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<article xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/1.1/xsd/JATS-journalpublishing1-mathml3.xsd" dtd-version="1.1" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">erd</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Education Reform and Development</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn>2652-5364</issn><eissn>2652-5372</eissn><publisher><publisher-name>Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26689/erd.v8i5.15301</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title>Artificial Intelligence Empowering the Reform Practice of Secondary Vocational English Teaching</title><url>https://artdesignp.com/journal/erd/8/5/10.26689/erd.v8i5.15301</url><author>CaoXinzhan</author><pub-date pub-type="publication-year"><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>8</volume><issue>5</issue><history><date date-type="pub"><published-time>2026-06-30</published-time></date></history><abstract>In the digital era, the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has injected new vitality into the reform of secondary vocational English teaching and has become an important support for solving pain points and improving teaching quality. 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