A Multicultural
Society Task 1 Questionnaire
Where do your family originally come from?
Have they always lived in your town?
Where were your grandparents born?
Did they ever move to another town or country? When? Why?
Has anyone in your family ever emigrated? Where did they go? Why?
Task 2
In pairs or groups, discuss which of the following factors might decide a person’s ethnic group?
religion
sex
skin colour
language
country of origin
political opinions
Task 3 - Reading
What do you know about immigration in the UK? Try to answer the questions in pairs, then read the text
to check your ideas.
Where do black people in Britain originate from?
Which country or countries do British Asians come from?
When was the main period of immigration into Britain?
What is the largest ethnic minority in the UK today?
Multicultural Society
The UK has welcomed newcomers for centuries. It is a mixture of diverse ethnic groups, each with
their own distinct culture and sometimes their own language or religion. This month is Black
History month,celebrating the contribution that Afro Caribbean people have made to British
society. Many British Asians will be celebrating Ramadan soon. There are 1.5 million Muslims in
Britain with over 6,000 mosques. Asian can be a misleading term as it refers to all those people
with roots or family connections in the former British colonies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and
Sri Lanka. Asian does not always mean that the person is of Indian descent. Not all Asians are
Muslim. Some are Hindus and others are Sikhs. These 2 groups celebrate the festival of Diwalli on
November 6th.