Away From Home!
Authored by Kelly Sereno
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9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Team A: Before traveling to your new host country, you want to work on your language skills. What is the name of the new online language learning platform that the WUHS library has purchased for students?
Doulingo
Pineapple
Mango
Babble
Answer explanation
C - Mango features lessons in over 70 languages and you can access it for free from the WUHS library website. Username: Your school e-mail. Password: WaterfordWolverines
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Team Z: You’re at lunch on your first day, and everyone is eating a local dish that looks like it came from another planet. What’s the best move?
Pull out a protein bar from your backpack to eat instead
Take a small bite with an open mind, ask what it’s called, and show curiosity.
Explain to the group why most Americans would not eat this dish.
Take a photo, post it with a caption, and leave the table.
Answer explanation
C - Being curious helps build instant bridges in new cultures.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Team A: As you pack for your trip, you are concerned that your preferred way of dressing might not fit in with the norms where you're traveling. What should you do?
Research and buy a lot of new items to wear so you fit in.
Pack items that you can't wear to WUHS
Research local trends where you're headed and try to pack a bit more conservatively than normal
Pack very little and just borrow clothing to wear from your host family
Answer explanation
C - An exchange student should respect local cultural and school norms, communicate, and make temporary, practical adjustments to avoid discomfort or misunderstanding.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Team Z: You want to make friends at your new school, but you’re APPREHENSIVE about your accent and language skills. What’s the most effective strategy?
Wait a few weeks to speak until your second language skills have been perfected
Wear headphones everywhere and avoid eye contact so people won't try to talk to you.
Try to hang out with the other American exchange students so you have people with whom you can connect in your language.
Join a club, sport, or activity you enjoy so that you can interact in a non-threatening way even with a language barrier
Answer explanation
D - Activities create low-pressure environments to practice language and make real connections.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Team A: Culture shock hits you in Week 3, and suddenly small things (like how buses work or how people say hello) are stressing you out. How should you handle it?
Try to spend more time alone and binge-watch shows in English until you feel better.
Try to avoid the cultural situations that are challenging.
Call home and discuss returning home because the vibe is off.
Acknowledge your overwhelmed feeling and talk to your host family for help.
Answer explanation
D -Culture shock has stages; accepting the feeling is the fastest way through it.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Team Z: Your host family has a custom of taking off shoes at the door and bowing slightly when greeting elders. You usually just wave and wear sneakers inside. What do you do?
Observe and match their traditions while you're in their house—it shows respect and speeds up assimilation.
Explain to them why your way makes more logical sense.
Take off your shoes, but make a sarcastic joke about it every single time.
Ignore the custom until someone explicitly calls you out.
Answer explanation
A — Adapting to household norms shows respect for your host family's culture.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Team A: What is the best verb for the concept of adopting new information, ideas, or culture and incorporating it into your own?
Implement
Assimilate
Perpetuate
Immigrate
Answer explanation
C - One can assimilate culturally, cognitively, biologically, and linguistically !
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