- American Councils' Dr. Dan E. Davidson will join a panel session at ACTFL's 2019 annual conference and expo in Washington, DC. A collaborative initiative of the Language Flagship has created online, scenario-based intercultural modules for undergraduate learners of Arabic, Chinese, and Russian. The curriculum development was informed by a 360-degree survey of stakeholders in overseas programs on the cultural preparedness of students with Advanced+ language proficiency. Session Presenter… Read More
- American Councils' research and assessment team will present during a panel session at ACTFL's 2019 annual conference and expo in Washington, DC. This panel session will demonstrate a new video technology and content material for use in teacher professional development in the study of the communicative repertoires, cross-cultural mediation skills, and linguistic and cultural knowledge at Advanced levels and above, using public video presentations by Superior Level students in… Read More
- Editor’s note: Adrian Erlinger manages innovation and capacity building initiatives at American Councils. He has been leading the way on several internationalization projects, including the US-Chile University Partnerships program, which has provided strategic advisory to a consortium of Chilean universities to achieve their internationalization goals. Higher education institutions are acknowledging the growing role of international collaboration to address global challenges with… Read More
- American Councils welcomed a crowd to its DC headquarters last week for the 9th annual silent auction, which garnered support for scholarships for bright, international scholars. The annual fundraiser focuses on a region of the world where American Councils operates and, this year, programs in Albania and Kosovo took center stage. Dignitaries from both countries addressed the VIP reception, which was officiated by AC board of trustees’ member, Gazmend Gjonbalaj. In his opening address, Mr… Read More
- WASHINGTON—The US Department of State will provide $4 million to continue the US-Central Asia Education Foundation (US-CAEF) Enterprise Student Fellowship, a prestigious scholarship enabling students throughout Central Asia to complete undergraduate degrees in business and economics at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.The State Department’s award includes funding for 15 students who began their studies at AUCA in September 2019, and will support 75 students… Read More
- As a little girl in Kosovo, Zana Zeqiri Rudi’s role models didn’t come from fairy tales or TV shows. Instead, she looked up to the ambassadors she heard on the evening news. She was born in Pristina, Kosovo in 1983, when it was still a part of Yugoslavia. Her childhood coincided with conflict as Kosovo struggled for independence, and her early English skills allowed her to watch the international news reports with her parents each night. Those reports contained both horror and… Read More
- Editor's note: In 1996, Thomas Burns decided to take his study of the Russian language to the next level by spending a semester in St. Petersburg and what is now the Russian Language and Area Studies Program. Since then, he's lived and worked in several other countries while building his career as a visual storyteller. Today, he is based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Why did you decide to study abroad in Russia?I had been studying Russian at college in the US, but I just wasn’t happy with… Read More
- American Councils release score reports in July after the exam administration. A downloadable link to the score report is sent directly to the examinee. Parents will not have access to NEWL scores unless the examinee and the parent/s share email addresses. An official score report may also be sent to a college or university of the examinee's choice. The report includes an endorsement letter from the College Board and guidelines on how to interpret NEWL scores. Supplementary… Read More
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- Editor’s Note: October 10 is World Mental Health Day. We asked Ms. Huang, program manager for the Chinese Overseas Flagship Program, to talk about the positive impact mindfulness can have, particularly during study abroad experiences. What’s the first image that comes to mind when you hear the word ‘mindfulness’? Is it an idyllic scene of Bohemians in long skirts frolicking across a green field? Or, do you perhaps see a young monk serenely sitting within a Buddhist temple in lotus pose?… Read More
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