Cultural Identity and Language Quiz

What is cultural identity?

• A way people speak in formal situations

• A government document showing your nationality or residence

• A festival celebrated in your country

• Your belief in belonging to a certain group or culture

What does "culture" include?

• The language people speak and clothes people wear

• Music and food of a culture or country

• Behaviours, ideas, values, and traditions shared by a group

• All of the above

What is acculturation?

• The process of forgetting your own culture after immigrating

• Learning only the native language of another culture and forgetting your native language

• Becoming a citizen of a new country

• Changing your social and cultural identity by interacting with another culture

Who is a native speaker?

• Someone who can speak more than one language

• Someone who teaches a language to others

• Someone who lives in a native forest

• Someone who speaks a language as their first language

What does “third space” mean?

• The third room in a house for you to put your belongings

• A place to study culture and languages

• A school for immigrants to go to to learn the new culture

• The area where two cultures or ideas meet and mix

Who are “others”?

• People from your hometown and country

• People who you are friends with

• People who do not agree with you

• People from outside of a specific group

What are multiple identities?

• Having a fake identity online and in real life

• Using different names online

• Being confused about who you are both online and in person

• Showing different sides of yourself depending on the situation

What is the process of language learning?

• Watching TV and YouTube in English with no subtitles

• Listening to music from another country

• Forgetting your first language

• Gaining knowledge of a language through study

Who are immigrants?

• People visiting a country for a relaxing holiday

• People who were born in the same country as me

• People who speak many languages

• People who have moved to live in another country

What does “background” mean in cultural identity?

• The picture in the back of something or somewhere

• What someone is doing right now behind everyone else

• What job a person has to check that employees are telling the truth

• What has happened or been experienced in the past