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Middle or high school students will volunteer for the Chuseok Festival in New Jersey and help prepare for the festival with the staff.

You listen to a radio program that streams live online from Montreal. The station is holding a contest: the prize is a four-day trip to the city, including tickets to two concerts. To enter, you must record a one-minute synopsis of a song that has special meaning to you and explain why.

Gaokao is the standardised university entrance exam held annually in mainland China every year. It is considered one of the world's most difficult public exams. It plays a crucial role in determining whether and where the students can pursue a higher education, which has an ultimate impact on their future job opportunities , hence the rest of their lives, daily routines. In other words, the examination system of Gaokao, to a large extent dominates how Chinese students' school life playing out

You are going on a trip in Italy with your school and you will be staying in host families. In order to fit in with the locals, you are investigating further the “do’s and don’ts” of traveling to Italy and how to make "una bella figura" once you are there.

"It is a D again" is a painting by artist Fyodor Reshetnikov, created in 1952. It is displayed in the Tretyakov Gallery.
The painting reflects the realities of a student's life in the USSR. The picture is well known to the Soviet and Russian public.

An Italian TV show is seeking participants that will introduce their own families and find some differences and similarities with the Italian host family.

The Korean American Harvest Festival Committee will set up a booth at the local Chuseok festival to educate visitors about Chuseok and the activities that Koreans do during this holiday.

Students got a translation job for an episode of ”The Simpsons”. They need to make sure their translation is not only accurate in terms of meaning but also sound natural and appropriate for the Korean audience.

A local cooking show wants an episode on cultural influences on food recipes and diversity of cultural cuisine

A summer food festival wants to promote interest in Haitian food on its website for visitors.

The French magazine, "Le Petit Quotidien" needs some entries for its next issue entitled "Qui suis-je?" and has invited you to participate. You will need to submit either a video, a blog or an article entry presenting yourself.

Your school is planning a "greet and meet" for new students in September. In order to include all students, as a member of the World Language Society, you have been asked to provide a video which demonstrates how students should describe themselves and their families. These videos will be available to the students.

Hispanic Heritage Month organizers want new pamphlets and presentations about “El Dia de Muertos."
Your class competes with others, the best pamphlet wins!

The study abroad office at a local college needs to develop reference materials to help students learn about cultural events & societal norms of potential study abroad locations.

The Spanish Club at your school is hosting a week-long event on celebrations, especially "Día de Reyes Magos"; and it's planning to display materials from this celebration to the community.

High school students from Japan are invited to visit your high school in New York City next month.
Your Japanese class is preparing for the cultural exchange activity (introducing milestone events between Japan and the U.S. to one another) that is to be held at the welcome party.

You have been selected by your school to participate in the foreign exchange program in Lima, Peru. You will be traveling to Peru just in time to celebrate New Year’s Eve with your foreign exchange family. In order to be prepared to actively participate in this celebration, you must first learn, understand and experience the cultural traditions practiced in this country when celebrating the New Year.

Festival promoters want to plan marketing materials for a trip to Barranquilla around the days of Carnaval de Barranquilla, a folkloric celebration.

The school has a study abroad program. Some students are in this program and are going to China for a year as an exchange student. They will live with Chinese host families. You are the volunteer of the school study abroad program. Before they go to China, you need to introduce Chinese family structure and family values to them to help them have a good experience living with Chinese families.

A young adult must decide at what point in life he/she will move out on his/her own. Many factors influence this decision. The factors must be explored in order to make an informed decision.