Portfolio #2

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, 175m live outside the country they were born in.
3.       One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.	True.
4.       Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.	False, It means respecting the freedom of thought.
5.       Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	True.

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1.       Heterogeneous , Variety

2.       Plurality , Majority

3.       Migration , moving from a place to another 

4.       Fundamental, Basic

5.       Collective strength, The strength collected from different 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?

Different types of music .

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

Trading , different perspective Solutions, Labor, Bringing Experts

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

Melting pot: It’s a concept of many cultures being blended into one society. A place where immigrants of different cultures or races form an integrated society.

- Garden Salad: It’s a concept of many cultures in one society which each contributing its own ideas and identity to the society. But each keep committed to his original 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”.

Indians, and other White non 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 have a system for cultural diversity that encompasses differences based on race, ethnicity, language, religion, value and belief systems, disability, class, gender, age and educational background. The university is seeking social harmony and cohesion that includes all staff and students so they value their cultures more and deepen their cross-cultural understanding

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	one	Increasingly	Decreasingly	Respecting	Disrespect
Strength	Weakness	Improving	Down grading	Inclusive	Exclusive
Majority	Minority	Tolerance	Intolerance	Equality	difference

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	Variety	Creative	imaginative	Uniqueness	Exceptionality
Dignity	honor	Integrated	Included	Asset	Benefit
Global	World-wide	Benefit	profit	Harmony	Agreement

Portfolio #1

Gregory Vrhovnik                                                                                                                                         Station 11

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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
Emarati group	19%	1982	CIA world book
South Asians	50%	1982	CIA world book
East Asians and westerners	8%	1982	CIA world book
Other Arabs	23%	1982	CIA world book

Religions	Percentage	Year	Source
Muslims	93%	1982	CIA world book
Christians,other	4%	1982	CIA world book
shia	16%	1982	CIA world book

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

Different cultures living and sharing thoughts together .

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

Mosques and churches, restaurants from all over the world, Indian, American, etc schools  

Personal Reflection #1

Reflection #1

Emirates are unique 

 The United Arab Emirates is a small country located on the cost of the Arabian Gulf, and it was united in 1971.

With the aperies of oil in this period, people came from all over the Arabian Peninsula, searching for opportunities and new lives. 

However people lived here in peace with all the different backgrounds they had.

For sure it was a little hard in the beginning, but people adapted and lived to gether , until they became emirates as we know them.

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Like any other nation emirates have their own culture, our religion is Islam, and we speak Arabic.

But what really defined's emirates and makes them unique?

Well take are accent for an example, it's quite unique ;

We have our own special words, Proverbs, poems and even we name some things 

 differently.

Also we have unique kind of music and dances, but the most famous is "yula". It’s a dance when men make some spectacular moves with their dancing Rifles using their hands.

Clothes are unique as well, in fact every county in the gulf clothes, and you can tell the difference by these have their little details on them, however emirates are known by   their

"Tarbush" and "hamdania"

Lets don’t forget food, we also have our own foods such as : harees,thered,mohala and much more delicious plats.   

Tell now I just mentioned they apparent things, but what really makes emirates so different, in fact its their very strong nationalism, it's hard to believe that on this small piece of land lives more than 108 different nationalities, with just 20% of the entire 

population are emirates, and still holding to their traditions, Constants, and identity.

Finally all thanks given to our father sheik zayed, which took the lead and crated this 

proud nation with all his wizens and love to his children as he said , and that’s a relationship between a leader and his people that the world will never understand.