Formative Test 4 - The Multicultural World ‘A. Before reading the text answer the following question in 30-40 words. ‘What do the following words have in common? Explain. 5 race rights gender religion discrimination 1. The following sentences / phrases have been removed from the text. Read them and decige ix which numbered gap each sentence should go. 2, Its not easy to be a Muslim today b. Itis possible to live a spiritual life as a citizen in harmony ¢. | am a Belgian citizen of Muslim creed d. Muslim women are one of these realities Naima’s Story —____. "At the age of 19, in my spiritual path, I felt the need and I chose to wear the headscarf, This was the beginning of a journey of ordeals. Wearing the headscarf is © a choice like any other that allows me to live in | harmony with my aspirations and contribute to my wellbeing. My identity is not reduced to a piece of cloth covering my head. [ am, before anything, a person, a woman. And that is how 10 Iwish to be seen. *; the suspicion, stereotypes and prejudices become part of normality and are reinforced by the media, I don't feel and | don't introduce myself to you as a victim, but I do confirm the existence of Islamophobia in Europe today Unfortunately, the first to be affected by this discrimination are women. Muslim women are | 18 deprived of their rights, education and the access to employment. All this, in a democratic state Myself, I have lived discrimination in my search for a job. Therefore, in order to achieve establishing an inclusive society, itis important that it contains different realities; _ 4 Thave a job and it is the daily contact that allows others around me to s, integrating the difference into their idea of ‘Ido not want to be perceived as a minority that aspires gnized by society, but someone who owns her life. Ido not wish under the sun. I invite you all to take off your 1d repla Test specification mOOgReNaw> TOTAL = 2009g. caplet those sentence with ies fom the text te yinen Nima started wearing @ headset, The medi are responsible for «. Muslim women are the fist. {nia beboves that an rcusvesocety must, ning of these expressions 43, explain the m™ from the tex. 1. This was the beginning ofa journey of ordeals fines 34) + [donot wish to walk inthe shadows but under the sun. lines 29724) « Linvite you all to take off your “normative asses” and replace them by “diversity djosses”. fines 24725) Find out in the text what the underlined words their (15), dd, that 22) sy (16) fe. them (25) a7) ind in the text synonyms for the following words. a. bole torments ¢. strengthened d. denied . Rewrite the following sentences, as suggested below. 1, “My identity is not reduced to a piece of cloth ‘covering my head. | am, before anything, @ person, a woman. ‘Naima stated. European Muslim women are often denied thair rights, They live in democratic states. Despite. 3, “At the age of 19, in my spiritual path, | felt the reed and chase to wear the headscarf,” Naima told us Muslim women are deprived of their rights, ‘education and the access to employment. Society. 5, Naima doesn't feel as a victim, but she confirms Ihe existence of Islamophobia in Europ. 6. Naima has difficulty in gett she wears a headscart, I Naima didn’t ng a job because D. Complete Quentin’s testimony on discrimination ‘ith the prepositions in the box below. Some of them can be used more than once, from by with of to in against "Tam a Belgian student. 1 was never a victim * discrimination, Recently, I've participated ? a project lead, ‘an organisation * Belgium that allows, ‘young people like me to meet asylum seekers. I ‘was shocked * all the difficulties that | such people are confronted _*andI think that even if one never lived discrimination, that shouldn't prevent us fighting =a ‘Many people, who witness discrimination, turn their heads and pretend not to see. I's important me that people who are not affected discrimination may help the ones ‘who are. I think that solidarity can make today’s society fairer. ta, Source openers E, Write about 100-120 words on ONE of the following. 1. European countries are struggling with ‘multicultural and multiethnic societies. What are the positive and negative aspects of these societios? 2. Comment on this statement and give examples to support your ideas. DISCRIMINATION CAN PASPEN TO ANYONE 7nd do the tasks that follow. ‘th Diversity in Australia ited States, Canada and Israel, has been one ofthe g marked the Cultural Australi, along with the Ui of modern times. 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TRO So jorsource of eters with signifieant numbers arriving from the Neha ugoslavia, y, which was finally achieved in provided the ot Germany, Italy, Greece and the former Yi ‘white Australia’ polic creased, Since then Australia has received immigrants With the dismantling of the the Philippines, Hong Kong, Sv ania rants has conti 1s immigration from Asia steadily in ‘Asian nations, with lage groups from Vietnam, China, ponent. The range of countries from whlch Australia draws its Tes sane with significant numbers in recent years arriving from counts the Middle acfic Rim, and South America. By mid-1995, a's population had been ‘overseas compared to 10 per cent in 1947, Settlers akin fepresented around three quarters of the total intake in 1996 wi Uieaiy is expressed in terms of country of birt, its important 19 that fgoups define themselves primarly in terms oftheir ethnicity, langue religion. The impacto post-war immigration has been the major source of 1% in Australi © based on country of birth, ethnicity, religion or language. It has ‘made a marked i ife anid in the process, changed Australis ‘Australia’s economic, social and! cultural I being an outpost of British civilisation to a multicultural nation. 23 per cent of Austral born in non-English spe ‘most data on imnis'ach beginning ofa sentence with its correct ending, according to the text Under the cover of huraritarian programmes. oviginated from continental Europe. has received great number of migrant waves Peaeenergrars originated has been decreasing inthe past few decades, ib the UK... a the fities and sixties a large of immigrants. ‘the questions thet follow according to the text. 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