Culture Diversity - LSS 2053 - Saeed Mohammed Ali

Quiz 1 - What is Cultural Diversity

Portfolio Exercise #2

 

Read the UNESCO report. True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer.

 

1. At least 6000 different languages exist in the world.	True
2. Over 200 million people live outside the country where they were born.	False / 175 million
3. One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.	True
4. Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.	False / presupposes
5. Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	True

 

 

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

 

1.       Heterogeneous

composed of parts of different kinds; having widely dissimilar elements or constituents: The party wasattended by a heterogeneous group of artists, politicians, and social climbers.

 

2.       Plurality

the excess of votes received by the leading candidate, in an election in which there are three ormore candidates, over those received by the next candidate (distinguished from majority ).

 

3.       Migration

to move from one country, place, or locality to another

 

4.       Fundamental

serving as an original or generating source :  primary <a discovery fundamental to modern computers>

 

5.       Collective strength

 the power of faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends working together toward a shared goal — plays out in their own areas.

 

Now read the rest of the article, and answer these questions by researching on the internet.

 

1.       The article mentions food as an example of Cultural Diversity. Can you think of something else which could add interest and richness in a culturally diverse country?

 

       Tradition and religion

       Art of living

 

 

2.       Name three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy.

      Language skills 

       New ways of thinking

       Negotiating skills

 

 

3.       From the internet, in relation to Cultural Diversity, find a picture and a definition of “Melting pot” and “Garden salad”.

 

Melting pot

 

      A country, locality, or situation in which a blending of races,peoples, or cultures is taking place

      An area in which many races, ideas, etc., are mixed

       Altered cultures meet up in one place and be a one certain culture

 

Garden salad

 

      A country made up of a complex array of distinct cultures that are blended into a unique

       Different cultures pooled to make one unique culture

 

 

 

 

 

4.       Britain today is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Look on the internet and find out which nationalities make up the “ethnic minority population of over 4 million”.

       Indian

       Dark Africans

       Pakistan

       Bangladesh

 

 

 

5. Australia is another of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. The University of Melbourne has a policy on Cultural Diversity. Read the two paragraphs and summarize them in your own words.

 

      University of Melbourne is one of culturally diverse University where students and staff aim for culturally inclusive behavior and activities, where differences are valued and explored, and where students and staff actively seek to learn from other cultures. One of the greatest benefits that University of Melbourne provides is opportunity to work in a culturally rich environment.

 

 

 

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	homogeneous	Increasingly	decreasingly	Respecting	disrespecting
Strength	weakness	Improving	declining	Inclusive	exclusive
Majority	minority	Tolerance	Intolerance	Equality	inequality

 

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

 

Diverse	Varied	Creative	Innovative	Uniqueness	Independence
Dignity	Nobility	Integrated	United	Asset	Property
Global	Universal	Benefit	Advantage	Harmony	Agreement