在大学英语教学中普遍存在课堂沉默现象,从而影响了师生的有效互动及教学效果。本文以Levinson对课堂沉默的分类方法为基础,结合具体实例对大学英语课堂中存在的话轮内沉默、话轮间沉默和话轮沉默进行了分析,旨在为大学英语教学提供一些借鉴,同时唤起广大高校教师对课堂沉默现象的关注。 There is a common phenomenon of classroom silence in college English teaching, which affects the effective interaction between teachers and students and the teaching effect. Based on Levinson ’s classification of silence in class, this paper analyzes the existing silences, the silence between the wheel and the wheel, and the silence of the wheel in the college English classroom with specific examples, aiming at providing some references for college English teaching and arousing The majority of university teachers’ attention to the phenomenon of classroom silence.