Portfolio exercise # 2

H00280520

Ceb

Hasan Al Hammadi

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

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

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1.   Heterogeneous- very diverse

2.   Plurality- a huge number of people

3.  Migration-movement of people to a different place to live in direction to find work or improve their lives                      

4.  Fundamental-the most important or basic fact

5. Collective strength-where a group of persons organized with the same idea or goals

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 dress

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

 Language skills, new ways of thinking, 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: a country, locality, or situation in which a blending of races, peoples, or cultures is taking place

a “garden-salad” culture is one made up of many different people who retain their unique cultural identity.

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”.

“South” Asian or 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 welcomes and encourages and celebrates the many different cultures found on its campus, and wants all of the students to recognize what an opportunity there is for them to learn and value all of the different cultures there.

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	Singular	Increasingly	Decreasingly	Respecting	Disrespecting
Strength	Weakness	Improving	Declining	Inclusive	Exclusive
Majority	Minority	Tolerance	Intolerance	Equality	Inequality

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	different	Creative	Inventive	Uniqueness	incomparable
Dignity	Nobility	Integrated	Combined	Asset	Property
Global	Worldwide	Benefit	Advantage	Harmony	unity

Blog Exercise # 1

Blog Exercise #1 - Ten Aspects of Cultural Diversity

Name: Hasan Al Hammadi

ID: H00280520                 

CEB

1.   Look at these ten aspects which make up your cultural identity. Then, fill in the last two columns – one for somebody who works for your family and one for an expatriate friend. There are other aspects of cultural diversity but these are the main ones.

Aspect	‘ism’	john	Mohamed	Your Family Employee	Your Expatriate Friend
Race/Ethnicity	Racism (Racist)	White British	Emirati	Indian	Lebanese
Language		English	Arabic	Hindi	Arabic
Religion	Religious bigotry (a religious bigot)	Christian	Muslim	Muslim	Muslim
Values and beliefs		Socialist	Carnivore	omnivore	vegetarian
Disability	Able ism	Able	Able	able	able
Class	Class ism	High Class!	High Class!	low class	middle class
Gender	Sexism (Sexist)	Male	Male	male	female
Age	Ageism (Ageist)	40	30	35	24
Educational Background		M.Ed.	Undergraduate	uneducated	undergraduate
Sexual Orientation	Heterosexuality (Homophobic)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

2. How many countries are there in the world today?   210 countries

3. How many ethnic groups are there in the world today?   + 5000

Here is an incomplete list of ethnic groups. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_modern_ethnic_groups

4. How many ethnic groups are there living in the UAE?    4 to 5

5. What is wrong with this chart?  

6. What percentage of the UAE population is Emirati in 2014? 11.6 %

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/influx-of-foreigners-spikes-uae-population-to-8-3m-1.787518

7. Why is the percentage so small?    Because there are more forgin worker coming

8. The UAE's population strategy plans to make Emiratis the majority in the country or up to 40 per cent, by 2021, members of the Federal National Council (FNC) told Gulf News.

9. Do you think this will happen?  Yes

10. Why do you think this?    Because each establishment in UAE want resident people

11. Do you have any different ethnic groups in your ancestry or your family today?   No.

12. What are the benefits of having a mixed cultural heritage?  Knowing new cultural and People will be more open minded and in some cases multilingual.