Exercise #2

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 / around 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 / respecting the freedom of thought
5. Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	TRUE

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1. Heterogeneous / Different / Diverse

2. Plurality / Multitude / more than one

3. Migration / to move / Travel

4. Fundamental / Foundation / Base

5. Collective strength / power and unity

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?

1- Music        2- Clothes

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

1 - Thinking in different ways       2- increasing the skills          3- learn the languages 

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

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”.

1- Pakistan     2- Indian     3- Black African 

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 respects and supports the cultural diversity and wants to create an environment that helps to make the people exchange their tradition and culture together.

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	homogeneous / limited	Increasingly	decreasingly	Respecting	rudeness
Strength	weakness	Improving	declining	Inclusive	narrow
Majority	minority	Tolerance	intolerance	Equality	inequality

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	Varied	Creative	artistic	Uniqueness	distinction
Dignity	respect	Integrated	inserted	Asset	savings
Global	universal	Benefit	interest

Exercise #1

1.   Look at these ten aspects which make up your cultural identity. Then, fill in the last two columns – one for somebody who works for your family and one for an expatriate friend. There are other aspects of cultural diversity but these are the main ones.

Aspect	‘ism’	Frankie	Mohamed	Your Family Employee	Your Expatriate Friend
Race/Ethnicity	Racism (Racist)	White British	Emirati	Philippines	Egyptian
Language		English	Arabic	local language / English	Arabic
Religion	Religious bigotry (a religious bigot)	Christian (Protestant)	Muslim (Sunni)	Christian	Muslim
Values and beliefs		Socialist	Carnivore	Socialist	Socialist
Disability	Ableism	Able	Able	Able	Able
Class	Classism	Middle Class	High Class!	High class	bachelor Degree
Gender	Sexism (Sexist)	Female	Male	Female	Male
Age	Ageism (Ageist)	60	20	30	22
Educational Background		M.Ed.	Undergraduate	Graduated	Graduated
Sexual Orientation	Hetrosexualist (Homophobic)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

2. How many countries are there in the world today? about 204 countries .

3. How many ethnic groups are there in the world today? 100 + 

Here is an incomplete list of ethnic groups. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_modern_ethnic_groups

4. How many ethnic groups are there living in the UAE? between 5 - 6 .

5. What is wrong with this chart?  Out dated .

6. What percentage of the UAE population is Emirati in 2014?  11.58% 

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/influx-of-foreigners-spikes-uae-population-to-8-3m-1.787518

7. Why is the percentage so small? more workers coming in .

8. The UAE's population strategy plans to make Emiratis the majority in the country or up to 40 per cent, by 2021 , members of the Federal National Council (FNC) told Gulf News.

9. Do you think this will happen? the number of employee will be increase .

10. Why do you think this? because the government doing new plan to increase the numb

11. Do you have any different ethnic groups in your ancestry or your family today?  yes .

12. What are the benefits of having a mixed cultural heritage?

learn more about the other cultures .