Portfolio 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
3. One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.	True
4. Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.	False
5. Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	True

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1. Heterogeneous    Different

2. Plurality More than one

3. Migration  to move

4. Fundamental  Foundations / Basic

5. Collective strength  Power of group

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?

 Music and cloths

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

Negotiations, Language skills and new different ways of thinking

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- China

2- France

 3- The United states

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.

Based on The University of Melbourne's Cultural Diversity Policy affirms that cultural diversity encompasses differences based on race, ethnicity, language, religion, value and belief systems, disability, class, sexuality, gender, age and educational background.

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	Homogeneous	Increasingly	Degrease	Respecting	Disrespecting
Strength	Hardness	Improving	Damage	Inclusive	Opposite
Majority	Minority	Tolerance	Intolerance	Equality	Difference

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	Different	Creative	Originative	Uniqueness	Singularity
Dignity	Respect	Integrated	Unified	Asset	plus
Global	World. International	Benefit	Public

Portfolio Exercise #1

Blog Exercise #1 - Ten Aspects of Cultural Diversity

Name: Mohamed Ali Alawadi 

ID: H00269495    

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	Ethiopian	Iraqi
Language		English	Arabic	Ethiopian	Arabic
Religion	Religious bigotry (a religious bigot)	Christian (Protestant)	Muslim (Sunni)	Muslim ( Sunni )	Muslim ( Sunni )
Values and beliefs		Socialist	Carnivore	Carnivore	Socialist
Disability	Ableism	Able	Able	Able	Able
Class	Classism	Middle Class	High Class!	High Class	High Class
Gender	Sexism (Sexist)	Female	Male	Female	Male
Age	Ageism (Ageist)	60	20	29	26
Educational Background		M.Ed.	Undergraduate	undergraduate	Undergraduate
Sexual Orientation	Hetrosexualist (Homophobic)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

3. How many ethnic groups are there in the world today? There are more than 5,000

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?  There between 5-6 

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

6. What percentage of the UAE population is Emirati in 2014?  2.33 million⁷

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? Because more foreign people 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? Yes I think it will happen 

10. Why do you think this? Because the country have made plans for it and its already in process 

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

12. What are the benefits of having a mixed cultural heritage? The Benefits of it is that I can learn from it 

Post this on your blog by the end of the class.