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...
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...
A banner that reads Summer highlights: Communtiy service abroad

Global

NSLI-Y Interactive Summer Highlights: Community Service Abroad [Part 3/3]

Community service continues to shape NSLI-Y participants' interaction with their host country in a manner that transcends spoken language: volunteering. By volu...
Banner image that reads "parent testimonials" and has images from NSLI-Y cohorts

Global

Parent Testimonials - Part 2

In part two of the NSLI-Y Parent Testimonials, we are excited to provide some additional testimonials from parents of recent NSLI-Y alumni. In their testimonial...
Image of Oluwatobi with her soccer team in Korea

Korean

How Soccer Changed My Time in Korea

Oluwatobi is from Houston, Texas and participated in the 2017 Korea summer program. My relationship with my host family was great from the beginning. I played ...
banner with the text "summer highlights: events with local peers"

Global

Summer Highlights: Events with Local Peers, Part 3

As an immersive language program, NSLI-Y helps American youth become part of local communities abroad. As a result, long-lasting friendships are made. These fri...
Image of a balcony in Korea

Korean

Mok Hyang Tea House in Insadong

Jacquelin is from Irvine, CA and participated in the 2017 Korea summer program. Another tea house I'm trying out! Probably my 3rd time experiencing a traditio...
A banner image that reads "NSLI-Y Summer highlights: Interacting with U.S. Embassy Abroad" and shows images of NSLI-Y students at embassies

Global

Summer Highlights: Visits to U.S. Embassies, Part 1

NSLI-Y Arabic participants had a busy day after the Eid Al-Fitr holiday starting with their Arabic classes in the morning and a safety and security briefing wit...
An image of a rocky beach with the sun setting in the background

Korean

Not Just Another Day at the Beach

It was from this memory that I truly realized that no matter how foreign it had all felt to me in the beginning, no matter how frustrated I was that I couldn'...