QR Challenge: Volusia County Foreign Language Festival Trivia QR Code Scavenger Hunt

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. 1. What is the official language of the United Nations?	FRENCH
2. 2. What is the most commonly spoken language in the world?	CHINESE
3. 3. How many Spanish-speaking countries are there?	21
4. 4. How many Romance languages are there?	5
5. 5. What language do all pilots use to identify themselves?	ENGLISH
6. 6. Which Spanish-speaking country has the largest population?	MEXICO
7. 7. What is the name of the universal language?	ESPERANTO
8. 8. What do you call a language and word lover?	LINGUAPHILE
9. 9. How many letters are in the Hawaiian alphabet?	12
10. 10. Swahili is a combination of which two languages?	ARABIC & PORTUGUESE
11. 11. What term, coming from the French term “m’aidez” meaning “Help me”, is used for signaling distress after an SOS?	MAYDAY
12. 12. According to the World Almanac, which of these languages is spoken by the larger number of people worldwide: French, German or Japanese?	JAPANESE
13. 13. What is the language with the most words?	ENGLISH
14. 14. What are the three official languages of Belgium?	DUTCH, FRENCH, GERMAN
15. 15. Which language has the greatest number of non-native speakers in the world?	ENGLISH
16. 16. Which language has the greatest number of native speakers?	MANDARIN CHINESE
17. 17. What is the name of the dialect often referred to as “Filipino”?	TAGALOG
18. 18. Which language has won the most Oscars (Academy Awards)?	ITALIAN
19. 19. What is the oldest written language still in existence (2 possible)?	CHINESE or GREEK
20. 20. How many languages are there in Google Translate?	64

 

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