Korean

Back Home, How to Maintain those Language Skills?

By Liza, NSLI-Y Korea, Summer 2015 4주전에 저는 덴버, 콜로라도로 돌아 왔다. I landed back in Denver, Colorado four weeks ago today. Based on discussions with other Seoul summer NSLI-Yians, most of us seem to share the same thought: 서울에 있을때 시간이 너무 빨리 지났다~! (Our time in Seoul flew… Read More
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Persian (Tajiki)

Dance Lessons and Bargaining Skills in Tajikistan

As part of the NSLI-Y Persian (Tajiki) summer language program, implemented by American Councils in Tajikistan, students compliment their intensive language studies with interactive events that help them apply language learned in the classroom to unrehearsed, “out of the classroom” situations. The 2015 NSLI-Y Persian (Tajiki) summer group has put… Read More
Image of NSLI-Y students at an outdoors market in Tajikistan

Arabic

Celebrating the Fourth of July in Rabat, Morocco

On July fourth, iEARN NSLI-Y Morocco students organized an Independence Day celebration. The students met a week before to decide the menu and were provided a budget to purchase the ingredients they needed from the local market and grocery store. They split into groups, including the public relations committee (creating… Read More
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Russian

Alumnus Awarded Coveted Fulbright ETA Scholarship

Photo credit: Texas A&M Today NSLI-Y Russia alumnus and recent graduate of Texas A&M Matthew Petty was highlighted in an article by Texas A&M Today for his achievement in receiving the coveted Fulbright English Teaching Assisting (ETA) Scholarship to teach English in Tajikistan. On the NSLI-Y scholarship, Matthew worked as… Read More
image of Matthew smiling and sitting on a bench

NSLI-Y Service for Global Youth Service Day

The purpose of Global Youth Service Day (April 17-19, 2015) is to celebrate and mobilize the millions of young people who improve their communities through service. NSLI-Y students fully engage in the service spirit in order to give back to their host communities abroad. In Taiwan, NSLI-Y students participated in… Read More
collage of NSLI-Y students volunteering in different countries; one image shows a classroom setting

Alumna Gives Keynote Address to the United Nations for World Interfaith Harmony Week

[Under Secretary-General of Communications and Information Cristina Gallach looks on as Sara addresses the United Nations (Photo by Transdiaspora Network)] Sara’s address can be heard here starting at the 18:56 mark. Sara (Arabic, Summer 2010), the Youth Representative of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, gave a keynote address to… Read More
image of Sara rahim speaking at the UN