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Ltd.</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26689/erd.v8i4.15001</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title>Teaching Reform and Research of College English for Art Majors from a Multimodal Perspective</title><url>https://artdesignp.com/journal/erd/8/4/10.26689/erd.v8i4.15001</url><author>LiQiangqiang</author><pub-date pub-type="publication-year"><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>8</volume><issue>4</issue><history><date date-type="pub"><published-time>2026-06-03</published-time></date></history><abstract>Under the background of the construction of the New Liberal Arts and the continuous advancement of higher education internationalization, the requirements for College English teaching for art majors are increasingly rising. 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