Cultural diversity
Dear Students,
We have had a great day and wonderful discussions on the topic of Culture and Cultural diversity. Hence, I would like us to share some more ideas and to expand our knowledge of this particular issue. Therefore, I do want to share with you a really interesting presentation:
Please, watch this video and post your viewpoints towards the topic itself, and the ideas expressed by the presenter. In addition to this, please post your comments to at least 2 different viewpoints shared by your colleagues. Feel free to ask questions, give examples, share pictures and videos. Let's make our virtual discussion exciting and appealing! :)
Please refer to the following questions while having a discussion here:
What’s so different about cultures anyway?
by Dato Gogichaishvili
1. TED… what do the letters stand for? Why do you think
the speaker mentions it?
2. Different? / Same? / Both? – what is the meaning of
these questions and what is the answer provided by the presenter?
3. “All people are the same; it’s only their habits that are different.” (Confucius) – Share your ideas on this quote, please
and its connection with the presentation.
4. Are people different? If yes, what shows that we are
different?
5. What was said about Georgia and the issue of “being late”? How is this example related
to “cultural differences”? If you thought about Belarusian context, what would
be the excuse of a Belarusian person? J
6. Human values – are they really universal? Could you
give your examples based on the one given by the presenter?
7. America – Canada – Mexico example. How do you like it?
What was the Georgian context? What would a Belarusian say in this situation? J
8. Allowed / Prohibited – how is this related to cultural
diversity? What is the situation like in Belarus when thinking over this issue?
9. Differences are related to hatred. How can this be?
10.
Hate, Forgive, Thank You for … - what is the main idea of this
presentation?
We will check the following vovabulary task tomorrow in the class:
VOCABULARY
Match the words with their definitions:
a) Hostility; a strong feeling of opposition, anger or hatred
b) Very excited and pleased
c) An idea, a belief or an understanding of sth.
d) To remember sth.
e) To take part in an activity
f) To find or produce an answer to sth.
g) To be grateful for something that somebody has done; to
welcome something
h) To disagree strongly
i) To support somebody/something
1. Thrilled
2. To partake
3. Animosity
4. To recall
5. To come up with
6. Notion
7. To appreciate
8. To back sb up
9. To collide
Best wishes,
Jurga.
