TSLB 3193

MULTILITERACIES

TOPIC: MULTICULTURISM, CROSS-CULTURE

AND LOCAL CULTURE

LECTURER: MISS SOPHIA TSEN

PREPARED BY:

1) NORSYUAINA BINTI SUZMIN 4) HAZMAN BIN LAPATELO

2) BEATRICIA ANNETT YANSIK 5) TRENESCA ANAK TIPA
3) ZEETY BRENDA MANDEK
TUTORIAL TASK
1. What is multiculturalism?
2. What is cross-culture?
3. What is local culture?
4. Why are they important?

In groups of 5, use graphic organizers in PPT to answer the tutorial

questions by:

- reading 1 journal article on multiculturalism,

- reading 1 journal article on cross-culture,
- reading 1 journal article on local culture,
- using other valid and reliable sources (YTs, websites, etc).
 Multiculturism
The view
The way in which a
that cultures, races,
society deals
and ethnicities
with cultural
of minority groups,
diversity, both at the
receive special
national and at the
acknowledgment of
community level.
their differences.

Including the
differences in racial,
religious, cultural Society as a
assumptions and whole with
values, patterns of harmonious
thinking, and coexistence of
communicative styles. different cultures.
Importance of Multiculturism

Learn about diverse perspectives

of the world

Aware of other cultures and be

tolerant and non-discriminatory of
each other

Democratic vaules, such as

equality to keep cultural entities
 An intersection of
Cross Culture cultures

Process of
adaptation to a new
environment

Study of comparison
between two cultural
groups
Examples of Cross Cultures

Cross-cultural education that provides actual

experiences of visiting or living in a culture
other than one's own

Migrant education and English as a second

language education.

Studies between two cultural groups. For

example, study of female physical
attractiveness in Britain and Malaysia.
Importance of Cross Culture
Able to express and be patient of
other people who are not from similar
background.

Exciting community events and

gatherings can be held.

Studies can help benefits the purpose

of an organization with particular
interest.
 Local Culture

Groups of people in a particular

place who see themselves as a
collective community

People who shares customs,

experiences, and traits

work to preserve those traits in

order to claim uniqueness and to
distinguish themselves from others.
Examples of Local Culture
Symbols
- a mark or character used as a conventional
representation of an object, function, or process

Material culture
- aspect of social reality grounded in the
objects and architecture that surround people.
Non-material culture
- the nonphysical ideas that people have about
their culture.

Norms
- something that is usual, typical, or standard.
Importance of Local Culture

Gives people self-identity,

character and self-belonging

People could be in harmony with

their physical and spiritual
environment

Enhances ability to guide

themselves, make own decisions
and protect their interests
References
Bénard, S. (2012). Features of a Local Culture as Viewed from the
Perspective of Strangers. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung /
Forum: Qualitative Social Research. https://www.qualitative-r
research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1421/3387.

Culture Moulin, C. (1995). On concepts of community cultural tourism.

The Tourist Review, 50(4), 35–40. doi:10.1108/eb058205

Fontaine, R., & Richardson, S. (2003). Cross‐cultural research in

Malaysia. Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal,
10(2), 75–89. doi:10.1108/13527600310797603
References
IGI GLOBAL (2020), What is Cross-Cultural Learning. https://www.igi-
global.com/dictionary/cross-cultural-learning-intercultural-
competence/6264

Ji-Yeon Jo (2012). Cross-Cultural Education. https://www.academia.

edu/7845998/Cross_cul tural_Education

Multiculturism Modood, T. (2016). Multiculturalism. The Blackwell

Encyclopedia of Sociology, 1–4. doi:10.1002/978140516551
8.wbeosm129.pub2
References
Swami, V., & Tovée, M. J. (2005). Female physical attractiveness in
Britain and Malaysia: A cross-cultural study. Body Image, 2(2), 115–
128. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2005.02.002

Thio, B. (2019, January). 8 Exciting Ways to Experience Local Culture

When Traveling. Roamscapes. https://roamscapes.com/exp
eriencelocal-culture-traveling/.

Waangari M. (2009). The importance of local culture in this era of

Globality. Executiveinsight. https://executiveinsight.typepad.com
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era-of-globality.html
THANK YOU!