power point Diversity in the UAE

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	ID	Name	Recent Photo	IELTS Score	Blog URL	Mob Number
1	H00158582	Khaled Ali		6	http://khaledh00158582.blogspot.com/	0503788033
2	S960000899	Faris Mubark		5	http://farisballaith1976.blogspot.com/	0552313858
3	H00014404	Fareis Almenhali		5.5	http://fareiscultural.blogspot.com/	0509444922
4	H00236976	Husain Abdulla		5	http://husain-almarzouqi.blogspot.com/	0501988995

 

 

Quize

            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: multicultural society

 

2. Plurality: diversity, different.

 

3. Migration: leave your own country

 

4. Fundamental: essential 

 

5. Collective strength: strong communities

 

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?

 

 

Languages specially in a country that has a multicultural communities, we would find people who are bilingual or those can speak more than two forign languages.

 

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

People from diverse cultures bring language new ways of thinking creative solutions to difficult problems and negotiating skills as well as the country will be attracted to tourists because of the varity of food of different culture and respecting it.

 

 

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

 

Melting point when we have a homogeneous socity, they come from various background or ancestors and then they mixe to form one community but that was used to describe the assimilation of immigrants to USA in 1780s.

 

after 1970 there was a challenge by proporents of multiculturalism who assert the cultural differences with in socity are valuable and should be preserved, proposing the alternative metaphor of salad bowl different culture mix, but remain distinct.

 

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”.

They are Indians,Pakistani,whit Irish,black African,black Caribbean,Bangladeshi and chinesse.

 

 

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 University of Melbourne has a policy that support having students and the staff from different race, religion, culture, gender and even educational background and provide the right environment to encourage them to express their views and interest also to learn and explore more about diversity of culture.

 

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

 

Varied	invariable	Increasingly	decreasingly	Respecting	disrespecting
Strength	weakeness	Improving	disimproving	Inclusive	exclusive
Majority	miniroty	Tolerance	intolerance	Equality	inequality

 

 

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

 

Diverse	Various kind	Creative	inventive	Uniqueness	peerless
Dignity	A sense of your own important and value	Integrated	Combine two or more	Asset	A person or thing that is valuable or useful to sb
Global	Covering or affecting the whole world	Benefit	An advantage that someone gives you ; a helpful and useful effect that someone has	Harmony	A state of peaceful existence and agreement

 

 

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