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designed in British Columbia
sold worldwide

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Object: water bottle
Made in: USA
Designed in: New York (USA)
Sold/distributed in: everywhere

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Made in : japan
Design in : japan
Distributed in : 27 countries

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It’s a Rubik’s cube
Made in: China
Designed in: China
Sold in: Singapore, and probably China

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Designed in :japan
Sold in :asian DC

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design in: sweden
distributed in: singapore

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Made in: China
Designed in: California
Sold in: November 3, 2017
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Bulgaria
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China
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Cyprus
Czech Republic
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Estonia
Finland
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Greece
Greenland
Guernsey
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Ireland
Isle of Man
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Japan
Jersey
Kuwait
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
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Monaco
Morocco
Netherlands
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Poland
Portugal
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Romania
Russia
San Marino
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Singapore
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Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
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United Kingdom
United States
November 23, 2017
Israel
November 24, 2017
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Bosnia
Cambodia
Kosovo
Macau
Macedonia
Malaysia
Montenegro
Serbia
South Africa
South Korea
Thailand
Turkey
December 1, 2017
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Azerbaijan
Colombia
Georgia
Philippines[3]
December 7, 2017
Chile
December 8, 2017
Brazil
December 22, 2017
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Designed in Korea
Distibuted in Singapore

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Designed in Japan
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4. designed in peihwa
5. distributed in peihwa

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Made in: Japan
Designed in: Japan(?)
Sold/Distributed in: Alot of places maybe

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Made in : Singapore
Designed in : Singapore
Sold/Distributed in : Singapore

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Lesson Objective : Identify the connections between countries based on any product found in your possession.
1. Please choose 1 object.
2. Take a photo an object.
3. Made in:
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(a) What are some possible Impacts of Assimilation in a society. Explain 2 possible impacts. 

(b) What are some ways that Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in Singapore? 

Dear 4E1,

For part (a) please plan your answer by brainstorming for possible answers in the Political, Social and Economic Sphere. You may refer to our Tricider Page and your textbooks for examples. Remember to use D-E-O to structure your answers. 

For part (b), please refer to the textbook for the ways Singapore practises integration in society and select the examples to include in your answer. Please use D-E-O to structure your answer.

Please post your answers here. 

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(a) One possible impact of Assimilation is social impact. An example of this is that the wearing of religious symbols in public schools is prohibited in France to reinforce the secular French national identity. (Not an example of impact) An example of this is that Muslim students cannkt wear Muslim headscarves, Jewish students cannot wear kippahs, Christian students cannot wear large Christian crosses and Sikh students cannot wear their turbans. This will lead to people who consider their religious symbols very important feeling very angery that they are not allowed to wear their religious symbols in public, and will result in people rebelling against the government. Therefore this is a possible social impact of Assimilation. (What is the social impact? identify that first.) L1/1

Another possible impact of Assimilation a political impact. An example of this is to bring the citizens of France together. Assimilation is to achieve harmony by putting aside their affiliations to race and ethnicity, religion and socio-economic status to display their national identity as the only observable aspect of identity in the public domain. However, most people do not like this idea of assimilation and therefore feel that the government of France should not have assimilation at extreme levels. This will result in people rebelling against the government. Therefore, this is a possible social impact of Assimilation. What is the political impact. Not clear.

(b)  One way that Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants into Singapore is through Naturalisation Initiatives. (Good. Describe (I)) Upon receiving their in-principle approval for Singapore citizenship, new Singapore citizens eill have to go through a mandatory programme called the Sungapore Citizenship Journey, which is a three-part programme. (E.g.) New Singapore citizens have up to two months to complete this programme before they can receive thier Singapore identity cards and citizenship certificates. This helps Singapore to integrate immigrants by exposing them to Singapore's history, important places, giving them knowledge and understanding about Singapore. (how example applies) This will let them feel a sense of belonging to Singapore, (how so?) and will support the country. Therefore, this is way Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants. (Outcomes not clear)

