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 Chinese (Mandarin) stories from .

An image of Hannah with peers standing at the top of a mountain with trees in the background and the sun behind

Chinese (Mandarin)

A Very Taiwanese New Year

Hannah is from Toledo, OH and is participating in the NSLI-Y Chinese Academic Year 2018-2019 program in Taiwan. I was fortunate enough to spend the 2019 Chines...
Ingrid posing with two peers in Taiwan

Chinese (Mandarin)

American Abroad Student of the Month: Ingrid in Taiwan

Ingrid, a current NSLI-Y student in Taiwan, was recently nominated as the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs? American Abroad Student of the Month for...
Tamia speaking with a health care professional in China

Chinese (Mandarin)

Exploring Future Career Paths Abroad: The Benefits of Volunteering

Tamia is from Bensalem, PA and participated in the Chinese Academic Year 2018-2019 program in China. Boy, do I have a story to tell! For the past three months...
Summer Highlights Community Service

Global

Summer 2018 Highlights: Events with Local Peers

Highlights from the NSLI-Y 2018 Summer programs in China, Taiwan and Morocco. NSLI-Y Chinese Students Participate in Community Events...
A cityscape in Taiwan

Chinese (Mandarin)

我在台灣的生活 (My Life on Taiwan)

George is from Los Angeles, CA and participated in the Taiwan Summer 2018 program.
Image of Halden with their NSLI-Y class

Chinese (Mandarin)

Memories and Reflections

Halden is from Pinehurst, NC and participated in the China Summer 2018 program.
Image of the NSLI-Y cohort posing with a large group of students

Chinese (Mandarin)

Finding Common Connections through Language in Taiwan

Hailing from Seattle with one of the largest Chinese-American populations in the U.S., Wilson had always been surrounded by Chinese culture and language. As an ...
A banner with the text "Summer highlights: Community service: Working with Youth" overlayed over a blurred photo of a NSLI-Y cohort volunteering

Global

Summer Highlights Community Service: Working with Youth

Community Service related highlights from the 2018 NSLI-Y Summer programs!
Image of William in China

Chinese (Mandarin)

Homecoming

William is from Los Angeles, CA and participated in the 2018 Taiwan summer program. He is currently a student at the University of Chicago. I?m not Chinese. I...