Monday, 3 March 2014

Quiz 1 - What is Cultural Diversity 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.
F -175 million people stays away from their countries . 
3.One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.
True 
4.Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.
 F -Cultural Diversity means to respect the different ways of thinking.

5.Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.
True 


Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1.Heterogeneous : different between something . 

2.Plurality : multitude or to many .

3.Migration : people ho shift from country to another .

4.Fundamental : the main thing . 

5.Collective strength : the power or the strong of one grope and this people come together with the same idea or goal . 

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?

National clothes / marriage tradition  


2.Name three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy.
learning  language skill / but some new roles / creative solutions 

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


Melting pot : a pot in which metals or other substances are melted or fused. 

Garden salad : a salad containing a variety of raw vegetables, especially lettuce



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”.
Pakistan / dark Africans / Indian / Bangladesh 

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 main Idea about University of Melbourne is that one of culturally diverse University , workers and student comes from around the world . University learns student to have benefit from other culture and create the best cultural environment for the students. 



Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

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


Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse
Varied

Creative
Innovative
Uniqueness
Independence
Dignity
Nobility
Integrated
United
Asset
Property
Global
Universal
Benefit
Advantage



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