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 Arabic stories from .

Fatma sits at a cafe

Arabic

NSLI-Y Honors Arab American Heritage Month | Alumni Spotlight: Fatma

NSLI-Y is excited to honor Arab American Heritage Month and recognize the achievements of Arab Americans, spotlighting the stories of our Arab American alumni.
Here Clare is in front of Moroccan zellige tile fountains during her 2018 NSLI-Y experience.

Arabic

Exploring Personal Development Through Language Learning

Clare, an alumna of the 2018 NSLI-Y Arabic Summer program from Rock Island, Illinois, shares how her participation in the NSLI-Y program affected both her professional development and personal growth.
Robae in front of a structure in Jordan.

Arabic

NSLI-Y Honors Black History Month | Alumni Spotlight: Robae

NSLI-Y is excited to honor Black History Month and recognize the achievements of Black Americans, by spotlighting the stories of our Black alumni. Read more to learn about Robae, an alumnus of the 2022 Summer Arabic Program in Amman, Jordan from Baltimore, Maryland.
Grace poses in front of a tree while in Jordan as a Fulbright scholar.

Arabic

Alumni Spotlight: Grace Hall Returns to Jordan with Fulbright

NSLI-Y alumna Grace Hall participated in the 2019 NSLI-Y Summer Program for Arabic in Amman, Jordan and recently returned to Amman as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA). ​Read more to learn about her journey to building a passion for Arabic and Middle East Studies.
Ruby exploring a beach in Tangier after a late lunch.

Arabic

“This is Morocco, Plans Change”

Ruby, an alumna of the 2022 NSLI-Y Arabic summer program in Morocco, reflects on the beauty of the Moroccan approach to time and her cohort's slogan "this is Morocco, plans change."
A title card for the NSLI-Y Interactive Virtual Event: Celebrating Holidays with NSLI-Y featuring all the alumni panelists

Global

NSLI-Y Interactive Virtual Event - Celebrating Holidays with NSLI-Y

On Wednesday, December 21st at 7:00 PM EST, NSLI-Y Interactive will host our final virtual event of 2022: "Celebrating Holidays with NSLI-Y". Summer and Academic Year alumni from a variety of NSLI-Y programs will share about the holidays they celebrated on program and what they learned from them.
Rachel with friends in Morocco

Global

NSLI-Y Parent & Alumni Testimonials: Summer 2022 & Academic Year 2021-2022

While some parents are excited for their child to study abroad, others may be nervous, particularly given the pandemic and geopolitical events worldwide. After many NSLI-Y overseas programs resumed in 2022, NSLI-Y was fortunate to receive several testimonials from parents and alumni addressing their experience.
NSLI Y Interactive Chinese Classroom Connection Event

Arabic

A Head Start to a Life of Diplomacy

Learn more about how Blaise Kern's language learning journey studying Arabic with Virtual NSLI-Y (Winter 2022) helped his dream of becoming a diplomat!
NSLI Y Interactive Twitter and FB

Global

NSLI-Y VSI Highlights: Artmaking and Creativity

This past summer, NSLI-Y students were able to immerse themselves in the artforms of their host countries all while practicing their target language.