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