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 Russian stories from .

image of a nsli-y student with host family in their home

Russian

Tea in My Russian Home: A Time for Talk, Stories, Jokes, and Life Advice

Anna participated in the Russian Academic Year program. A huge part of what defined my experience in Russia on NSLI-Y was my host family. The description of m...
image of nsli-y student with a group of people posing together on a stage

Russian

Making Friends, Learning Language, and Exchanging Culture Through Dance in Kazan

By: Sabrina, NSLI-Y Russia, Academic Year When I showed up for my first class in October, the people at the studio were so confused as to how and why an America...
image of nsli-y student with two members of his host family

Russian

Meeting My Russian Host Family

Riley participated in the 2013-2014 Russian Academic Year program. When I got off the bus at the place where our host families would meet us, I was pretty nerv...
image of ainsely posing in traditional russian clothing with a peer

Russian

Student Competes in Russian Language Competition

By: Ainsley, NSLI-Y Russia Since I have been in Russia, I have had the opportunity to participate in two different competitions testing my knowledge of the Russ...
image of nsli-y students on a stage in traditional russian dresses performing for a large audience

Russian

Russian Folklore Festival Performance

Seven NSLI-Y students in Kazan gave an on-stage performance at "Kuzminky," Kazan's Annual Russian Folklore Festival. Introduced as The Russian Folk Mu...
image of an orange and white church with gold domes on the top

Russian

Four Seasons Bilingual Photography Journal

NSLI-Y students on the academic year program in Russia were assigned a reflections project called The Four Seasons Photography Journal. Once each season, the st...
Ac nsliy participant brooklyn and her host family summer 2013

Russian

Host Family Life in Nizhny Novgorod

Nathan and Brooklyn participated in the 2013 NSLI-Y Russian Summer program in Nizhny Novgord. Students of the NSLI-Y Russia Summer program in Nizhny Novgorod ha...