Critical Eye
The process of actively questioning and analyzing a text, rather than just accepting it at face value
Critical reading
Immigrants are absorbed into society and adopt the dominant culture through the norms and behaviour of the country they have come to
Assimilation
The practice of alternating between two or more languages or varieties of language in conversation
Code switching
The capacity to understand and respect the perspectives of others
Empathy
A person in a story, novel or play
Character
A preference or opinion that affects the fairness or objectivity of a judgement
Bias
A society in which several different ethnic groups live together.
Multicultural society
A language used between groups of people who speak different languages
Lingua Franca
Prioritizes personal autonomy, self-expression, and individual achievements
Individualism
A comparison where one thing is described as another, to create deeper meaning: where they don’t use "like" or "as"
Metaphor
An oversimplified idea or belief about how a group of people are
Stereotype
The practice or policy of keeping people of different races, ethnicities, religions, classes etc. seperate from one another
Segregation
A "bridge language" that develops between people who speak different languages and need some way of communicating with each other
Pidgin
The ability to adjust and adapt your behavior when interacting with people from different cultures
Cultural adaptability
The main message of an idea or text
Moral
Misleading information designed to influence people's opinions
Propaganda
To encorporate foreigners into your society, without them necessarily losing their own identity or becoming part of the majority.
Integration
A dialect of the English language mainly spoken in London, particularly by Londoners from working class and lower middle class families
Cockney
The skill of communicating effectively and appropriately with people from different cultures
Intercultural competence
Clues or hints about what will happen later in the story
Foreshadowing
The ability to analyze, evaluate, and understand media messages critically
Media literacy
A model that explains how certain aspects of a culture are visible, like food, clothes and music, while other aspects are subconscious like values and thought patterns that regulate behaviour
The cultural iceberg
The process where different languages and cultures mix over time and create a new, unique language or cultural form
Creolization
The practice of assessing a culture by its own standards rather than viewing it through the lens of one's own, promoting objectivity and tolerance
Cultural relativism
A parody of something, done with the aim to critique it using humour.
Satire