Would you like to meet the 2020 National Language Teacher of the Year?
This message was sent to all current host families whose host students have not yet departed the U.S. These updates will be sent weekly until all students have returned to their home countries.
The NSLI-Y and YES Abroad staff are happy to share that a list of all 2020-21 NSLI-Y Virtual Summer Intensive, NSLI-Y academic year, and YES Abroad finalists is now available.
Eros from Chile is always on the move – running, walking, soccer, and ping pong are a few of the activities he enjoys! He’s also interested in gastronomy, and can’t wait to learn more about American food and lifestyle.
Get inspired by Dr Mandeep Rai on how to live a more meaningful life in times of deep uncertainty and how best to approach the most important decisions of our lives. AFS-USA Volunteers are welcome to attend!
This message was sent to all current host families whose host students have not yet departed the U.S. These updates will be sent weekly until all students have returned to their home countries.
Do you want to learn to draw the Taj Mahal? What about Australian slang?
In follow-up to our March post about the cancelation of NSLI-Y summer 2020 programs, we’re glad to announce that AFS has been awarded NSLI-Y Virtual Summer Intensive (VSI) participants across all four of our scheduled NSLI-Y languages!
Each week, we’ll be sharing a newsletter spotlighting a country we host Sponsored Programs students from. This week, we’re sharing a bit about life and culture in Egypt! Share the newsletter with families who may be interested in hosting a student from Egypt this year. Download Newsletter Please reach out to hosting@afsusa.org with questions.
Meet Toom Tam from Thailand who is a resilient and brilliant young man! Although 90% deaf, he can hear loud sounds, but communicates primarily in sign language. In the future he sees himself as a very effective teacher for deaf youth in his country.