, it can expand the existing teaching methods, promote communication and summaries, and use emerging network teaching platforms to realize teaching reforms to meet the current requirements for academic English courses of urban and rural planning and effectively play the role of this course in assisting and supporting other related courses.