The independent college is a new educational model in the process of elite education to popularization higher education in our country. Students in the independent college have similarities with general college students and some distinct personalities. Due to the specialties, English teachers in those colleges are faced with some particular puzzles and difficulties. We presented current teaching situation and proposed several related teaching suggestions including changing the teaching thoughts and adjusting teachers' role, trying graded teaching to satisfy the learning needs of students with different levels, teaching students the method of learning and training their learning abilities, and enhancing teachers' professional standard and enriching teaching methods.