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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.
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True
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2. Over 200 million people live outside the
country where they were born.
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False
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3. One aspect of Human Rights is respecting
different cultures.
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True
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4. Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect
for freedom of thought.
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False
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5. Cultural Diversity can make a society
stronger.
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True
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Vocabulary
practice. Define in your own words:
1. Heterogeneous: Mixed cultures
2. Plurality: Many people
3. Migration: moving to another country
4. Fundamental: Primary or the main thing
5. Collective strength: the power of a group of people
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?
- Yes, music, clothes, dancing, sports, and arts, because in every
culture there's a specific things and it will add interest to the country.
2. Name
three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function
in the new global economy.
a) Language skills.
b) New ways of thinking.
c) creative solution to difficult
problems.
3. From the internet, in
relation to Cultural Diversity, find a picture and a definition of “Melting
pot” and “Garden salad”.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”.
- Asian or Asian British.
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 confirmed that the cultural
diversity based on race, ethnicity, language, religion and a lot of other
things, and the University have a strength policy about this cultural
diversity. So, the University is trying hard to create a good studying area by
showing the other cultures, and to explore about everyone and about their
cultures, to understand and to communicate together.
Vocabulary practice. Give the
opposite:
Varied
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Same
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Increasingly
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Decreasingly
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Respecting
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Disrespecting
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Strength
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Weakness
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Improving
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Decline
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Inclusive
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Narrow
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Majority
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Minority
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Tolerance
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Intolerance
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Equality
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Inequality
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Vocabulary practice. Give a
synonym:
Diverse
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Different
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Creative
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Inventive
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Uniqueness
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oneness
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Dignity
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Self-respect
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Integrated
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unified
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Asset
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Service
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Global
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International
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Benefit
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-Salem Ali AlHammadi
-Mohamed Alameri
-Butti AlQubaisi
-Saif Almemari
-Salah Mubark
