Презентация - People in Britain

Тема: People in britain
Класс: 10
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Предмет: английский язык

Multicultural
Britain

Multiculturalism
Treating minority groups as equal citizens
Positive attitude to group differences
A variety of many different ethnic groups live together within the same society
All cultures are respected as much as each other

The total population of the United Kingdom
2001 59,1 m 2012 63,2 m
1,8 m Northern Ireland
5,3 m Scotland
53 m England
3,1 m Wales

The proportion of white people in Britain

Britain has the most multicultural population than ever before
ETHNIC GROUPS MAKE UP 14% OF TOTAL BRITISH POPULATION

Ethnic groups population
Ethnic group Population  % of total UK population
White (not British) 3,096,169 5.27%
Indian 1,053,411 1.8%
Pakistani 977,285 1.6%
White Irish 691,232 1.2%
Mixed race 677,117 1.2%
Black Caribbean 565,876 1.0%
Black African 485,277 0.8%
Bangladeshi 283,063 0.5%
Other Asian (non-Chinese) 247,644 0.4%
Chinese 247,403 0.4%
Other 230,615 0.4%
Black (others) 97,585 0.2%

Major Ethnic Minorities
Black
Asian
Indian
Pakistani

How Britain became a mixed-raced society

Only 44,9% of people in London are white
London is a culturally diverse city

Vocabulary
Settled - comfortable in a situation; no desire to move.
Oversees - abroad; from distant countries.
Community - people who live in the same area or who have the same interests, religion or nationality.
Refugees - people who leave their country because it is not safe to stay there.
Multicultural - includes people with different beliefs and customs.
Diversity - variety, multiplicity
Flee (fled) - to escape by hurrying away

Put the words into the sentences
They left Pakistan and …..in the south of Scotland. In recent years, people talk about Britain as a …..society. Some people pretend that Britain’s ethnic ……..doesn’t exist. There are a lot of ………students in British Universities. Thousands of ……….ran away from the civil war. The black …… is worried about the recent events.

Benefits of multiculturalism for the Country
"We celebrate the diversity in our country, get strength from the cultures and the races that go to make up Britain today.“ Tony Blair 2001

CONTRIBUTION TO CULTURE, POLITICS AND SPORT

INDIAN
VIETNAMESE
CHINESE
LEBANESE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY DIFFERENT FOOD

NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL
HYPER JAPAN
NEPALESE LIMBU
CHINESE MEW YEAR PARADE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES

SINCE CHILDHOOD PEOPLE LEARN TO BE TOLERANT OF OTHERS

Other advantages of ethnic diversity
See world from other perspectives and points of view Help erase negative stereotypes Bring in new ideas and open up the world Less boring with a nice mix of people Teach the citizens of a democratic society to value diversity and differences

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