English teaching is one of the key elements of education, and the progress and trends of reforms in English teaching are of great interest to everyone. Promoting the all-round development of English teaching helps to strengthen students’ long-term learning ability and application of English in their daily lives, thus enhancing their adaptation skills for life in society. However, the traditional teaching model cannot meet the demands of students for enhanced English learning ability in their all-round development due to deficiencies in actual teaching and learning. Therefore, this paper will explore the path of sustainable development for English teaching. Based on the theory of educational ecological environment, this paper proposed a teaching model for sustainable development and conducted experiments on it from multiple angles. The research shows that when using the sustainable development teaching model in teaching, the students’ emotional response to English learning increased by 3.73 per cent and their ability to apply English knowledge in practice improved by 5.33 per cent. The students’ English learning efficiency, English learning level and satisfaction have also increased.
