what is culture diversity?
Cultural diversity is the quality of diverse or different cultures, as opposed to monoculture, as in the global monoculture, or a homogenization of cultures, akin to cultural decay. For example, before Hawaii was conquered by Europeans, the culturally diverse Hawaiian culture existed in the world, and contributed to the world's cultural diversity. Now Hawaii has been westernized; the vast majority of its culture has been replaced with Western or American culture. The phrase cultural diversity can also refer to having different cultures respect each other's differences. The phrase cultural diversity is sometime misused to mean the variety of human societies or cultures in a specific region, or in the world as a whole; but these phenomenon are multiculturalism rather than cultural diversity. The culturally destructive action of globalization is often said to have a negative effect on the world's 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, a=around 175 million
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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, it means a fundamental right
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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 : different in kind
2. Plurality : fact of being numerous.
3. Migration : a number or body of persons or animals migrating togather.
4. Fundamental : serving as, or being an essential part of.
5. Collective strength : group strength.
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?
Media
Military
2.
Name three ways in which people
of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy.
Trading
Languages
Skills and knowledge
3.
From the internet, in
relation to Cultural Diversity, find a picture and a definition of “Melting
pot” and “Garden salad”.
Melting pot: Different people from
different countries get together in one country and become one culture.
Garden salad: Different cultures mixed
together, but you can see the difference.
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: 2 million.
Black
people: 1.15
million
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 insures that
there students and staff achieve more about their culture and greater
understanding of their culture.
Vocabulary
practice. Give the opposite:
Varied
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Homogeneous
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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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Declining
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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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Varied
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Creative
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Inspired
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Uniqueness
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Exclusivity
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Dignity
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Pride
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Integrated
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Joined
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Asset
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Ability
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Global
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International
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Benefit
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Advantage
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Harmony
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Agreement
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