Post by Admin on Dec 7, 2015 19:41:31 GMT
As mass communication and transport continue to grow, societies are becoming more and more alike leading to a phenomenon known as globalization. Some people fear that globalization will inevitably lead to the total loss of cultural identity. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
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Less common vocabulary:
K4: authentic, champagne, indigenous
K5: globe, malls, nowadays
K6: cuisine, despise, mosques
K14: souk
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Globalisation is the result of a global network of trade, transportation and communication, facilitated by migration and tourism. Some fear it will eventually result in loss of cultural identity. I believe that globalisation can both strengthen and destroy cultures.
As people have more opportunities to travel, they take their ideas, fashions, beliefs and languages with them, introducing them to an ever wider range of places. Often the young indigenous population want to adopt these new ways, perhaps causing them to neglect or despise their own cultural traditions. For example, in the past, people in my country wore national dress all the time, but nowadays, while older people stick to their traditions, young people wear jeans and t-shirts, just like they do in Rome or Mumbai. In addition, companies now market on a global scale, introducing the same products all across the globe. Instead of drinking coffee in a traditional coffee shop in Cairo, I can now go to Costa or Starbucks as though I were in California.
On the other hand, the same exchanges can strengthen cultural identity. In order to remain different, people often want to emphasise elements of their culture, such as their particular cuisine or traditional music. It can attract business, such as champagne only being allowed to be made using a certain method and certain region in France. It can attract tourists, too, because people want to buy ethnic goods because they are seen as fashionable or authentic, and different from things which are mass-produced in factories. Visitors want to learn about the traditional culture of a country and wonder at its differences instead of trying to change it. For example, many visitors to Cairo love to hear the ezzan from the mosques and to visit the souk. They don’t want to go to the modern malls because they can see those at home.
In conclusion, while some aspects of globalisation can destroy parts of another country’s culture, others can help strengthen it and reinforce the interesting differences between peoples, so that it is unlikely that cultures will be completely lost.
As people have more opportunities to travel, they take their ideas, fashions, beliefs and languages with them, introducing them to an ever wider range of places. Often the young indigenous population want to adopt these new ways, perhaps causing them to neglect or despise their own cultural traditions. For example, in the past, people in my country wore national dress all the time, but nowadays, while older people stick to their traditions, young people wear jeans and t-shirts, just like they do in Rome or Mumbai. In addition, companies now market on a global scale, introducing the same products all across the globe. Instead of drinking coffee in a traditional coffee shop in Cairo, I can now go to Costa or Starbucks as though I were in California.
On the other hand, the same exchanges can strengthen cultural identity. In order to remain different, people often want to emphasise elements of their culture, such as their particular cuisine or traditional music. It can attract business, such as champagne only being allowed to be made using a certain method and certain region in France. It can attract tourists, too, because people want to buy ethnic goods because they are seen as fashionable or authentic, and different from things which are mass-produced in factories. Visitors want to learn about the traditional culture of a country and wonder at its differences instead of trying to change it. For example, many visitors to Cairo love to hear the ezzan from the mosques and to visit the souk. They don’t want to go to the modern malls because they can see those at home.
In conclusion, while some aspects of globalisation can destroy parts of another country’s culture, others can help strengthen it and reinforce the interesting differences between peoples, so that it is unlikely that cultures will be completely lost.
[340]
Less common vocabulary:
K4: authentic, champagne, indigenous
K5: globe, malls, nowadays
K6: cuisine, despise, mosques
K14: souk
www.ieltsexchange.com
