The improvement of critical thinking ability is a process of human brain’s cognition, reasoning and judgment of objective things. This experiment starts with the learners’ discourse cognitive construction model, and attempts to study the effect of the training of discourse cognitive model based on critical thinking habits on the English writing performance of the application-oriented English majors with three different levels of language expression ability, so as to help the learners improve their English writing in the construction of conscious discourse cognition.

The reform of the training mode for English majors in the context of the new liberal arts is a dynamic process that conforms to social needs, continuously improves and optimizes. After a series of special investigations, this article proposes development ideas for the cultivation of English majors in local applied undergraduate universities based on the analysis of the demand for English majors' abilities in the job market. The aim is to solve the problems of unclear characteristics of English major talent cultivation in local applied undergraduate universities and weak competitiveness of graduates in employment.

The cultivation of English majors in applied universities aims to cultivate versatile foreign language talents that meet the needs of social development. The construction and development of the English major need to keep up with the pace of changes in the times, and meeting the needs of current social development is the main criterion for measuring the value of this major. The satisfaction of English major students with their major is an important factor affecting the construction and reform of the major. This article mainly uses the questionnaire survey method to survey English majors in several applied universities and analyze their major satisfaction.