torsdag den 15. november 2012

Clash of Cultures-vocabulary

The words on the vocab-list we started in class on Thursday 15 November.


Caucasian: a person with 'white' skin

Preserve/preservation: to keep something the way it is (bevare)

Cultural inheritance: cultural traits like language, customs, religion, tradition etc. (kulturel arv)

Xenophobia: a fear of people and groups of people who are somehow different than yourself
(fremmedfrygt/fremmedhad)

Assimilation: to become part of a distinctly different cultural group and take up their culture, traditions, language etc. (assimilation)

Integration: to become part of something else (often a society) but without losing your own cultural background (integration)

Prejudice: opinions about and attitudes towards something or someone without having met them before or knowing anything about them (fordomme).

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