Tuesday, September 18, 2012

portfoilo assignment #4 - cultural diversity


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, its 175 million people live outside the country they were born at
3.       One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.
True
4.       Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.
False, it means respecting for freedom of thoughts.
5.       Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.

True

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:
1.       Heterogeneous : verity
2.       Plurality: majority 
3.       Migration: the act of movement from your country to another
4.       Fundamental: Basic 
5.       Collective strength: collect strength between people 
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?

great thinking, creative

2.       Name three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economic.
            1-language,
            2- solve problems 
            3-communicating skills 


3.       From the internet, in relation to Cultural Diversity, find a picture and a definition of “Melting pot” and “Garden salad”.
melting pot: its different cultures get together in 1 country and be a 1 culture.

Garden salad: different cultures combined to make a 1 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, Bangladesh, Dark Africans, Pakistan's

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.

-the university of Melbourn is a affirm that cultural diversity encompass differences based on race, ethnicity, language,religion, value and beleif systems, disability, class, gender, age and education background.


Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:
Varied
one 
Increasingly
decreasingly 
Respecting
Disrespecting
Strength
weak
Improving
unimproved
Inclusive
exclusive
Majority
minority
Tolerance
intolerance 
Equality
unequal

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:
Diverse
assorted
Creative
aesthetic
Uniqueness
exceptionable
Dignity
address
Integrated
arrange
Asset
aid
Global
all-around
Benefit
account
Harmony
arrangement

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