Another way Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants is through Common Experiences. (Describe - Identify) Common experiences is the opportunity to interact with locals to help adapt to being part of Singapore society. Common experiences build ties between immigrants and the larger Singapore society to encourage immigrants to develop better understanding and to interact outside of their own communities. An example of common experiences is National Service (NS). --> Not all immigrants go through NS. need for a different example. NS brings people from different types of backgrounds to train, live and serve together. During NS, they develop a sense of collective interest which help foster greater cohesiveness and create a strong national identity. Therefore, this is another way Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants. (Good outcomes for NS but NS is not a good enough example that applies to all immigrants)

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a) One possible impact from assimilation is social tension. Social tension happen when religious people are unable to exercise their religious practices which will lead to conflict. (good) Although some people do follow the law, the very religious people might defy the law and follow their religion. One example of this is in France. The assimilation policy in France encourages people to disband their religion to emphasize on the French national identity. This will lead to tension between upholding the influence of national identity and recognizing the impact of religion on identity and respecting the rights of individuals to practice their religion.  (not about social tension) This will therefore lead to social tension.

Another possible impact is that assimilation will bring the country closer together (who in the country?) Since everyone is following the same law, they are brought closer together as their rules, violations and laws are all the same. This will make them understand each other which will bring the France's citizen together as they are all following the same policy. Therefore, this would bring the country together. (no example)

b)One way that Singapore have tried to integrate immigrants in Singapore is the Bilingual Policy (Describe - Identify). The Bilingual Policy expects students to learn english and one other official mother tongue languages. By learning english, all the different ethnic groups (what about immigrants? no acknowledgement of immigrants) have a common language to converse in so that they can understand each other and less misunderstandings (good outcome of example!) will arise leading to racial harmony (how will undersatnding one another lead to racial harmony.). This therefore promotes a sense of belonging and encourages a better integration. By learning mother tongue, it helps preserve their religious identity. (almost there! Good attempt at outcome!) L2

Another way Singapore has tried integration is through the ethnic integration policy. The purpose of this policy is to prevent the formation of ethnic enclaves by providing the interaction of different races and ethnic groups at each HDB so that they can interact with each other and understand each other. (Example of this ethnic integration policy? what is this policy about?) This will lead to lesser misunderstandings (good attempt at outcomes however how will a thought lead to an action?) between the races and ethnic groups leading to racial harmony between them while still retaining their religious practices. (L2)

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a) One impact is social impact. Social impact is the impact in relation between people. One example is the assimilation in France. Secularism is implemented where there is no religion in state matter. In 2004, France banned religious symbols in public school such as headscarf, large crosses, kippahs and turbans. Since it is banned, whoever who go against this ban would suffer consequences. This lead to people rather not go out to avoid punishment and discriminations. (e.g. of such behavior?) This takes away their identity and they might protest against the government to uplift that ban. This will then cause more social strains in the society.

Another impact is economic impact. The assimilation in France causes economic strains. (Describe - Identify)  One example, in France is immigrants need to pick up french language so that they can communicate with local people. Unemployment rate increases as its harder for them to pick ip the language. Since it’s hard for immigrants to pick up the language, they wouldn’t be able to communicate in french and hence would not be employed. The increase in employment rate means that there would be lesser worker to help economic growth. Thus this causes economic strains (what is the economic strains?).

b) One way that Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants is though schools. For example, the policy of bilingualism was introduced in 1966, students are expected to learn english and one of the official mother tongue languages. Learning english has given the different ethnic groups a common language to communicate with one another. This helps people to understand each other ( so what?)  and foster a sense of belonging (How so? gap in explanation) and promote better integration across different ethnic groups.

