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In today’s world, people from different cultures often meet for friendship, school, or business. A simple act like giving a gift can sometimes cause misunderstandings if cultural traditions aren’t understood.

For example, a student visiting China might bring a gift for their host family without knowing that items like a clock (钟) or pear (梨) have negative meanings. Similarly, a business professional might unknowingly offer an inappropriate gift, risking their relationship.

Imagine you are an exchange student in Korea, and you receive a surprising announcement that you won a ₩100,000 (~$100) Starbucks gift card. Excited about the possibilities, you quickly remember that in Korean culture, treating others is a gesture of building relationships and showing gratitude. As you plan how to use the gift card, you think of treating your classmates and/or surprising your professor with coffee. Now, how would you use it to spread kindness and strengthen your social bonds?

Bring examples of different food that Arab families have on picnics.

Context: Your class has been invited to the Day of the Death festival 2024, however, they have asked you to bring an ofrenda to participate in the game of the best ofrenda of the year so your class has decided to do a research to make the best ofrenda.​

Our team is developing a new intensive program for American students learning Russian as a foreign language, with a focus on business Russian.
The program focuses on studying proverbs, sayings, and language expressions that reveal cultural and business ethics.
The goal of the program is to immerse students in Russian everyday and cultural contexts, identify similarities and differences with American culture, and help develop skills for effective business communication.

Students explore the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, connecting its cultural practices and traditions to their own identities. This fosters language skills, intercultural understanding, and social-emotional growth.

Students immerse themselves in a culturally rich environment and explore the traditions of birthday celebrations in Chinese culture. Based on Confucian thinking, milestone birthdays like the 1st, 18th, 30th, 60th, and 70th are particularly significant and include family gatherings and food.

Students will research a cultural celebration from China, compare it to a celebration from their own culture, and create a presentation for their peers, showing how different cultural elements are celebrated, what values are communicated, and how these traditions are similar or different across cultures.

Your school is having a cultural birthday week celebration. You are responsible for the booth of the Taiwanese/Chinese -style of birthday celebration. You will be introducing how it was celebrated and how it is celebrated with anyone who might be interested when they walk past the booth.

1. What are the key traditions associated with the Iranian Nowruz Festival, and what do they signify?
2. How does celebrating cultural festivals contribute to social awareness and community building?
3. In what ways can we show respect and appreciation for cultures different from our own?

During the Day of Russian Culture in the Russian community, students prepare a presentation about the traditional Russian holiday Maslenitsa to introduce this holiday to students of other cultures.

The school community is looking for folk dance groups that can participate in and play on International Student's Day, November 17th. International Students’ Day is a celebration of multiculturalism, diversity, and cooperation among students across the globe.

At the New York Hangul Day Celebration booth, students have been asked to be ‘Student Ambassadors’ to educate and inform visitors about Hangul. Students create a gallery wall, brochure, and poem and present that to visitors.

Students are invited by the Dia de los Muertos DC (DDLMDC) organization to participate on their festival and educate others about the Day of the Dead and the activities Mexicans do during this celebration.​

Context: The New York Times is seeking students from different cultures to interview them about their birthday celebration when it turns to adulthood. They want to invite families to organize a multicultural birthday celebration to enrich their knowledge about other culture’s celebrations.

You are journalists of festival column of a magazine and this week's topic is the memorial of death. You need to collect information across cultures regarding different culture practices and attitudes towards death through different forms.

The community is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. For this event, all students were asked to represent a Hispanic country. You and your peers want to buy traditional costumes and traditional dishes for this event. Students need to describe the details of the outfits, the ingredients of the plates and be able to provide the symbolism of the meaning behind each object.

The grandmother develops an important role in the family, and you have been asked to describe her and represent your family’s thoughts and feelings to her.

Chinese Labor Day, also known as International Workers' Day, is celebrated on May 1st each year. It is a day to recognize and honor the contributions and achievements of workers in China and around the world.

You are the best man/bridesmaid of your Chinese friend. You will responsibility for arrange the process of wedding of your friend and help him/her to manage the whole wedding. You need to write the invitation letter, make a list of guest who should be invited to the wedding, arrange the seats of banquet and explain what they should do for different groups.