Cultural Diversity

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

What is Cultural Diversity?

TeamOne CIG

Quiz- What is Cultural Diversity?

Quiz– What is Cultural Diversity?

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

1. At least 6000 different languages exist in the world.	T
2. Over 200 million people live outside the country where they were born.	F-175 million persons are residing away from the country of their birth
3. One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.	T
4. Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.	F-Cultural Diversity means to have respect for different ways of thinking.
5. Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	T

Vocabularypractice. Define in your own words:

1. Heterogeneous-very diverse

2. Plurality-a large number of people

3. Migration-movement of people to a new place tolive in order to find work or improve their lives.

4. Fundamental-the most important or basic fact

5. Collective strength-where a group of people cometogether with the same idea or goal.

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

1. Thearticle mentions food as an example of Cultural Diversity. Can you think ofsomething else which could add interest and richness in a culturally diversecountry?

National dress

2. Namethree ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to functionin the new global economy.

Languageskills, new ways of thinking, and negotiating skills.

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

meltingpot: a country, locality, or situation inwhich a blending of races, peoples, or cultures is taking place.

a “garden-salad” culture is one made up of many differentpeople who retain their unique cultural identity.

4. Britaintoday is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Look on theinternet and find out which nationalities make up the “ethnic minoritypopulation of over 4 million”.

“South” Asian or Indian.

5. Australiais another of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. The University of Melbourne has a policy onCultural Diversity. Read the two paragraphs and summarize them in your ownwords.

The University of Melbourne welcomes and encourages andcelebrates the many different cultures found on its campus, and wants all ofthe students to recognize what an opportunity there is for them to learn andvalue all of the different cultures there.

Vocabularypractice. Give the opposite:

Varied	Singular	Increasingly	Decreasingly	Respecting	Disrespecting
Strength	Weakness	Improving	Declining	Inclusive	Exclusive
Majority	Minority	Tolerance	Intolerance	Equality	Inequality

Vocabularypractice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	different	Creative	Inventive	Uniqueness	incomparable
Dignity	Nobility	Integrated	Combined	Asset	Property
Global	Worldwide	Benefit	Advantage	Harmony	unity