Portfolio 3

LSS 2053                                                                         Future Center

Types of Challenges

1.     Describe the Future Center facility, staff and participants: What is it? Who are they? What do they do? The place that can help disability people.

2.     Describe in detail the challenges the staff face, the participants face. They can’t find any job also most people looking Pity to them.

3.     What have they achieved so far? Connecting them with other people.

4.     What are their future goals? Is to make the  disability people working and mixing with the other people.

5.     How does this information relate to cultural diversity? There is no connection between them.

Portfolio 3

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
2.       A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate cultures.	TRUE
3.       One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting different cultures.	FALSE
4.       Cultural Diversity can be represented by a “melting pot”	TRUE
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	TRUE

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot” melting or thow together.

2.       “Salad Bowl” Mix vegetable.

3.       “Assimilation” understanding.

4.       “Acculturation” Mix with other cultures.

5.       “Enculturation” First cultures.

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	Detail	dominate	control
multiple	many	central	Main principal	interacting	Relating
specific	private	represents	Acting	adopt	approve

Give the opposite:

varied	Fixed	respect	disrespect	gradually	at one time
multiple	Specific	common	alone	dominant group	spin out group
specific	multiple	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.  The study of humankind, in particular.

2.       Define “movement” in this context. An act of changing physical location or position or of having this changed.

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.

Protfolio 2

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.	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 : Diverse or mix.

2.       Plurality: more than one.

3.       Migration: move to the anther place.

4.       Fundamental: primary.

5.       Collective strength: strong crew.

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?

·         Singing and one of the most important Cultural Diversity.

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

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

·         A place where a variety of races, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive whole

·         Is a salad consisting mostly of fresh vegetables. The base for the salad are greens such as lettuce or mesclun.

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”.

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.

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	interesting	Increasingly	decreasing	Respecting	disliking
Strength	weakness	Improving	derange	Inclusive	exclusive
Majority	secondary	Tolerance	disapproval	Equality	difference

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	different	Creative	artistic	Uniqueness	distinction
Dignity	respect	Integrated	combined	Asset	savings
Global	universal	Benefit	advantage	Harmony	Regularity