portfolio # 4 Diversity and Personal Conduct - vocabulary

Find the definition OR synonym  of each of the words:           

1.   Civility / civilized : polite remarks used in formal conversation.

2.    Acknowledge: accept or admit the existence or truth of.

3.   Inclusive / inclusion: a person or thing that is included within a larger group of structure.

4.   Respect: esteem.

5.   Apology: a regretful acknowledge of failure.

6.    Consideration: careful thought.

7.   Behavior: manner.

8.    Responsibility: the state or fact of being accountable for something.

9.   Attention (pay): The mental faculty of taking notice of someone or something .

10.               Tolerance: The ability or willingness to tolerate something.

11.               Attitude (positive): A settled way of thinking or feeling.

12.               Conduct: The manner in which a person behaves.

13.               Politeness : a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage.

14.               Constructive (comment): Serving a useful purpose; tending to build up.

15.               Kindness: The quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.

Now, search through the You-Tube site to find a clip that shows cultural respect and politeness. Copy the URL onto your sheet and post as: Portfolio #4.

For example:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIijBLnIKDI&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9M0U86OgAM&feature=relmfu

Portfolio 3 # What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?

Saif ali ALHamaadi / H00224994 / CEO

Quiz – 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 , different values.
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”	True
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	False

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot”   Different culture combined to be a new culture.

2.       “Salad Bowl”    Different culture combined but everyone on his own culture.

3.        “Assimilation”   People of different backgrounds come to see themselves a part of a lager national family.

4.       “Acculturation”  learning the new culture and trying to join them.

5.       “Enculturation”  learning the first culture.

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to ______Culture ________, ________Customs________and _____________Social institutions__________, as well as changes in food, _______clothing_______ and ___________languages _________________.

Give a synonym:

varied	Changed	respect	Esteem	dominate	Control
multiple	Manifold	central	Focal	interacting	Reactive
specific	Particular	represents	Appear	adopt	Embrace

Give the opposite:

varied	Homogeneous	respect	Disrespect	gradually	Rapidly
multiple	Single	common	Individual	dominant group	Weak group
specific	Indefinite	contrasted with	Agree with	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

2.       Define “movement” in this context

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

4.       Read this sentence again and give examples of childrearing in different societies and cultures: “socialization creates personality patterns. It helps shape people’s emotions, thoughts, behaviors, cultural values and norms to fit into and function as productive members in the surrounding human society. The study of culture and personality demonstrates that different socialization practices such as childrearing in different societies (cultures) result in different personality types.”

5.       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.”

6.       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.

portfolio 2 = what is cultural diversity ?

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.	T
2.       Over 200 million people live outside the country where they were born.	F ( 175 million persons are residing away from the country).
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  ( variety )

2.       Plurality  ( many )

3.       Migration  (immigrate )

4.       Fundamental  (baske , primary )

5.       Collective strength  (strong as group )

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?

1-music 2-dance 3-clothes 4-traditions.

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

1-trading 2-language 3-approches 4- idea

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

Melting pot                                  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”.

1-pakistani 2-india 3-chinese 4-bangladeshi

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 Cultural Diversity Policy includes a commitment to

developing and disseminating information in a format which is

coherent, easily accessible and appropriate to the needs of the

whole University community.

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	symmetric	Increasingly	decreasingly	Respecting	Depicting
Strength	Weakness	Improving	declining	Inclusive	narrow
Majority	minority	Tolerance	intolerance	Equality	inequality

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	Varied	Creative	Inventive	Uniqueness	Distinction
Dignity	Sublimity	Integrated	Merged	Asset	Saving
Global	Universal	Benefit	Interest	Harmony	Unison

Portfolio 1 = introduction to diversity

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
Emirati	19%	1980	wikipedia
Other arabs	23%	1980	wikipedia
South Asian	50%	1980	wikipedia
Se Asian	8%	1982	wikipedia

Religions	Percentage	Year	Source
Muslim	80%	2003	wikipedia
Christion	9%	2003	wikipedia
Hindu-buddnist	10%	2003	wikipedia

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

Culture diversity means the variety of people traditions who live together.

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

1-sports 2-restourant 3-schools 4-clubs 5-musumes6- mosques.

Name: Saif Ali Alhammadi
ID: H00224994
Class: CEO