Language and Culture

Academic and Sports Program

 

Requirements:

 

Belt Loop
Complete these three requirements:

1. Talk with someone who grew up in a different country than you did. Find out what it was like and how it is different from your experience.

2. Learn 10 words that are in a different language than your own.

3. Play two games that originated in another country or culture.

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Earn the Language and Culture belt loop, and complete seven of the following requirements:

1. Earn the BSA Interpreter Strip.

2. Write the numbers 1-10 in Chinese or another number system other than the one we normally use (we use the Arabic system).

3. Visit an embassy, consulate, or charge d'affairs for another country.

4. Make a display of stamps or postcards of another country. Explain the importance or symbolism of the things depicted to that country's culture.

5. Learn 30 words in a language other than your own.

6. Learn a song in another country's language.

7. Say five words in American Sign Language. One of these words could be your first name.

8. Visit a restaurant that specializes in recipes from another country.

9. Watch a TV show or movie in a foreign language. Tell how easy or difficult it was to understand what was happening.

10. Interview an interpreter. Find out what his or her job is like.

11. Make a list of 30 things around your home that were made in another country.

12. Read a book or story about an immigrant to the United States.