الأربعاء، 9 أكتوبر 2013

. 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

- poula                         mangethe                             USA                            climber

- seggera                     camp                               spain                        climber

- jamling                      climber                                   wepal                          climber

- roger bilham             sctentist                               England                climber - sctentist

- chyangba                   cook                                china                       cook

- sumiyo tsucki              expenition                       Japan                      Photography

- Ed viesters                   leader                                     USA                         climber

 

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

You  must have a leader to give every one of the team to do something like cooking taking pictures of what are they doing and some body to manage the camp .

 

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

They all were one herd , helping each other like a family , cooperate and respect

 

 

 

Exercise - portfolio #2


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 : (made up of parts that are different)

 2. Plurality : (large number of things )

 3. Migration : (when people more from their country to another)

 4. Fundamental : (forming or relating to the most  important part of something  )

 5. Collective strength : (the power at number of people or things considered as one 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-clothes    2-Traditions.    3-language

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

1-bring the international big companies.

2-reduce the tax price or stop taxing.

3-help locals to build international companies

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

 

الأربعاء، 2 أكتوبر 2013

Portfolio Exercise #3



3. Quiz 2 – 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, Multicultural mean more than one culture society.

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, its better to be represent by " salad bowl "
because it shows beautiful look and shows that  the culture diversity have a good result same as the delicious taste in the salad.

5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.
False, Acculturation means to learn a different culture from your own culture



Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot” a country which has a mixed cultures and many different nationality.

2.       “Salad Bowl” means that when the cultures mixed all them stay on their own tradition. 

3.       “Assimilation” absorption the idea

4.       “Acculturation” to learn how to respect the cultures

5.       “Enculturation” its mean the culture that you get I from another culture and you add it to your culture

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to __culture_________ , ___customs______, _______________________and _______________social____________________, as well as changes in food, ____clothing________________ and _______language___________________________.

Give a synonym:

varied
many
respect
honor
dominate
control
multiple
doubled
central
major,
interacting
reactive
specific
particular
represents
appear
adopt
embrace



Give the opposite:

varied
contempt
respect
disrespect
gradually
promptly
multiple
celibate
common
particular
dominant group
weak group
specific
common
contrasted with
similar with
adopt
ignore


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
Studying tradition and human history
2.       What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example
Teach the children the basics of the life for example responsibility and respecting
3.       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.”
Childrearing need special care from the parents because its effect on the child personality
4.       Read this sentence again and say to what extent you agree: “allhumans are the same when born, but childrearing in different societies causes deviations in behavior and personalities from each other.” I agree

5.       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.
I’m so happy to be from this country and environment and specially in this culture and tradition which all has hobbies like horse riding and diving 

Portfolio Exercise #1


2. Introduction to Diversity / Portfolio Exercise #1

 

Think!

· Who lives in the UAE? Emarati citizens and foreigners

 

· How many Emiratis are there? 974,009 in 2011

 

· What other nationalities and culturally diverse groups are there?  Iranians ,other Arabs , south Asia, east Asia, westerners

 

· Do you know any population statistics? (For the UAE, for the separate Emirates?)

 

Task 1

With a partner, research on the internet to find information about UAE demographics.


Nationality
Percentage/Number
Year
Source
India
30% /1.75
2010
Embassy of India
Philipines
8.47%/700,000
2007
Wikipedia
Indonesions
100,000
2012
Wikipedia
Jordanios
250,000
2009
Wikipedia
Ex: Other Arab / Iranian
23%
2013
CIA Factbook
Kenyans
36,000
2010
Wikipedia

 

Religions
Percentage
Year
Source
musim
76%
2013
wikipedia
christian
15%
2013
wikipedia
atheism
5%
2013
wikipedia
hindus
5%
2013
wikipedia
 
buddhists
5%
2005
 
Uaepedia.ae

 

Do the results surprise you? no

Comments? Conclusions?  The number of Spinsters(women’s) plus the accidents are increasingly high in rate

 

Task 2

Give examples of cultural diversity in Abu Dhabi (Places of worship, organizations, etc.)schools/universities and shops