Meet Our ILAs

Nagham ElNashar

Alexandria University
Hobbies: Art, dancing, learning languages, travelling, photography, music, and watching movies

Daniel Heuse

University of Bamberg
Hobbies: Soccer, football, table tennis, hiking, listening to music (a little bit of everything), and watching movies

Yan-Ling (Doris) Qiu

National Taiwan University
Hobbies: Reading, working out, travelling, watching movies, taking photos, and playing Wordle

Louise Barthélemy

University of Strasbourg
Hobbies: Dancing (L.A. style, modern jazz, contemporary, house dance, etc.), movies, eating pies and drinking tea, Scottish culture and history, British paintings (eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century), pop music, French rap, rock, and swimming

Lucrezia Livi

University of Florence
Hobbies: Music, books, listening to podcasts, attending concerts, travelling, and watching movies

Filippo Mancini

University of Florence
Hobbies: Reading, dancing, watching movies, talking to people, cooking, eating, and walking in nature and cities

Zlata Ivanova

Daugavpils University
Hobbies: Team sports, computer games, psychology books, music, travelling, and improving my Chinese

Sijin (Scarlett) Zhu

Minzu University of China
Hobbies: Musicals, hiking, computer games, playing badminton, and traveling

François Amy

Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg
Hobbies: Hiking, playing badminton, and reading books

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About the Program

In and out of the classroom, language assistants from around the world help students accelerate their language skills and deepen their cultural understanding through structured lessons, extracurricular activities and everyday interactions.

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