The paper made a research on English teachers＇ autonomous development in private universities. Data were collected by means of interview and questionnaire and qualitative and quantitative analysis was combined to analyze the data. The findings of the research indicate that English teachers in private universities have a desire for autonomous development; their reflective teaching is monotonous： they have the awareness of cooperation; the forms of their further training and education are monotonous. The research has significant implications for English teachers＇ autonomous development in private universities. The society is supposed to give teachers in private universities more concern and support. English teachers＇reflective teaching abilities should be strengthened and they are supposed to correctly realize the roles of academic research in the teaching. Private universities are expec, ted to actively explore the practical teacher training system.