The time is limited in college class while students have much free time.Hence,it’s very important for English majors to improve extracurricular English reading ability.To improve English majors’reading ability,the writer surveys extracurricular English reading among English majors from Hunan universities.The survey reflects that a lot of problems exist in the extracurricular English reading.Based on the survey and analysis of the existing problems,this paper studies exploring the strategies of improving English majors’extracurricular English reading ability,such as enlarging vocabulary,stimulating students’interest in extracurricular English reading,using modern equipments,understanding cultural background of reading materials,increasing quantity of reading properly,improving students’English reading skills,ect..