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 NSLI-Y Russian cohort posing in firefighter uniforms in a fire station

Russian

Exploring Estonia's Professional Landscape with Russian

Students on American Councils' NSLI-Y Summer 2015 Russian Language program in Narva, Estonia, began the program with varying levels of previous Russian langua...
image of NSLI-Y students painting a structure with youth

Russian

Forming Strong Attachments in Latvia

"Here they come!," shouts sounded from inside the bus, and from outside, tykes wielding half-bottles of green paint shrieked student names. "Сюда, Милли...
Image of NSLI-Y Russian students posing together on a wooden boat in a green field with a blue flag behind them

Russian

Bringing Russian Fairy Tales to Life

On July 7, NSLI-Y Russia students on the AFS summer program jumped into their summer of language immersion through learning traditional fairy tales that speak t...
image of Matthew smiling and sitting on a bench

Russian

Alumnus Awarded Coveted Fulbright ETA Scholarship

Photo credit: Texas A&M Today NSLI-Y Russia alumnus and recent graduate of Texas A&M Matthew Petty was highlighted in an article by Texas A&M Today ...
Image of a student at the front of the room delivering a presentation with a map

Russian

Exploring Estonian Culture

Participants of the American Councils administered NSLI-Y Academic Year 2014-15 program in Estonia completed a semester research paper and presented their work ...
Image of Dylan sitting at a table in a suit in front of a microphone

Russian

Alumnus Advocates for Russian Language to Local Board of Education

Photo credit: Marilyn Lehren, TAPinto.net NSLI-Y Russian Language alumnus Dylan was spotlighted in an article on TAPinto.net for his involvement as student repr...
collage of NSLI-Y students volunteering in different countries; one image shows a classroom setting, another shows students picking up branches in the forest, and another shows nsli-y students with young children

Global

NSLI-Y Service for Global Youth Service Day

The purpose of Global Youth Service Day (April 17-19, 2015) is to celebrate and mobilize the millions of young people who improve their communities through serv...
collage image with text like "nsliy service" and "community service" and "volunteering" as well as the nsli-y languages

Global

#NSLIYService for Global Youth Service Day

From April 17-19, the world will be celebrating Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) and young people who make a positive impact on the world through service to th...
image of NSLI-Y students taking a group photo outdoors in the snow

Russian

Cultural Exploration Trip to Bălți and Soroca, Moldova

As part of the first semester programming in Moldova, American Councils organized a cultural exploration program trip as part of the students' winter break. Bă...