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.

In ADMC there are mixing different cultures such as, Indian, Emirati, European and Arabs.

Firstly there are different religions, Hindu, Muslim and Christian this mixing religion can be a benefit to spread your religion and be many of people in Islam. secondly the language ,people speak different language so it may be a negative effect that we face difficulties in communicate and problem to understanding well on the other hand it can be a benefit , which lead you to learn new language and benefit from people who talk it like the teachers who speaking English. Thirdly the gender ADMC are except females to study in it so it help in the country economic which lead girls to work and have a job, Add to that mixing culture lead as to learn new habits from another country like chine's and Indians who have a really tasty food , finally it effect on our way of thinking and find new solution for problems also experience which help us to develop our self and the country will benefit from educated people who will develop the country in many way.

2. define and give an example of Acculturation.

Acculturation: it’s the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group.

It's like adopting to the culture that around you, for example if you lived in the UK all your life and decided to move to UAE, for your rest of your life you would soon adopt the culture around you.

such as many indains in UAE who work in many sectors like education,markting and manegments

 

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

The children can be effect by anything; for sure they will be effect by the culture around them. If the culture around them always change , for example they born in UAE then they spend a period of their life in USA then moved again to France after all they decided to back to UAE for sure  their thought, behavior and personality will be different from local people whom didn’t move a lot and suffer from culture changing around them, also their life style and their clothes wearing will be different, then maybe they will feel lost and don’t know their original culture, maybe they will fell stress and strange between their friends and don’t know trust in who .

  

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 to another that means you will find another culture around you, in the past immigration to USA was meaning that you lose your original culture and be like the "Americans" that is the meaning of "melting pot" which it's mixing all the different cultures to gather and forget your own culture. But nowadays if you immigrate to any country you will keep your original culture and learn about the different culture around you and this is the meaning of "garden salad". 

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

Mixing culture can have a positive effect, when you see around your society a lot of culture you will learn from their ideas, thoughts, technology and    different solutions for the problems .All of these will have a positive effect which will give you more experience to develop yourself and your job. After all it will help your country economic to develop and be wealthy.