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 Korean stories from .

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Korean

Subway Reflections

Katie is from Libertyville, IL and participated in the 2017 Korea summer program. With a bittersweet taste on my tongue, I sat on the cold metal seats of the li...
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Korean

Re-Thinking Our Emotional State Abroad: Part 2

In this post, Claire Yang discussed the commonly used “U-Curve” model for visualizing “Culture Shock.”
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Korean

Re-Thinking Our Emotional State Abroad: Part 1

By Claire Yang, NSLI-Y 2016-2017 Korean Academic Year Alumna...
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Global

Summer Highlights: Developing 21st Century Skills, Part 1

Whether through public speaking, research projects, or global cooperation and diplomacy, NSLI-Y participants are constantly developing skills to advance interna...
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Global

NSLI-Y Parent and Alumni Testimonials – Part 1

While some parents are excited for their son or daughter to study abroad, others may be nervous. The student may be ready and eager to dive into a new culture f...
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Global

2018-2019 Application Season Announcement

The U.S State Department's National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) merit-based scholarship programs for high school students to study a forei...
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Korean

From Basic Greetings to a Human Connection

Excerpts from an interview with alumna Bilqees, NSLI-Y South Korea, Summer 2015 Bilqees sought out opportunities to study Korean even before she knew about NSLI...
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Korean

An Unexpected Encounter

In October I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the 5th Swedish Film Festival in Seoul, Korea. Over the course of the week I got to see six excellent fil...
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Korean

Car Rides With My Host Mom

Since I've come back from my summer in Korea, I have been unable to properly convey how much the experience changed me. I could easily ramble off the list of ...