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 students on a zoom call together

Global

Coming Back, Giving Back: Using Your NSLI-Y Experience for Good - April 6th, 2016

On April 6th 2016, the NSLI-Y Alumni Association and iEARN USA hosted the "Coming Back, Giving Back: Using Your NSLI-Y Experience for Good" Virtual Event! This ...
Image that reads how are you going to change the world?

Global

Global Youth Service Day

What are you doing for GYSD this year? Current NSLI-Y students and alumni, please consider submitting a story to NSLI-Y Interactive about any service projects ...
image that reads "coming back, giving back"

Global

"Coming Back, Giving Back" Virtual Event April 6, 2016 at 7:30 pm (EST)

Looking for ways to use your language skills to give back? Want to hear about the projects and careers NSLI-Y alumni have done to make a difference in the world...
screenshot from a youtube video of a nsli-y alum with the subtitle "ryan, arabic, morocco" next to his face

Global

Alumni Talk About the Importance of NSLIY

Check out this video featuring NSLI-Y alumni from a variety of different programs talking about why the NSLI-Y program is important and what they gained from pa...
image of nsli-y students posing with bags of trash that they picked up

Global

Coming Back, Giving Back: Share Your NSLI-Y Service Story Today!

NSLI-Y Alumni have gone on to do incredible things in their communities and in the world. From working in interfaith dialogue, to fighting for international wom...
three images of different people from chisinau. all are men with beards. one is dressed as santa with a long white beard and red cloak. the other is dressed in all black. another one is wearing black, white, and red winter clothing.

Russian

Humans of Chisinau Люди Кишинёва глазами NSLI-Y

A project completed by participants of the 2015-16 Russian Language Academic Year program in Chisinau, Moldova, implemented by American Councils Throughout the ...
Image of Archit posing with his peers in front of a state with golden figures surrounding it

Russian

Navigating Food and Culture through Language

Excerpts from an interview with alumnus Archit, NSLI-Y Russia, Summer 2015 Since middle school, Archit has always liked world travel, languages, and cultures; l...
Image of the NSLI-Y Latvia cohort posing together outside

Russian

NSLI-Y Latvia in Daugavpils and Ventspils

NSLI-Y Russian students in Latvia experienced a fulfilling and exciting summer focused on language learning but made time for excursions to various cities for a...
Image of Meghan Brooks shaking hands with a Moldovan teen

Russian

Friendships in the Making in Moldova

On July 18, 2015, American Councils organized an event during which NSLI-Y participants studying in Chisinau, Moldova engaged in a bilateral language learning i...