Another way that Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants is through the government. For example, the ethnic integration policy was introduced in 1989 to achieve a balanced ethnic mix in HDB estates and to prevent the formation of ethnic enclaves. This provides HDB residents of different races with opportunities to interact as neighbours (how example applies). The races are able to understand each other and this fosters racial harmony (how does understanding lead to racial harmony?) among the ethnic groups. This strengthens social cohesion and helps to integrate immigrants better. (L2)

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a) Assimilation refers to the act where immigrants are expected to adopt the beliefs and practices of the majority group in the host country.

One impact of assimilation is the increased tensions arising due to people believing tat the government is attempting to repress their culture (Describe - identify). For example, France has banned the wearing of religious symbols in the public in the year 2004. This ban include disallowing Muslims students to wear Muslims headscarves, Jewish students from wearing kippahs and Christian students from wearing large crosses in schools. In addition, Skih students are disallowed to wear their turbans to classes. As a result, many immigrants were upset that they were not allowed to wear religious symbols in classes, making that feel like the French Government is repressing their culture and religion, as well as violating their individual rights and freedom of religions and expressions. --> examples of this? As a result, this has lead to increased tensions between the immigrants and the French government, resulting in several demonstrations against the ban on the wearing of religious items in public. Thus the assimilation process could lead to increased tensions.

Another impact of a assimilation is allowing immigrants to better adapt to the new country (not an impact - rationale of the policy). For example, before granting citizenship, the French Government requires that all immigrants to demonstrate knowledge about French history and culture as well as be proficient in French. Tests would be conducted to ensure that they meet these guidelines. Having these knowledge before immigrating to the country would allow the citizens adapt to the country better by being able to talk with the people as well as knowing the French history. AS they are able to communicate to the French as well as know the culture, they would be able to assimilate into the French society and find employment or schooling. Thus they would be able to adapt to better adapt to life in their new country and won't cause much issue as if they have not done it.

b) Integrations refers tot immigrants retaining their unique identities while forging common ground with groups already living in the host country.

Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants into Singapore through the use of naturalization initiatives. For example, citizens are required to complete a three part program to educate immigrants about Singapore's culture.(example)  There is an online journey where new citizens are able to learn about important information such as history of Singapore and important national politics. There is also a community sharing session, where they can interact when others who had already went through this program and learn information about how to adapt better into their community. Lastly, they are given an tour of Singapore's about historical landmarks and national institution to learn about Singapore's history and management of national challenges in urban planning, transport, water resources, as well as security and defense. (clear description of example) Through this naturalization initiatives, the immigrants would be able to understand Singapore better. (gap in explanation, how will understanding lead Therefore they would be able to better integrate into Singaporean society. (L2)

Singapore has also tried to integrate immigrants into Singapore through the use of common experiences. For example, in March 2010, a new Singapore Permanent Resident Quota has introduced for non-Malaysian Singapore Permanents Residents when buying HDB flats. The quota was 5 percent for neighborhood and eight percent per block. This was done to ensure that enclaves would not be formed in public housing estates. As a result of the Singaporean Permanent Resident Quota, blocks and neighborhood would not be completely filled with residents of a single race. (Good and clear example) This would allow more interaction between the immigrants of different races (how would such interactions help immigrants integrate?) and therefore be able to better integrate into society. This the Singapore Government has tried to integrate into Singapore through the use of common experiences.

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One possible impact on assimilation in a society is creating a common identity (Describe - Identify).For example in France, they adopted secularism, which ban religion symbols in state affairs such as turbans and hijab.This allows people in France look similar and will result in creating a common identity in the society and no religion/race is favoured.This will reduce tensions in the country and creates harmony. E.g. of this?

Another possible impact is that Assimilation may cause tension in the country and disrupting the peace.For example,the Burqa ban in France, which banned people wearing burqa and punish people and forces mulisms to lose their sense of identity. This result in people not willing to go out of their homes to avoid punishment and govt will appear to discriminate the muslisms.In the long run, muslisms will be angry and lead to racial tensions and distupting harmony in the country. (no example)

b)One of the ways that Singapore tried to integrate imminigrants in Singapore is by going through common experience.For example, every singaporean and permanent residents must go through national service at an age of 18.During the training, different groups of people will communicate,share the same experience together and learn each other culture.This will foster a stronger bond between different groups of people, which leads to immigrants fitting in better in Singapore.

