Portfolio exercise #2

Quiz 1 - 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.   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 in kind 

2. Plurality  :   The excess of votes received by leading candidate in an election 

3. Migration :  The movement of people from one place to another 

4. Fundamental : Forming or serving as essential part of a system 

5. Collective 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?

music and the dress can be very interesting 

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

1 - Thinking in different ways       2- increasing the skills          3- learn the languages 

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

Melting pot : An area where many ideas are mixed  ,    Garden salad : cultures that blended into unique cultures 

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- Pakistan     2- Indian     3- Black African 

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	homogeneous	Increasingly	decreasingly	Respecting	rudeness
Strength	weakness	Improving	declining	Inclusive	narrow
Majority	minority	Tolerance	intolerance	Equality	inequality

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	Varied	Creative	artistic	Uniqueness	distinction
Dignity	respect	Integrated	inserted	Asset	savings
Global	universal	Benefit	interest