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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The journal,
<b><i>Educational Linguistics, </i></b>is now available in Open Access via <b>Subscribe to Open in 2026</b>. The 2026 volume will be published Open Access, with no APCs and no fees for readers.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(58, 24, 87);"><b><a name="x_x_x_x__Hlk219815225">Professor Li Wei, PhD, FBA, MAE, FAcSS, FRSA</a></b><br>
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