In this paper, we conduct research on the basic college foreign language teaching reform under the background of private college complete credit oriented thinking. With the speeding up of the China's popularization of higher education, all the institutions of higher learning in the teaching management in for credit system teaching management mode, to cope with the international and the domestic competition, increase the strength, to adapt to the needs of society. However, combined with China's national conditions and practice of higher education, how to effectively under the guidance of scientific concept of development the credit-system teaching management mode, real play to the advantages of credit system teaching management to overcome disadvantages of school management. With this basis, we propose the novel idea on the credit oriented college foreign language teaching reform that will promote the performance of the traditional education activities.