Cultivating students' open thinking is an important goal of educational reform under the concept of quality education. The reason to cultivate students' open thinking in high school English teaching is that the formation of open thinking can help students break through the thinking pattern

establish a sense of innovation

and broaden their horizons

so that they can establish a correct cognition of cultural differences

build a positive value concept

and then realize all-round development goals. Therefore

on the basis of analyzing the cultivation of students' open thinking

this paper puts forward the strategies for cultivating students' open thinking in high school English teaching from four aspects: transforming teaching mode

reforming teaching content

optimizing teaching means and creating teaching atmosphere

with a view to achieving the goal of cultivating students' open thinking through English teaching reform

improving students' comprehensive quality and facilitating their personal development.