The teaching of British and American Literature in colleges and universities plays an indispensable role in improving English level and enriching knowledge. Therefore

in order to further improve students’ language literacy

it is necessary to improve the quality and efficiency of British and American literature teaching in colleges and universities. With the continuous development of ecological linguistics

the combination of the two has become a development trend. Based on this

this paper first introduces the current situation of British and American literature teaching

then analyzes the non-ecological problems existing in the teaching of British and American literature in colleges and universities

and finally elaborates the teaching measures of British and American literature based on ecological linguistics from five aspects

so as to provide reference for relevant people.