Monday 30 November 2015

TOPIC: WRITING TASK 2
A 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?


ANSWER:


Globalization, gives a lot of advantages to every nation. The positive effects of this phenomenon, for me, have nothing to do with the total loss of cultural identity. 


With today’s modern technology, communication is easier than before. With just a couple of tap or clicks to one’s smartphone, we could immediately talk to someone that is miles away from us. We could even see them live using the video camera with the help of “wireless fidelity” that serves as the communicator of the two networks. On the other hand, our means of transportations are way better and faster than the earlier times. Using the trains, aircrafts, and subways, the transport time is lesser than before. These changes contribute a lot to every nation’s economy. 


Losing one’s cultural identity, mainly depend on how its citizens and officials will value this despite of the fast changing world. There are some countries that are really progressive but still manage to preserve their culture. One of the examples is Japan. This country has modern equipment, facilities, transportations, etcetera but their traditions are still intact; eating without using chairs and with your knees bent, using chopsticks, bowing when greeting someone and a whole lot more are some parts of their culture that remains the same.


Another example is China, this country, while not really that progressive like Japan, but starting to make name with their labor and products has remain its cultural identity. Almost everything hasn’t change with them. In any parts of the world, when you visit the community that consists of Chinese people, you could easily identify them because of their architectural designs on their homes. Their traditions are still being practiced by most of them; one of those is their famous feng shui, which was also being adopted by some of the nationalities because of its effectiveness to one’s fortune. Another one is their famous Accupunture which is now approved to be effective by medical practitioners. 


To sum it up, Cultural identity will not be affected by globalization as long as it is valued by the people most especially by the government of every country. If people will respect, preserve and love their heritage, then there’s nothing to fret about its total loss.