American Councils was recently awarded a grant from the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe and U.S.
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- Across the GlobeShe speaks four languages. Her top five tips could help you start learning one too.
- Alumni UpdatesBefore she studied abroad in Tajikistan with American Councils, Vanessa E. Beary, Ed.D already had extensive international experience. She first studied Farsi while pursuing her master’s degree at the University of Cambridge in the UK in 2005. She later worked as a public diplomacy officer for the US State Department in Iraq, a role that earned her the Outstanding Civilian Service Award from the Department of Defense. It is the third-highest public honor a civilian can receive.
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Friends, partners, and colleagues joined us to celebrate Dr. Dan E. Davidson's legacy in international education by raising money for scholarships.
- Across the GlobeMost discussions of why Americans need to study Russian, or any other world language, understandably begin with a recognition of the demands of the 21st-century global economy, of US international security concerns, and may go on to include acknowledgment of the cognitive benefits of bilingualism and the increasingly multilingual nature of US society today. But the issue of foreign language study for Americans is as old as America itself.
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Take your language skills beyond the classroom.
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We were pleased to collaborate with the Global Taiwan Institute on their biweekly public seminar series on US-Taiwan public diplomacy efforts.
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The final report of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences' Commission on Language Learning was issued in response to a bipartisan Congressional request.
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The US Department of Education's Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad awarded $240,840 to American Councils to provide scholarships to advanced students of Russian and Persian.
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Students interested in the NSLI-Y scholarship program are invited to a virtual event to learn about studying in Tajikistan.
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Six US Naval officers-in-training found themselves immersed in Ethiopian culture.
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Being multilingual immediately says to clients that you are an effective communicator.