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 .

An image of NSLI-Y students from the Russian program

Russian

Altering Misconceptions

Kathryn participated in the 2017 Russian summer program. Russia has fascinated me ever since I was a young child. I remember coming home from my first day of se...
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Global

Summer Highlights: Events with Local Peers, Part 3

As an immersive language program, NSLI-Y helps American youth become part of local communities abroad. As a result, long-lasting friendships are made. These fri...
A banner image that reads "NSLI-Y Summer highlights: Interacting with U.S. Embassy Abroad" and shows images of NSLI-Y students at embassies

Global

Summer Highlights: Visits to U.S. Embassies, Part 1

NSLI-Y Arabic participants had a busy day after the Eid Al-Fitr holiday starting with their Arabic classes in the morning and a safety and security briefing wit...
Madison at a palace in Moscow

Russian

Traveling Around the World: From Houston to Moscow

Madison is from Houston, TX and participated in the 2017 Russia summer program. Здравствуйте! Меня зовут Мaдисон Ромо. Прош...
An image of Adam

Russian

American Abroad Student of the Month - Adam in Moldova

Adam, a current NSLI-Y student in Moldova, was recently recognized as the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' American Abroad Student of the Month for...
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Russian

The Experience of a Lifetime

Gillian is from Boalsburg, PA and participated in the Russia Summer 2017 program. My NSLI-Y journey began in New York City as I boarded a plane to Russia with t...
Image of a souk in Marrakech

Global

Safety on NSLI-Y 2017 Programs

The story was compiled by Shraddha Joshi who participated in the Jordan summer program in 2017. Shraddha is from Round Rock, Texas. After submitting an applicat...
Image of Chloe with a peer in front of buildings

Russian

Имя Обозначает Ребенка

Chloe is from New York City, New York and participated in the 2017 Russia summer program. In my opinion, the most noticeable difference between Russian and Amer...
A banner image that reads "summer highlights: communtiy service part two" and is placed over an image of a group of students cleaning up an area

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Summer Highlights: Community Service, Part 2

Community service is an important component to all NSLI-Y programs. Community service allows NSLI-Y scholars to build relationships with and give back to their ...