Cultural Diversity in UAE

People with Disabilities

In our daily life we see and meet a disable people who constitute an important part of our society. Our duty is to help them and never make them feel like able people are better or they can do things they can’t.

As we saw at the class the woman who attend The X Factor inspired a lot of people even me that do not judged book by their cover in another word do not judged people from they look. When she first showed out to perform the song no one expect that amazing voice from her and she reached the finals in the competition and now she is famous singer. Generally I learned to thanked God for the blessing of health every time and also I learned from all the videos that each person in this world has something special inside him or her and it doesn’t matter if they are able or disable as long as they have passion for learning and progress.

Quiz 2

Quiz 2 – 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, Melting
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”	FALSE, Assimilation
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	FALSE, The host

 

 

 

Define in your own words:

 

1.       “Melting Pot” people of different cultures are to forget their culture and learn another.

 

2.       “Salad Bowl” people of different cultures learn about another culture and keep their own identity.

 

3.       “Assimilation” where people learn to adapt to other customs be similar to them.

 

4.       “Acculturation” where people learn to adapt to other customs and keep their own customs.

 

5.       “Enculturation” learning your own culture.

 

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to _culture ___________________, _______customs________________and_____________social______________________, as well as changes in food, ______clothing______________ and ______language____________________________.

 

 

Give a synonym:

 

varied	different	respect	except	dominate	control
multiple	many	central	main	interacting	Working with
specific	exact	represents	illustrates	adopt	Take in

 

 

 

Give the opposite:

 

varied	Similar	respect	disrespect	gradually	instantly
multiple	few	common	rare	dominant group	Minority group
specific	general	contrasted with	Compared to	adopt	reject

 

 

 

Culture and Personality in Anthropology

 

 

 

Read the section about Culture and Personality in Anthropology. Answer these questions about that section:-

 

1.       Define “Anthropology” in your own words

The study of human behavior in view of cultural diversity. 

 

 

2.       What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example

Feeding, talking, toilet training

 

 

4.       Read this sentence again and say to what extent you agree: “all humans are the same when born, but childrearing in different societies causes deviations in behavior and personalities from each other.”

I agree totally with this, all children are born the same and it’s up to the parent and society to change them and may also affect the power of the person and the culture of personal.

 

 

5.       Reflect on the reading above. Can you see a link between your culture and your personality? Think about that in relation to your own culture first, and then think about personality and culture in a different society. Reflect. Give examples.

Yes there is a strong link between my personality and my culture; it affected my personality in many ways. For example my religion Islam told me to pray 5 times a day each with specific timings and I can’t afford to miss my prayers, this taught me to respect time and always be on time.

10 Aspects

Cultural Diversity - Quiz 1

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

At least 6000 different languages exist the worl	T
2.   Over 200 million people live outside the country where they were born.	F – around 175 million pearsons
3.   One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.	T
4.   Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.	F – respect of fundamental
5.   Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	T

Vocabulary practice Define in your own words:

1. Heterogeneous = mixed

2. Plurality = multitude

3. Migration = movement

4. Fundamental = basic

5. Collective strength = team work

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, clothes, building

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

*bring language skill, new way of thinking, creative solutions 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”.

*black Caribbean’s, Indians, Asians , black Africans

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’s has a cultural diversity also appreciates all cultural diversity, and encourage all the student to respect the cultural diversity and learn form it. 

Vocabulary practice Give the opposite:

Varied	Homogeneous	Increasingly	Decreasingly	Respecting	Disrespecting
Strength	Weakness	Improving	Deteriorating	Inclusive	Narrow
Majority	Minority	Tolerance	Intolerant	Equality	Inequality

Vocabulary practice Give a synonym:

Diverse	Deference	Creative	Inventive	Uniqueness	Genuineness
Dignity	Respect	Integrated	Unified	Asset	Benefit
Global	International	Benefit	Advantage	Harmony	Regularity