Cultural diversity

The ethnic, gender, racial, ideological and socio-economic varieties within a community of the
target language.Possible aspects to cover:

• beliefs, values and norms

• culinary heritage
• how culture is learned
• intercultural assimilation
• interlinguistic influence
• language diversity
• migration
• population diversity
• subcultures
• the concepts of human beauty
• verbal and non-verbal communication.

[DONE]

May 13

In a French-speaking country, a new law requires radio stations to broadcast at least 50% of French-
language songs in their programs. You organize a debate in your school on the relevance of this law. Write
the text of your speech before your comrades.

Nov 13

Fast food is destroying traditional kitchens. Discuss.

May 14

Your friend has sent you an email where he / she wrote:

In my new school, fashion is to wear clothes of famous brands. But I prefer to dress differently. Do I have to
put on clothes of big brands to make me accept?

You send him an email to answer him. Write this email.

Nov 14

The management of your school wants to cancel the school exchange of your school in a French-speaking
country. You think this exchange is necessary to better understand the language and culture of this country.
Write a letter to the director expressing your opinion and convincing the director to change your mind.
[DONE]

May 15

Your school is the school of 100 nationalities where cultural diversity is considered an opportunity for all. In
order to recruit new students, management wants to create a brochure that will highlight the benefits of
cultural diversity at school. For this purpose, it organizes a contest to select the best brochure that will be
distributed during the day " Open doors ". Write your brochure.

Nov 15

Enthusiastic about your stay in a French-speaking country, you decided to keep a blog. Write a page of this
blog in which you encourage young people to study French.

May 16

You know that older people, rich in their experience, have a lot of things to tell. As part of the "Cultural
Diversity Week" organized by your school, you plan to organize meetings with seniors. In order to obtain
the agreement of the principal of your school, you write him a letter in which you expose the interest of your
project. Write this letter.

Nov 16

A friend decided to change his physical appearance to remove some visible ethnic traits. You decided to
write him an email to tell him what you think of his decision. Write this email.

May 17

At your friend’s, you met a person from a culture very different from yours. Your conversation showed you
that his understanding of your culture was based on stereotypes. Shocked, you think back to what he / she
said and seek to understand where these prejudices come from. You write a page of your diary in which
you express your thoughts.

Nov 17

During a visit to a French-speaking country, you have stayed in a country village where people have a very
different life from that of the inhabitants of the city. Write a page of your blog about your stay in this village
and the differences of lifestyles you have observed.