Abstract: With the rapid development of AI technology, teaching models are undergoing a new round of transformation. Taking higher vocational English as an example, this paper leverages the features of digital humans, including emotional intelligence, ubiquitous companionship, multi-modal interaction, and autonomous evolution. By establishing course goals, reconfiguring content, creating learning environments, optimizing classroom teaching and reforming assessment mechanism, a“virtual-real interaction, scene linkage, intelligent-emotion dual drive”higher vocational teaching model is constructed,and a comprehensive guarantee mechanism is established, all of these empowering the digital transformation of higher vocational education.

Key words: AI digital humans, Higher vocational English, Teaching mode, Virtual-real interaction, Scene linkage, Intelligence-emotion dual drive