Arabic

Bonding Through the World Cup

Aidan is from Drexel Hill, PA and participated in the Morocco Summer 2018 program. Traveling to another country for an extended period of time is hard in any situation, but traveling to Morocco with no prior experience in Arabic really proved to be a challenge at first! When I arrived… Read More
An image of the NSLI-Y Morocco cohort looking out over a mountain towards to the blue city of Chefchaouen

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 Asian American himself, he saw the interaction with Chinese-Americans as an important cultural exchange. Wilson wanted to participate in NSLI-Y to continue cultural exchange through… Read More
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NSLI-Y and Citizen Ambassadorship – November 14, 2018 9:00 AM (EST)

On Wednesday, November 14, at 9:00 am EST, NSLI-Y students from the Korea and Taiwan Academic Year programs together presented on the theme of Citizen Ambassadorship. The presenters shared about why citizen ambassadorship is important and what it means to them. This event was part of International Education Week: International… Read More
Banner for the NSLI-Y Citizen Ambassadorship event. The banner is mostly blue and has the NSLI-Y logo at the very top.

Summer Highlights: Alumni Interactions

NSLI-Y Korea A 2017 alumnus Anand Tyagi joined NSLI-Y Korea students for dinner in downtown Seoul. Anand is a freshman at NYU and doing his summer internship in a major Korean company in downtown Seoul this summer. He talked about how he has been continuing with his study of Korean… Read More
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Korean

Studying Abroad with Anxiety

Kyla is from Denver, Colorado and participated in the 2018 Korea summer program. 안녕하세요! 저는 카일라입니다. 콜로라도 주에서왔습니다. 이번 여름에 한국에서 공부했습니다. 한국어를 많이 배웠습니다. 한국에 다시 가고 싶습니다. 한국어를 더 공부하고 싶습니다. 제 이야기를 즐겁게 읽어주셨으면 감사하겠습니다! Hello! My name is Kyla and I am from Colorado. I studied… Read More
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Summer Highlights: 21st Century Skills (Part 1)

Chris Park dressed the part for his presentation on Soccer culture in China Students Complete Individual Research Projects During the summer, the students were asked to choose a topic of interest and conduct individual research, including interactive research methods, and then present their findings to the group. With most projects… Read More
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