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Contributions to this special issue addressed various issues regarding translanguaging and language education from educational and social aspects. The topic of translanguaging itself is not ideologically free – we hope that readers will view all the contributions of this issue from a critical perspective to unpack the concept of translanguaging as a practical theory of language (Li, 2018), or even translanguaging as method (Li, 2022), to understand the benefits/effectiveness/challenges of translanguaging for educational contexts (Bonacina-Pugh et al., 2021; Fang and Liu, 2020; Ho and Tai, 2021), as well as to promote social justice through the use of language (García and Leiva, 2013; Li, 2022). Readers may also ponder: Is the use of translanguaging most effective in learning, or is the adoption of translanguaging a must in education or daily language use?