Stories

The NSLI-Y program languages include Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Indonesian, Hindi, Korean, Persian (Tajiki), Russian and Turkish. Listed below are all multimedia stories written, and shared by NSLI-Y students, alumni, partners, and supporters. These stories include all NSLI-Y program languages and are ordered chronologically from the most recent post.

Alumni and current students, join the conversation by submitting your own story.

Click on a language below to see stories and media related to a specific NSLI-Y program language:

Displaying stories from 2018.

Lauren poses with members of her Korean school

Korean

Language Learning in Conjunction with Cultural Immersion

Lauren is from Charlottsville, VA and participated in the Korea AY 2015-2016 program. 안녕하세요 nsliy장학금을 타서 2015년부터 2016년까지...
Image of Halden with their NSLI-Y class

Chinese (Mandarin)

Memories and Reflections

Halden is from Pinehurst, NC and participated in the China Summer 2018 program.
NSLI-Y Jordan Cohort poses together in front of a mountainous view

Arabic

Reflecting on My Time in Jordan

Kate is from Norfolk, VA and participated in the Jordan Summer 2017 program. Looking back, the application process for NSLI-Y went by in a flash; before I knew ...
Ellie poses with NSLI-Y peers and food

Korean

Where Food Equals Family

Ellie is from Spokane Valley, WA and participated in the Korea Summer 2018 program. My host mother stands firmly by the principle that food, like all other good...
An image of a plate of couscous

Arabic

A Mistake Turned Life Lesson

Lillian is from Fargo, ND and participated in the Morocco Academic Year 2017-2018 program. In late November of 2017, I found myself huddled with two of my frien...
Ashley poses with her host family in Korea

Korean

The Crossroads of Culture in Seoul

Ashley is from Baltimore, MD and participated in the Korea Summer 2018 program. During my time in Seoul, South Korea, in the summer of 2018, it was in my wildes...
An image of the NSLI-Y Morocco cohort looking out over a mountain towards to the blue city of Chefchaouen

Arabic

Bonding Through the World Cup

Aidan is from Drexel Hill, PA and participated in the Morocco Summer 2018 program. Traveling to another country for an extended period of time is hard in any si...
Image of the NSLI-Y cohort posing with a large group of students

Chinese (Mandarin)

Finding Common Connections through Language in Taiwan

Hailing from Seattle with one of the largest Chinese-American populations in the U.S., Wilson had always been surrounded by Chinese culture and language. As an ...
A banner with the text "Summer highlights: Community service: Working with Youth" overlayed over a blurred photo of a NSLI-Y cohort volunteering

Global

Summer Highlights Community Service: Working with Youth

Community Service related highlights from the 2018 NSLI-Y Summer programs!