cultural diversity-portfolio assignment #1

Quiz – What is Cultural Diversity?

Read the UNESCO report. True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer.

1. At least 6000 different languages exist in the world.	T
2. Over 200 million people live outside the country where they were born.	F
3. One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.	T
4. Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.	F
5. Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	T

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1. Heterogeneous: Mix

2. Plurality: majority

3. Migration: Moving

4. Fundamental: Basic

5. Collective strength: combined in strength.

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?

Hospital

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

1. Solve problems
2. communication

3. developement

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

Meltin pot: The population of a certain place

Garden salad: A salad that mostly consists of vegetables

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”.

 

White others and indians

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.

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	Homogenous	Increasingly	decreasingly	Respecting	Disrespecting
Strength	weakness	Improving	deproving	Inclusive	Exclusive
Majority	minority	Tolerance	Intolerance	Equality	Inequality

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	Varied	Creative	Original	Uniqueness	Singular
Dignity	Self-respect	Integrated	Collective	Asset	Benefit
Global	world wide	Benefit	Asset	Harmony	Agree