Matching headings with paragraphs

Step 1. Survey the text. A list of headings can give you some useful information to help you quickly understand what each part of the text will be about.

Step 2. Skim-read each paragraph.This technique gives you a general idea of what the writer is saying in each paragraph.

Step 3. Determine which heading is the best match for each of the paragraphs marked by the numbers.

Becoming World Citizens
What Makes a School Multicultural?
Horizontal dimension
The Perspectives and the Imperatives
Two dimensions of managing diversity
Becoming World Institutions
Vertical dimension

Answer the following questions:

· What is the main topic of the passage?

(A) Various differences that inhibit inclusion at both the individual and institutional dimensions.

(B) A new way of seeing the world.

(D) An operational definition of diversity.

· What does the passage mainly discuss?

(A) New approach to diversity.

(B) Managing diversity as a comprehensive, holistic process for developing an environment that works for both individuals and institutions.

(D) The concept of diversity.

· What is the author's attitude toward the opinion of Karl Mannheim, that the individual is always compelled to fall short of his own nobler motives?

(A) He shares this opinion.

(B) He strongly disagrees.

(D) He doesn’t care.

· Where in the four sentences does the author discuss the horizointal dimension of diversity?

(A) What makes a school multicultural is the proper management of the diversity in a school for the empowerment of all groups, which includes changing mindsets as well as the underlying culture of a school, in order for the school to begin living diversity so as to more effectively accomplish its mission.

(B) Even in the face of inevitable change, no one really wants to change; people still prefer the old.

(C) Organizations are unlikely to embark on change initiatives unless they either are experiencing pain regarding diversity issues, or lack a vision of the challenges before them.

(D) The mere presence of an ethnically and racially diverse student population, due to legal, moral or social imperatives, does not make a school multicultural.

· What is the main idea advanced by the author in the text?

(A) The new approach to education needs examine both the individual and institutional dimensions in light of the goal of schools and communities to begin “living diversity.”

(B) Multiculturalism is not just sensitivity to other cultures and racial/ethnic groups that are marginal to the dominant culture, nor a transference of power, but an entire paradigm shift – a different mindset – which gives rise to a whole new way of seeing the world.

(C) Organizations are unlikely to embark on change initiatives unless they either are experiencing pain regarding diversity issues, or lack a vision of the challenges before them.

(D) Life is a journey we as humans have to take.

Collect specific informationby pointing out groups of synonyms, semantic and thematic groups. Keep it in mind that vocabulary in context includes both single words (usually nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs) and two- or three-word phrases.

Read the passage: “Two extremes must be avoided. The first is similarities where no differences between humans and cultures are recognized. This is the direction of McWorld resulting in uniformity. But at whose expense? In the end it ends up being exclusive. The other extreme is differences, where, because of sociocultural differences, the different groups are regarded as having nothing in common. This is the direction of Jihad, resulting in separation. But like the other, this one is also exclusive. The solution lies in the center, focused on unity while valuing and respecting diversity. The result is inclusion.“

· What is inferred in the sentence:“This is the direction of McWorld resulting in uniformity.”

· What is inferred in the sentence:“This is the direction of Jihad, resulting in separation.”

· What is inferred in the sentence:“The first is similarities where no differences between humans and cultures are recognized. ... The other extreme is differences, where, ..., the different groups are regarded as having nothing in common.”

· How do these words and expressions: “Perspectives, policies, programs, personnel, practices; Perspectives, vision, farsightedness – impediments, nearsightedness; Reflect – be sensitive – incorporate – create; Inclusive – exclusive” illustrate the author’s concept of the two dimensions of diversity?

Qualify the following questions and statements by marking that you 1/ strongly agree, 2/ agree, 3/ have no opinion, 4/ disagree, or 5/ strongly disagree:

· Treat people the way they should to be treated. __________.

· "The individual in his personal conduct is always compelled – in so far as he does not resort to breaking up the existing social structure – to fall short of his own nobler motives." __________

· Podemos destruir con nuestros pies lo que construimos con nuestras manos; "we can destroy with our feet what we build with our hands. ___________

· If when all is said and done, you look around and notice that everyone looks like you, you have done it wrong! __________

· How one runs the good ship of education – how one treats the crew (faculty/staff), how one develops the product (curriculum/students), and how one maintains the course (vision, values, mission) – will determine a successful docking at the port of the 21st century, or a shipwreck on the beaches of time in the 2000's. __________

What ideas of the author can be applied to contemporary Ukrainian society:

The basic approach to education and communal life must view multiculturalism as integral to the very fabric of our culture, as a basic value undergirding all that is done.

Managing diversity enables administrators, teachers and their students to become world citizens – persons who are able to transcend their own racial/ethnic, gender, cultural and socio-political reality and identify with humankind throughout the world, at all levels of human need.

Multiculturalism doesn’t mean a transference of power, but an entire paradigm shift – a different mindset – which gives rise to a whole new way of seeing the world, as inclusive; and brings a change in institutional and societal structures, so as to create an environment (local, national and global) which is inclusive of all groups.

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