The Ten Aspects of Cultural Diversity

Aspect	‘ism’ (discriminating against groups of people)	Frankie	Mohamed	Your Family Employee	Your Expatriate Friend
Race/ Ethnicity	Racism (Racist)	White British	Emirati	Indian	Australian
Language		English	Arabic	Urdu	English
Religion	Religious bigotry (a religious bigot)	Christian (Protestant)	Muslim (Sunni)	Muslim ‘Sunni’	Christian
Values and beliefs		Socialist	Carnivore	Carnivore	Socialist
Disability	Ableism	Able	Able	Able	Able
Class	Classism	Middle Class	High Class!	Low class	Middle class
Gender	Sexism (Sexist)	Female	Male	Male	Male
Age	Ageism (Ageist)	60	20	32	18
Educational Background		M.Ed.	Undergraduate	Driver	High school
Sexual Orientation	Hetrosexualist (Homophobic)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Quiz 1

Quiz 1 - 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
3. One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.	True
4. Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.	False
5. Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	True

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1. Heterogeneous

- Mixed culture.

2. Plurality

- Large number of things

3. Migration

-Move from your country to another country to work or live.

4. Fundamental

- Basic

5. Collective strength

- Something done by people working together.

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?

Traditional clothes and 

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

- such as language, dress and traditions.

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

http://www.google.ae/search?q=melting+pot+and+garden+salad&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=9w0PU4aoG4jx4QSjj4DoAg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=591#facrc=_&imgrc=zq5cBvtcJHlMjM%253A%3BUBAclpa9lstN8M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252F2.bp.blogspot.com%252F-ULznpLo3hnw%252FUF1peVUxWrI%252FAAAAAAAAAGQ%252F54hOzsr_Y90%252Fs1600%252FAmericaIsMessyFoodEitherWay.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fh00247677.blogspot.com%252F2013%252F09%252Fquiz-1.html%3B500%3B299 

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”.

- Northern ireland, scotland and wales. 

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 respect the culture diversity and between each other students.

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	Rare	Increasingly	As decreasing	Respecting	Contempt
Strength	Weakness	Improving	Worsens	Inclusive	Regards
Majority	Fry	Tolerance	Intolerance	Equality	Disparity

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	various	Creative	artist				Uniqueness	distinction
Dignity	respect	Integrated	complete				Asset	essential
Global	international	Benefit		useful

Done by:

1. Ali Ibrahim AlHosani

2. Fareed Ahmed

3. Abdulrhman AlAttas

4. Abdulrhman Alhashmi

Cultural Diversity in the UAE

For your blog
2. How many countries are there in the world today?  ...200...
3. How many ethnic groups are there in the world today? ………6000…………
Here is an incomplete list of ethnic groups. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_modern_ethnic_groups
Here is a map of the cultural zones.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d8/World_Culture_Zones_in_jpg.jpg
4. How many different ethnic groups are there living in the UAE? …………15……….
5. How many different ethnic groups do you associate with every day?
a) Frankie - Australian - my teacher
b) Laxmi - Sri Lankan -my maid
c) Nepali taxi drivers
d) Indian bus driver
e) Filipino seller
f) Pakistani mechanic

5. What is wrong with this chart?  ……………percentage of UAE emirati citizens, …………………….


6. What percentage of the UAE population is Emirati in 2014?  ……11.5%……..
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/influx-of-foreigners-spikes-uae-population-to-8-3m-1.787518
Here is more information on the demographics of the UAE
http://looklex.com/e.o/uae.religions.htm
http://looklex.com/e.o/uae.peoples.htm

7. Why is the percentage so small? ……because there are a lot tourists…….
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? ………………………i think thats will not happen……………………………………………..
10. Why do you think this? …………………………because there is alot of tourists and workers comes every year………………………………………………
11. Do you have any different ethnic groups in your ancestry or your family today?  .........................Yes, Housekeeper.....................................................................................
12. What are the benefits of having a mixed cultural heritage?
………………………………………………the benefits every one will learn how to deal with different types of people..……………………………………………………………………………