Global competencies are crucial for societies to progress in a changing world. Beyond the specific language skills needed to be integrated into an international workforce, individuals should also develop the capacity to analyze and understand intercultural issues in their fields. In light of this, our paper firstly aims to pilot a problem-based learning (PBL) proposal around a cultural critical incident for design engineers to develop intercultural and linguistic competences in an ESP engineering course. A secondary objective investigates how the project raises students’ awareness about cultural factors in product design. The results point to PBL as a method which enables instructors to integrate intercultural and linguistic skills in engineering programs, where students’ awareness of cultural factors can be increased through problem-solving teamwork on critical incidents.

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工程 ESP 课程的跨文化和语言能力：基于问题的学习的教学框架建议

全球能力对于社会在不断变化的世界中取得进步至关重要。除了融入国际劳动力所需的特定语言技能外，个人还应培养分析和理解其领域内跨文化问题的能力。有鉴于此，我们的论文首先旨在围绕一个文化关键事件试点基于问题的学习 (PBL) 提案，以便设计工程师在 ESP 工程课程中培养跨文化和语言能力。次要目标调查该项目如何提高学生对产品设计中文化因素的认识。结果表明，PBL 是一种使教师能够将跨文化和语言技能整合到工程项目中的方法，