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:

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An image of Alex with peers in Korea

Korean

Looking back on a Year of Language Advances in South Korea

Alex is from Las Vegas, NV and participated in the Korea AY program from 2017-2018. Alex's language journey began in 9th grade. Her first time walking through...
Andrew standing in front of a statue in China

Chinese (Mandarin)

Alumni Spotlight: Andrew

After spending a transformative summer in Xian, China on the NSLI-Y program, Andrew Leonard arrived home to his New Hampshire school district that sadly did not...
An image of Allan in Morocco

Arabic

Alumni Spotlight: Allan

Allan is from Burke, VA and participated in the Arabic program in Morocco. At school, Allan sat next to a girl from Morocco and learned about the diversity and ...
Alex posing with a small child on a beach in Korea

Korean

Returning to Korea: One Year later

Alex is from Louisville, CO and participated in the 2014 Korea summer and 2016-2017 Korea academic year programs. 334 days, 11 hours, and 25 minutes after my in...
CJ posing with a friend in front of a door with intricate designs

Arabic

Alumni Spotlight: C.J.

C.J. is from Albuquerque, NM and participated in the Arabic programs in Egypt and Morocco. There is a saying in the NSLI-Y community that, "you are just one C...
Image of peers posing together

Chinese (Mandarin)

NSLI-Y Student Greta is the American Abroad Student of the Month: March 2018

Every month the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs selects an outstanding exchange participant as the American Abroad Stude...
An image of Alisa in a busy street in China

Chinese (Mandarin)

Discovering Myself in Chengdu

Alisa is from Short Hills, NJ and participated in the 2017 China summer program. During the first week of my program in Chengdu, China, I remember hearing a tho...
An image of the sun setting in Rabat

Arabic

What I’m Going to Miss

Lillian participated in the Morocco 2017-2018 academic year program. As of today, I have only 2 months left in this amazing country. Now that I've been livi...
An image of Elise in front of a sunset

Arabic

The Beauty of the Struggle

Elise is from Tucker, Georgia and participated in the Morocco Summer 2015 program and the Morocco Academic Year 2017-2018 program. As of today, it has been 186 ...