- Scholarly Articles Founded by academics in 1974, American Councils for International Education continues to approach each program and initiative first and foremost as educators. We find ourselves asking: What are the learning outcomes and how can we best measure or capture impact? What model of program or effort is likely to yield the best results? Our research staff contribute to academic and scholarly journals on language immersion in overseas settings, second-language acquisition in adults… Read More
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- We have been moved by cultural experiences, including studying abroad, traveling internationally, and meeting people from many of the world's brightest corners. We know that language and cultural skills are vital tools in building global peace and a coalition amongst nations. Join us and become an ambassador of curiosity, international engagement, and connections between countries and cultures.Get involved today!Volunteer at our headquarters in Washington, DCHost an international student… 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
- Editor's note: Laura Garvie has called many places home, including the "Paris of East Java," Malang, Indonesia. She attributes her professional-level language skills to her semester-long study through the Indonesian Overseas Program (IOP) in 2016. Laura is currently pursuing a master's degree and continuing to connect with the Indonesian community in her current home, Paris, France. What story do you tell the most when people ask, "What was your program like?" When people ask me about my… 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
- We are pleased to announce the launch of the Academic Fellowships in Russia program. Provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York, the American Councils Academic Fellowships in Russia (AFR) will support US graduate students enrolled in PhD programs in the social sciences, post-doctoral fellows, university faculty, and independent scholars to conduct on-site research and fieldwork in Russia for periods of three to nine months on topics within the social science disciplines. About… Read More
- Naimul Chowdhury spent the summer of 2017 immersed in the sights and sounds of Tainan, Taiwan. The Florida native had not considered living abroad before, but the Taiwan Intensive Summer Language Program (TISLP) changed that. Today, Naimul is back in Florida, finishing his final semester of university, but plans to look at graduate schools abroad. "I want returning to and temporarily living in Taiwan to be a part of my life story," he said. What story do you tell the most when people ask, "… Read More
- Another Open World alumna earned a top post in Ukraine this month. Olga Stefanyshyna, a 2017 Open World participant, was named the Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine. Ms. Stefanyshyna was hosted in Sacramento, Ca. by the Sacramento Friendship Force for the "Legislative Developments in Health Care" session through Open World. At the time of the program she was executive director of the charitable foundation, "Patients of Ukraine," where she advocated to make medical treatment accessible for… Read More
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