Friday, September 21, 2012

Protfolio 2 (part two)

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”.

White British
50,366,497
85.67%
White (other)
3,096,169
5.27%
Indian
1,053,411
1.8%
Pakistani
977,285
1.6%
White Irish
691,232
1.2%
Mixed race
677,117
1.2%
Black Caribbean
565,876
1.0%
Black African
485,277
0.8%
Bangladeshi
283,063
0.5%
Other Asian (non-Chinese)
247,644
0.4%
Chinese
247,403
0.4%
Other
230,615
0.4%
Black (others)
97,585
0.2%
 
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 of the university is strength. Cultural diversity opinions, perspective and interests must be valued. Also supporting students to appreciate their own cultures and learn from other cultures is important as well.



Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:
Varied
homogeneous
Increasingly
reducing
Respecting
disrespect
Strength
weaken
Improving
Ruin , worsen
Inclusive
Exclusive
Majority
minority
Tolerance
Intolerance, narrowness
Equality
uniqueness


Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:
Diverse
Mix, different
Creative
innovation
Uniqueness
unlikeness
Dignity
honor
Integrated
Together, combine
Asset
Recourse, service
Global
universal
Benefit
profit
Harmony
Understanding,
agreement

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