Another way that Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in Singapore is bilingual policy.For example,Singapore implemented a law where students must learn english and mother toungue.This result in people with different race,culture has a common language to comminucate with.This will lead to foster a better relationship between different races and religions.This result in immigrants fit better in Singapore.

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a) One possible impact on assimilation is that it can cause tensions due to the fact that immigrants have to adopt the beliefs and practices of the country. (Describe Identify) For example, France believes in secularism, which prohibits people from displaying any form of religious symbols, such as the burqa ban. The people in France would then feel that their religion is being discriminated against, and that their rights to practice their religion is being disrespected. As a result, this would cause tension within the country. (No example)

However, there are also positive impacts of assimilation. Assimilation can also lead to harmony in the society. When every individual puts aside their affiliations to race, ethnicity, religion, and socio-economic status to display a national identity, it will bind all the people together as everyone accepts each other and views each other as an equal, hence reinforcing harmony in a society. (no example)

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A possible impact of assimilation is a divided country leading to a negative social impact --> what negative social impace?. When immigrants migrate to a country, they may have different beliefs compared to those in the country. An example is in France. Immigrants are not allowed to wear their religious clothing like turbans or headscarfs in public. Hence this results in the immigrants being angry they are unable to practice their own religion and hence tensions will arise. Hence this will result in a divided country when some people in the country do not comply with the policies set. And when people do not comply, people do things that many people that comply with the policies won’t then people will be jealous and tensions arise. When this occurs, protests and riots may happen and may lead to injuries and death hence this will socially impact the loved one’s of those that die or severely injured. (no example of impact)

Another possible impact is its countries people may be closer and may be more fluent in their language and be able to mix with each other easily leading to a positive social impact. An example of this is in France where they have naturalisation processes that help assimilate immigrants by helping them develop basic knowledge about life in France. (e.g. of these processes?) All the policies implemented in France will allow the immigrants to be more fluent in the French language and be able to mix around with the French people in the country. (e.g. of people being closer?) Hence this allows French people are able to communicate and understand each other easier thus the relationship between all the French people are closer as they have the same one language that they can use for communication that they all know. Thus this will bring people closer and misunderstandings in communication will rarely occur and protest resulting from misunderstanding will not happen.

A way that Singapore has tried integration is through ethnic integration policy. (Describe - Identify) Its policies goal is to prevent formation of ethnic enclaves by providing interaction opportunities as neighbours in HDBs with people of different races. Hence this result in racial harmony between races and among various ethnic groups while still retaining their own religious practices.  (E.g. of the policy? )

Another way that Singapore has tried integration is through the bilingual policy. Students were expected to learn both the norm language, English, as well as one of their official Mother Tongue Languages like Chinese or Malay language. This in turn helps to foster a sense of belonging (How so?) and thus promote a better integration across the different races and ethnic groups. Mother Tongue as well helps preserve cultural identity. (L2)

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9Qn 1. A possible impact of assimilation would be rioting due to the discrimination of religions or religious people which would result in potential casualties raise even more tensions among the people (Describe - Impact). Although the idea of assimilation itself has the positive objective focus of ensuring that citizens puts aside their affiliation to race, ethnicity and socio-economic status and can also help keep citizens from religious extremism, when executed poorly, it could result in the opposite effect. For example in France where secularism is practiced, laws enforced by the government have been seen as too strict in the name of secularism. An example of these laws are the prohibition of religious wear such as the face veil for female Muslims or large Christian crosses for Christians. (not an example of the impact) As a result, tensions have risen as people feel it takes away their sense of identity and is a form of discrimination as they are not able to display their religion despite religion being a part of their identity. And as a result many people will feel oppressed and discriminated and unsatisfied with such laws. When the laws continue to become stricter such as the continuous banning of more and more religious symbols, further implications include riots or marches where people protest to such laws, further raising tensions between the people and the government and causing society to become even more unstable. Further actions by the people becoming more and more unsatisfied with the laws may be strikes and other acts to show protest against the government.

