- The Eurasian Regional Language Program (ERLP) provides high-quality language instruction, specially designed cultural programs, and logistical support to participants studying the languages of Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Russia (temporarily suspended), Ukraine, and Moldova.Participants receive intensive, highly-individualized instruction in 16 Eurasian languages, including Dari, Farsi, Georgian, Turkish, and Uzbek.Program features include homestays, cultural activities, and conversation… Read More
- The Balkan Language Initiative offers intensive, highly-individualized instruction in Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Serbian in six different countries. Through homestays, conversation partners, in-class instruction, and extracurricular activities, participants gain an unparalleled opportunity to immerse themselves in daily life across the Balkans, a region with limited study abroad representation.Currently, this program offers the following:Albanian in Tirana,… Read More
- Sponsored by the United States Department of State, the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program promotes mutual understanding between citizens of the United States and 22 countries across Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia.Every FLEX exchange student lives with a volunteer host family for one academic year to learn about American values, attend a U.S. high school, and teach Americans about their home countries. Participants return home galvanized and inspired to share their new experiences… Read More
- The Language Flagship is a national effort to change the way Americans learn languages. Flagship offers pathways for students of all academic majors and language levels to pursue advanced-level language study in one of seven languages: Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, or Turkish.The Turkish Overseas Flagship provides an immersive overseas experience for undergraduates enrolled in the Language Flagship at Indiana University, Bloomington. The program helps participants… Read More
- American Councils for International Education partners with the U.S. Department of State on the CLS Program. We are reviewing this website to ensure compliance with recent executive orders and other guidance. A program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the CLS Program is part of a U.S. government effort to increase the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages and applying those skills in their professional careers. … Read More
- Angela Gjekanovikj isn’t an ambassador yet, but she’s been practicing for years.She was only a teenager when she traveled from Skopje, Macedonia, to Bakersfield, California, to start her academic year abroad with the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study program.“It was the moment I stepped out of the plane I started sharing Macedonia,” she said with a laugh, during a recent phone interview. “In Macedonia we kiss (three times), and I kissed all of them.”Her host parents and host sister, armed… Read More
- American Councils for International Education and the Portugal-based, Camões, Institute for Cooperation and Language, I.P. are partnering to strengthen the study and teaching of Portuguese language and cultures in the United States of America, and to support world language education at large. The partnership will directly promote the National Examinations in World Languages (NEWL ), a series of language assessments in critical and less-commonly taught languages, including Portuguese.The NEWL… Read More
- When Jelena Jevtic first heard about the UN Youth Assembly, she wasn't sure if she should apply.But she did. She will be one of more than 1,000 students from around the world involved in the prestigious gathering next month in New York City.Born in Serbia, Jelena is a senior at Bluefield State College in West Virginia, where as the student government association president she has spearheaded the celebration of UN Day, International Women's Day, as well as the first-ever recycling initiatives on… Read More
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