The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the following projects:
• The Innovation Program of International Chinese Education “Building an Online and Offline International Course Chinese Culture, English Bridge (Grant No. 21YH039CX2) provided by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation, Ministry of Education;
• The Industry-Academia Collaboration and Education Reform Project “Rain Courseware for Chinese Culture, English Bridge (Grant No. 220505695115738) funded by the Ministry of Education;
• The Key Project of Undergraduate Education and Teaching Reform in Yunnan Province for 2023 “Construction and Practice of a Project-Based Learning Teaching Model for Advanced University English Courses” (Project No. JG2023302);
• The Education and Teaching Reform Research Project of Yunnan University for 2022 “Exploration and Practice of a Project-Based General English Course Teaching Model” (Project No. 2022Z02).
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