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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Korean

Journey into History with Seodaemun Prison History Hall

By Brady, NSLI-Y Korea, Academic Year 2014-2015 Last Saturday, October 25, 2014, I traveled, along with the other members of my program, to Seodaemun Prison His...
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Chinese (Mandarin)

A Weekend With San Hua High School

During the weekend of October 24 through October 25, 2014, the NSLI-Y Taiwan students traveled to San Hua High School in Tainan, where they spent two action-pac...
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Korean

Korea Students Celebrate Coming of Age

In South Korea, girls and boys are considered adults and given the access to the right to marry, vote, and drive once they reach the age of 19. In modern Korea,...
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Russian

Connecting in Russia Through Cooking

By: Kathy, NSLI-Y Russia, Academic Year 2011-2012 Most Russian families gather with their friends and relatives for a trip to the dacha, a country house which p...
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Russian

Experiencing the Russian "Banya"

Brian participated in the Russia Summer program. The Russian "banya" experience is unlike any other. It proved to be, in the end, my most memorable experi...
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Korean

UN International Peace Day in Korea

On September 21, 2014, students on the NSLI-Y Korea program participated in a community service event to commemorate the UN International Day of Peace. Stud...
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Global

Involvement and Opportunities After NSLI-Y

Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) hosted over 80 NSLI-Y alumni gathered at its McLean, Virginia offices for Pathways to the Future 2014, a career development and n...
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Hindi

Alumna Starts Hindi and Urdu Conversation Club at University

Ariel studied with NSLI-Y in Pune, India during the summer of 2011. Because of her experience with NSLI-Y in India, Ariel decided to apply to universities ...
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Chinese (Mandarin)

Showing Appreciation for Teachers

NSLI-Y China participants started school just in time to celebrate Teacher's Day with their new classmates. Teacher's Day was on September 10th, and all t...