Course Goal 1 Revision

LSS 2053 Course Goal 1 Revision

Answer the following revision questions in paragraphs of about 50 words each. In your answers you should use examples from your own experience where possible.

1.       Which types of Cultural Diversity exist at ADMC? Give an example from each of the ten categories in your table of ten. Say whether each one is a Challenge or a Benefit.

Categories	Examples	Challenges or Benefits	Why?
1-      Religion	All students are Muslims but teachers are from many religions	Benefits	To make a respect
2-      Language	We must speak English at ADMC	Benefit , Challenge	Learning other language Hard to communicate
3-      Food	Food court (Italian ,Indian food)	Benefit	Variety
4-      Age & Education background of students	Some have finished 2 or more semesters but others have come from schools	Challenge , Benefit	Some students took time to reach this level other didn’t. Learning New things quickly and save time.
5-      Nationalities	Different nationalities of teachers	Benefit	Different style in teaching
6-      Cloths	Jeans , Dishdasha	Benefit	Students  can wear any kind of cloths not uniform only.
7-      Age	Students are in different ages	Benefit	Students and learn more from different ages
8-      Gender	Female	Benefit	Males are behaved The situation is like workplace
9-      Skills	Students have different skills than each other	Benefit	Students can help  each other

2.       Define and give an example of Acculturation.

Acculturation: The process of learning the culture of an host country. This is important if you go abroad to study or work.

3.       Explain how child-raising in different cultures can have an effect on personality.

Child raising in different cultures can have a effect on personality because it can effect the way children grow up and communicate with others. A very strict upbringing could lead to a shy withdraw personality, whereas an open upbringing could lead to a friendly , confident  personality. These are ideas not facts.

4.       Explain the difference between a “melting pot” and a “garden salad” related to immigration to a country such as UK, USA, Australia for example.

Immigration: Moving from the birth country to another country to work for economic reasons usually.

Melting pot: All the immigration used to be required to lose their birth identity and culture on arrival in the new country. They had to become assimilated or the same as everyone else in the host country. (that was the way in the past)

 Garden salad: Immigrants to a new country such as Australia can keep their birth identity and culture , as well as learning the host country’s culture. This is acculturation.

5.       How can Multiculturalism have a positive effect on a large company?

By exchanging experience from different cultures & Implement the best parches.

-          Meet people from different experience.

-          Meet people with different mentalities.

Based on this we could generate better ideas and plans for the future.