{"id":70,"date":"2020-09-09T03:36:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T03:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/clslang\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2025-10-16T02:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T02:22:13","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/clslang\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\tWelcome\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<h1><strong>WELCOME TO CLS<\/strong><\/h1>\nSupporting Your Quest to Learn a Foreign Language\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/clslang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/09\/2.jpg\" alt=\"2\" height=\"533\" width=\"799\" title=\"2\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/clslang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/09\/3.jpg\" alt=\"3\" height=\"532\" width=\"800\" title=\"3\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/clslang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/09\/4.jpg\" alt=\"4\" height=\"533\" width=\"800\" title=\"4\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/clslang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/09\/5.jpg\" alt=\"5\" height=\"532\" width=\"799\" title=\"5\" \/>\n\t<h4>WELCOME TO THE CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES<br \/>\nEXTERNAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMMES<\/h4>\nCLS is Ranked Top Ten in the QS World University Ranking for Modern Languages in 2012, 2013 and 2014. 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