Another possible impact could be positive, where a country's identity is more defined and strong and resulting in a more connected society where people are not judged based on their race or religion. (good!) This thus allows everyone to become equal and encourages unity and cohesiveness between citizens where all have the common identity of being the citizen of a particular country. For example, in France where assimilation in the form of secularism is practiced, some feel that it is important as it is the reason which defines the French people as a society and thus brings the people together and ensures equality and erasing prejudice and biased behaviour within public domain such as court of law where their religion does not act as a factor when it comes to being judged and only the actions of the people comes into play or when it comes to employment of people. Regardless of their religion, they would be judged based on their qualifications and hard work that have been put into getting a job. As a result many are satisfied and happy with assimilation due to the unbiased society which it creates further connecting people to each other when social barriers of race or religion are removed and fairness is ensured among the people (No example of impact)

Qn 2. Integration is the allowance of immigrants retaining their unique identities while forging common ground with the group's already living in the host country. Singapore can integrate immigrants through methods such as the Billingual Policy (Describe - Identify) where students are expected to learn English and another official mother tongue languages. (e.g.) The policy ensures that the different ethnic groups will have a common language to communicate with 1 another and helps to foster a sense of belonging ( How will communication --> Sense of belonging?) nd promote a better sense of integration while still being able to preserve cultural identity and heritage through the use of their mother tongue. Another method is Ethnic Integration Policy which is a balanced ethnic mix in HDB estates and to prevent the formation of ethnic enclaves. This allows residents of different races opportunities to interact with one another to foster racial harmony among various ethnic groups and strengthen social cohesion. E.g. of this policy? L2

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a)What are some possible impacts of assimilation in a society.Explain two possible impacts.a)An impact would be that the immigrants will lose their sense of identity. (how is that an impact on the society.) An exaample would be muslims immigrating to France for greater job oppotunities.

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Q1)Assimilation in a society means immigrants are expected to adopt the beliefs and practices of the majority group in the host country. One impact is the display of one national identity. In France, there is a clear separation of religious affairs from governance and no religion is favoured other another. All french citizen will adhere to this practice and put aside their affiliations to race and ethnicity, regilion and socio-economic status. For example, the schools in France are not allowed to show any religious habits and students are not allowed to wear religious signs to school as it might be seen to promote their religion. This practice results in french citizen not discriminating each other because of their religion and and displaying one national identity. Therefore, french citizens will not have dispute over individual’s identity and stands equally in France. Thus, it is a possible impact on Assimilation in a Society. (Description of impact not clear)
Another impact is the social tension in France. In France, citizens are not allowed to display their religious belief and ethnic custom. For example, the Burqa Ban. Muslims are not allowed to cover their whole face which is a part of their tradition as a Muslim. This cause the muslims to think that the government is discriminating and they felt treated badly because of their religion. This caused the start of riots (E.g. of this?) and social tension, and Muslims started fighting and showing their displease to the go. Thus, social tension is a possibility impact of assimilation in a society.

