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 Arabic stories from .

Grace poses in front of a tree while in Jordan as a Fulbright scholar.

Arabic

Alumni Spotlight: Grace Hall Returns to Jordan with Fulbright

NSLI-Y alumna Grace Hall participated in the 2019 NSLI-Y Summer Program for Arabic in Amman, Jordan and recently returned to Amman as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA). ​Read more to learn about her journey to building a passion for Arabic and Middle East Studies.
Ruby exploring a beach in Tangier after a late lunch.

Arabic

“This is Morocco, Plans Change”

Ruby, an alumna of the 2022 NSLI-Y Arabic summer program in Morocco, reflects on the beauty of the Moroccan approach to time and her cohort's slogan "this is Morocco, plans change."
A title card for the NSLI-Y Interactive Virtual Event: Celebrating Holidays with NSLI-Y featuring all the alumni panelists

Global

NSLI-Y Interactive Virtual Event - Celebrating Holidays with NSLI-Y

On Wednesday, December 21st at 7:00 PM EST, NSLI-Y Interactive will host our final virtual event of 2022: "Celebrating Holidays with NSLI-Y". Summer and Academic Year alumni from a variety of NSLI-Y programs will share about the holidays they celebrated on program and what they learned from them.
Rachel with friends in Morocco

Global

NSLI-Y Parent & Alumni Testimonials: Summer 2022 & Academic Year 2021-2022

While some parents are excited for their child to study abroad, others may be nervous, particularly given the pandemic and geopolitical events worldwide. After many NSLI-Y overseas programs resumed in 2022, NSLI-Y was fortunate to receive several testimonials from parents and alumni addressing their experience.
NSLI Y Interactive Chinese Classroom Connection Event

Arabic

A Head Start to a Life of Diplomacy

Learn more about how Blaise Kern's language learning journey studying Arabic with Virtual NSLI-Y (Winter 2022) helped his dream of becoming a diplomat!
NSLI Y Interactive Twitter and FB

Global

NSLI-Y VSI Highlights: Artmaking and Creativity

This past summer, NSLI-Y students were able to immerse themselves in the artforms of their host countries all while practicing their target language.
image of nsli-y korean students smiling and posing together with a banner that has korean writing

Global

2022-2023 NSLI-Y Application Season Announcement

Applications for the NSLI-Y 2022-2023 summer and academic year programs are now open!
NSLI Y Interactive Twitter and FB

Arabic

Music in Morocco: Earth, Wind, & Fire (and Language Learning through Music)

Katie is from Tallahassee, FL, and is an alum of the Arabic Summer 2019 program in Rabat and the virtual Arabic Academic Year 2020-2021 program.
NSLI Y Interactive Twitter and FB

Global

NSLI-Y VSI Highlights: Cooking and Cultural Exchange

Below are some highlights of food and cooking-related activities that NSLI-Y students took part in this past summer.