Diversity and personal Conduct - Vocabulary excercise number #5

Diversity and personal conduct – vocabulary

Find the definition or synonym of each of the words:

 

1.       Civility / civilized: Training in the humanities.

2.       Acknowledge: Recognize.

3.       Inclusive / inclusion: A broad in orientation or scope

4.       Respect: An act of giving particular attention.

5.       Apology: An action that later you regret doing.

6.       Consideration: Careful thought.

7.       Behavior: The manner of conducting self.

8.       Responsibility: Being responsible.

9.       Attention: Applying the mind to something

10.   Tolerance: The limit to endure pain or hardship.

11.   Attitude: A position assumed for a certain thing.

12.   Conduct: Obsolete.

13.   Politeness: Being polite.

14.   Constructive: interpretation

15.   Kindness: A kind deed.

Reflection #2

Quiz – What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?

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

1.       A Multicultural society can be described as a society with a single set of values.	false
2.       A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate cultures.	true
3.       One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting different cultures.	true
4.       Cultural Diversity can be represented by a “melting pot”	true
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	true

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot” is a metaphor for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous

2.       “Salad Bowl” varied and combined cultures

3.       “Assimilation” a culture that represents different cultures

4.       “Acculturation”combination

5.       “Enculturation”learning culture from birth

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to ______culture______________, _______customs________________and ____social institutions_______________________________, as well as changes in food, _______clothing_____________ and _____________language_____________________.

Give a synonym:

varied	change	respect	value	dominate	rule
multiple	duplex	central	fundamental	interacting	act
specific	circumstantial	represents	represent	adopt	follow

Give the opposite:

varied	unvaried	respect	disrespect	gradually	ungradually
multiple	single	common	uncommon	dominant group	Minority group
specific	unspecific	contrasted with	Similar to	adopt	reject

Personal Reflection 2

Future Center

 

The future center mainly is a center that is held for the people of special needs and in other words (Handicapped ). It is currently placed in Musafah, Abu Dhabi in UAE. They appreciate these special people there and teach them how to adopt with the social and economic life. There are teachers and guiders there to help the handicapped people and support them in every move and increase their potency of the awareness of the world. Also, They assign certain activities to motivate them and help them reach their potential. The director there is a very kind person with an interesting personality. He assigns the activities and the fun for these amazing people. Also, there are some special events for these people that tests their current abilities and future abilities. People don’t appreciate them and especially the government. They do not fund them a lot and take less care about them because they need to take care of other business but forget that these people are important too. In my conclusion, I urge all people to take interest in these people and motivate them to up rise and overcome their disability and also become better and help the community too.

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

Introduction to Diversity - Portfolio Exercise #1

Portfolio Exercise #1-Introduction to Diversity

Introduction to Diversity - Portfolio exercise #1

With a partner, research on the internet to find the following information include your sources.

UAE Demographics:

Ethnic Groups	Percentage	Year	Source
Emirati	19%	2012	www.indexmundi.com
South Asians	50%	2012	www.indexmundi.com
East Asians & westerners	8%	2012	www.inderxmundi.com
Other Arabs & Iranians	30-40%	2012	www.indexmundi.com

 

 

Religions	Percentage	Year	Source
Islam	57%	2010	www.looklex.com
Hinduism	15%	2010	www.looklex.com
christianity	9%	2010	www.looklex.com
Buddism	5%	2010	www.looklex.com
Other	4%	2010	www.looklex.com

1.Write a definition of cultural diversity in your own words.     

hIts the quality of different cultures that live in a certain country                                                                          

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2.Give examples of cultural diversity in Abu Dhabi (Places of worship, organizations, etc.

11. Sheikh zayed mosque

22. Arabs evangelical church

33. Saint george orthodox church

44. Erangilecal community church