Quiz – What is Cultural Diversity?

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.	True
2.       Over 200 million people live outside the country where they were born.	False  - 175 million persons are residing away from the country of their birth
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 a lot of respect for freedom of thought.
5.       Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	True

 

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1.       Heterogeneous :  many different  , various

2.       Plurality: many different types 

3.       Migration: people come from outside to live and work in another country  

4.       Fundamental:  Basic 

5.       Collective: Strength , where a group have the same goal and  idea

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?

-          National Clothes

 

 

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

-          New ways of thinking, language skills and negotiating skills.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-          Melting pot: melting pot: a country where mixes of races, peoples, and cultures

-          Garden salad: different cultures mixed together to make a unique culture.

 

 

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”.

-          Indian

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 respects and supports the many cultural diversity on its campus and wants to create an environment that helps to make the people exchange their tradition and culture together

 

 

 

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	Similar	Increasingly	Decreasingly	Respecting	Disrespecting
Strength	Weakness	Improving	Worsening	Inclusive	Narrow
Majority	minority	Tolerance	Intolerance	Equality	Inequality

 

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse		Creative	Inventive	Uniqueness	individuality
Dignity	Self-Respect	Integrated	United	Asset	Benefit
Global	Worldwide	Benefit	Advantage	Harmony	Agreement

Week 2 Assignment

                                                                                                       

Introduction to Diversity

 

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

UAE Demographics:

Ethnic Groups	Percentage	Year	Source
Emirati	19%	1982	www.wikipedia.org
Other Arab	23%	1982	www.wikipedia.org
South Asian	50%	1982	www.wikipedia.org
Other expatriates	8%	1982	www.wikipedia.org

 

Religions	Percentage	Year	Source
Muslims	80%	2003	International Religions Freedom Report 2007
Christian	9%	2003	International Religions Freedom Report 2007
Other ( Hindu, Buddist )	10%	2003	International Religions Freedom Report 2007

 

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

- Cultural Diversity: Variety of differences between peoples who lives together such as (Religion, food and language) 

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

-          Cornish Abudhabi

-          Shopping Malls

-          Ferrari World

 

 

Week 1 lesson 1

Category /Name	Fras	Hala	Maria	Wessam	Alix	Basim
Gender	Male	Female	Female	Male	FeMale	Male
Age	35	34	43	19	21	40
Language	Urdo	Arabic	English	Arabic	Arabic	Arabic
Religon	Muslim	Muslim	Christian	Christian	Muslim	Muslim
Nationality	Pakistan	Habesha	French	Egypt	UAE	Lebanon
Clothes	Pakistan tradition clothes	Jalabeya	T-shirt and jeans	T-shirt and jeans	Kandorah and Gutrah	T-shirt and jeans
Food	Rice	Rice	Sushi	Koshary	Hareas	Tabboulah

- Complete the table - Define Cultural Diversity

Main Category	Sub-Category	Examples
Religion	Hindu, Muslim, Christian	My teacher is a Christian
Languages	Arabic,English,Urdo	My driver language is urdo
Food	Riceaand meat,puree(harees)	A lot of Emiratis like Harees
Cloths	Khandura , Jeans and T-shirt	The traditional clothes in my country is kandora
Traditional	camel race, Yola, Falconry	A lot of Emiratis dance yola.
Nationality	Emirati , American, Indian	My driver is Indian
Drinks	Arabic Coffee, Turkish Coffee , Tea	In family gathering the main drink is the arabic coffee

What Does It Mean To Be An Emirati

In this paragraph I will explain on my personal opinion of what does it mean to be an Emirati. An Emarati is Citizen of United Arab Emirates. His religion is Islam and his first language is Arabic. The Emirati guy is very connected and closed to his family, And usually an Emirati guy get married in early age. The Emiraties formal clothes are khandora (a nick less, long sleeves, usually white, long dress)  Ghutrah (a squared piece of cloth worn either triangularly warped around the head or worn triangularly with agaal),  Agaal (a circular black ring, worn as a crown with ghutrah), and sandals.

Emirati traditional mainly revolves around the religion of Islam, Arabia and Bedouin life style. Palm trees, camels and falcons considered a very old friends of Emiratis in the desert because of that Emiratis are very interested in them.

Some of Emirati traditional hobbies are falconry, camel racing-breeding and Youla (a traditional men dance which using a shotgun when they dance). Some of Emirati traditional games are Ghomidha (Hide and seek), Tabba (similar to baseball) and alsaba (similar to X and O). Some of Emirati traditional foods are hareas, faread and lgymaat.

Emiratis they share unlimited love for their godfather his highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan because he loved his people as his children and he gave a lot of things to his people before he reset in peace.

In the end, These things which i explained it  makes me Emirati, and i proud to be Emirati and thanks god that i'm living over this beautiful land. And i hope the emirates  people live in peace