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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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'...
Carlie posing with fans with her peers

Korean

The Small Things Can Have the Biggest Impact

Carlie is from Dallas, TX and participated in the 2017 Korea summer program. For International Education Week I've decided to share one of my favorite experienc...
An image of Cheyenne with a peer in Seoul

Korean

Summer in Seoul

Cheyenne is from LaGrange, GA and participated in the 2017 Korea summer program. It must have been a strange sight to see 50 kids crying and hugging each other ...
Image of a souk in Marrakech

Global

Safety on NSLI-Y 2017 Programs

The story was compiled by Shraddha Joshi who participated in the Jordan summer program in 2017. Shraddha is from Round Rock, Texas. After submitting an applicat...
Image of Katie in the ocean

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...