Portfolio exercise #4 - Everest Team

3. Portfolio exercise #4  - Everest Team   

Everest climbing team: Cultural Diversity #4

Watch the film and take notes to answer the following questions:

1.    List the team members by name, with their duties and country

Name                         Responsibility                     Country                     Skills

- Jamaling                        climber                                India                   ascending

- Ed Viesters                      lead                                    USA                  ascending

- Baula                           executive                                USA                  ascending

- Segarra                      ascending                        Barcelona                 ascending

- Roger                           scholar                               England                Scientist

- Sumiyo                       Reporter                                 Japan                 Photographer

- Chyangba                     cook                                      china                        cooker

2.    What were the qualities or skills of each member that supported the team?

I think there must be a person who can lead administration task such as delirious trip journey or task must be patient and brave decisions such as the selection Ed, And everyone must have a different skills like Chyangba he is cook and he should cooking good food and reporter Sumiy

3.    How was the Team helped by ‘cultural diversity’ to attain their goal (reach the summit of Everest)?  

The team consists of people in terms of the different cultures and customs so no exchange, including the exchange of these are the cultures and respect for other cultures

Portfolio Exercise #3

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
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”	False
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	False

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot”

Many people from different culture mix with each other

2.       “Salad Bowl”

When cultures mix together but keep its own qualities

3.       “Assimilation”

When people of different backgrounds think of themselves as on big family

4.       “Acculturation”

Is when a person adopt the cultures of the community

5.       “Enculturation”

Taking the culture of their surroundings

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 language.

Give a synonym:

varied	mixed	respect	esteem	dominate	control
multiple	numerous	central	focal	interacting	cooperation
specific	definite	represents	appear	adopt	select

varied	Fixed	respect	Impolite	gradually	Various
multiple	unite	common	Separate	dominant group	Separate group
specific	Unknown	contrasted with	agree	adopt	deny

Portfolio Exercise #2

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: Different kind

2.      Plurality:  large number of people

3.      Migration:  Move to another country to live in.

4.     Fundamental: Basic thing

5.    Collective strength: Power

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?

·         Clothes

·         Weeding

·         Language

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

·         Attract companies from other cultures 

·         Attract restaurants from other cultures

·         Open global village in other countries to share culture and products

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

Table 2. Britain's Growing Ethnic Diversity, Various Years

1991 2001 2008 2008 Percent total population Percent total population Percent total population Percent population under age 16 White 94.1 91.3 89.9 80.9 Mixed n.a. 1.3 1.1 2.8 Asian 3.3 4.4 4.9 7.2 Black 1.9 2.2 2.3 3.6 Chinese 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 Other 0.6 0.4 1.4 1.7

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 recognizes the enrichment of academic and social life that cultural diversity provides if it is valued on the basis of mutual respect. In light of this, the University has developed a Cultural Diversity Policy that complements and endorses current policies regarding Access and Equity, Equal Opportunity and Indigenous Education.

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	Same	Increasingly	Decreasingly	Respecting	Contempt
Strength	Week	Improving	Declining	Inclusive	Exclusive
Majority	Minority	Tolerance	Intolerance	Equality	Discrimination

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	Multiple	Creative	Gifted	Uniqueness	Singularity
Dignity	Respect	Integrated	Union	Asset	Benefit
Global	World	Benefit	Advantage