{"id":331,"date":"2025-05-26T12:22:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T16:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/?page_id=331"},"modified":"2025-09-11T17:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T21:16:12","slug":"language-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/language-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Language Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last 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