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HU Pingping, HUANG Tianmin, ZHAO Wenjia, ZHAO Hua
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DOI:10.17265/2161-623X/2026.10.001
Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
Given the prevailing challenge of insufficient listening and speaking proficiency among non-English-major undergraduates, and informed by the international education context of the author’s institution, this study explores how project-based learning improves students’ practical English competence and other relevant dimensions. The results indicate that project-based teaching yields significant benefits for students’ practical English proficiency, especially listening and speaking skills. This approach also effectively enhances English learning motivation and cultivates learners’ teamwork, global mindset, cross-cultural communicative competence, and academic report-writing skills. Additionally, the findings highlight the necessity for teachers to reinforce management and targeted guidance on project design, group size control, and academic writing to maintain the long-term effects of this teaching method.
higher education internationalization, project-based teaching, English listening and speaking skills, cross-cultural communication competence
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