Quiz 1 Exercise #2

Quiz 1 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, 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, Cultural Diversity means to have respect for different ways of thinking
5. Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.		True

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1. Heterogeneous: members that are very different from each other

2. Plurality: it means a large vague number

3. Migration: Moving from one country to another

4. Fundamental: it means involving basic

5. Collective strength: it means  to power up by working together

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 culture diversity . can you think of something else which could add interest and richness in a culturally diverse country ?

Traditional museums and religion can also add interest and richness in a culturally diverse country

2. Name three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy.
1. People need to share their thoughts and ideas

2. By evolving business contacts to other markets enhancing the ability to trade and invest profitably

3. Fill the jobs that locals doesn’t will to do

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

Melting pot : a place such as a city or country where different types of people live together and gradually create one community

 Garden salad: many people from different cultures adopt living together

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”.

Bangladeshi, Indian, Chinese, and Pakistani

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.

University of Melbourne is one of the culture diverse university where all students are from different cultures. The university make activities where the difference can be explored , and where each person can learn from the other. The best thing in the University of Melbourne is that the university is culturally rich.

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	similar	Increasingly	Decreasingly	Respecting	Disrespect
Strength	Weakness	Improving	Diminish	Inclusive	Exclusive
Majority	Minority	Tolerance	Intolerance	Equality	Dissimilarity

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	Differing	Creative	Gifted	Uniqueness	Unlikeness
Dignity	Self-respect	Integrated	Unified	Asset	Aid
Global	International	Benefit	Gain