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Assimilation forces people to go against their religious practices and beliefs. This would cause protests and social tensions amongst citizens. (describe - identify) For example, in France, the government prohibits any form of religion in public. This would cause upset among the people as they are not able to follow their religions’ beliefs, and thus they might start social riots to protest against the government as they feel marginalised because of their religion. France is fitting the immigrants into a mold, taking away their identity. This will in turn cause fear within the community and people are afraid to go outside. (e.g. of social tension not stated)

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assimilation can cause tensions between people of different backgrounds in the society. {Impact Identified} for example, france has implemented a burqa ban on its Muslim citizens due to its implemented policy of secularism. this has caused debate between upholding the influence of national identity, and recognising the impact of religion on identity & respecting the rights of individuals to practise their religion. this had lead to tensions between people who support secularism & assimilation and people who are against it (including the muslims), as some French believe that the national identity is threatened when immigrants continue displaying their religious identity prominently. muslims are excluded from getting jobs if they display themselves as muslims, causing them to feel discriminated and would thus feel offended, resulting in tension & unhappiness. E.g. of Discrimination not present. L2/2 (Identify one impact)

another impact of assimilation is a united society (Impact Identified). for example, the implemented policy of assimilation & secularism in france has allowed french citizens to form a common identity since their differences of religious matters are being put aside, allowing their cultural beliefs and practices to be put aside as well. french citizens would see each other as equals and treat each other equally without favoring someone over another. they would adopt the same attitudes and beliefs, thus minimising misunderstanding between citizens and ensuring harmony and unity between individuals. E.g. of a United Society? L2/3 (Identify 2 impacts) - No example

b) singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in singapore by implementing a biligual policy (Describe - identify). for example, in schools, students are expected to learn english and one official mother tongue language. learning english gives people from different ethnic groups to have a common language to communicate & interact with one another, thus allowing immigrants who only spoke their native language to learn how to communicate and then blend in with other citizens. this would reduce misunderstanding (how will communication --> harmonius society? gap in explanation) & create a harmonious society where everyone is respected.

another way singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in singapore is through the ethnic integration policy (EIP) to achieve a balanced ethnic mix in HDB estates to prevent the formation of ethnic enclaves. for example, EIP makes sure that a particular HDB block has a good mix of people from different ethnicity & backgrounds. by providing HDB residents of different races with opportunities to interact as neighbours (how eg applies), it would foster racial harmony among various ethnic groups & strengthens social cohesion (how so? gap in explanation) in sg. immigrants who decide to stay in singapore would be able to interact with their singaporean neighbours and pick up our way of life, blending into our society & integrating into sg better. L2

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a) One of the possible impacts of assimilation in a society is that there would be tensions between the different groups of people

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(a) One possible impact that assimilation in a society can bring is about is that social tensions will rise. (describe - identify)This is because assimilation takes away a person's unique identity and forces them to adopt the cultures of the country and prevents them from practicing their own beliefs. One example of assimilation is in France which believes in the principle of laïcité, and the Muslims are not allowed to wear their religious head scarf. This caused the Muslims to be more unhappy with the government was their numbers grew. (e.g. of such unhappiness?) This in turned causes them to take to the streets to protest against the restrictions.

Another possible impact that assimilation in a society can bring is that can bring people in the society closer. This is because assimilation makes people adopt the beliefs and culture of a certain society. This then gives them a common subject that they cannot conversr about. This in turn results in relationships being formed and therefore bringing the people in the society closer.

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(a) : Assimilation forces people to conform with a country’s practices and beliefs against their will, this could cause many protests against the government and create social tension amongst the citizens. Take France for example, they practice strict secularism and prohibit any form of religion in public. For instance, there was a burka ban which led to many people isolating thenselves from society, shutting themselves up in they’re homes, as it went against their beliefs to be seen without a burka on. These actions would only anger the more religious people in France, as a result, strikes and riots could be common scene. The Chaos that ensues would only cause more damage to the country, (impact identified at the end)

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a) Firstly, one possible inpact of assimilation in a society is that people in the society might not agree and follow the beliefs that the government has set. (so? How does this impact the society as a whole) For example in France, the government adopted assimilation and has banned the use of certain religious items or symbols such as headscarfs and turbans. This was supposed to make minorities in france to be part of the majority group. However, many minority groups did not agree with this and protested to be allowed to wear their individual religious symbols and items. This caused tension to rise and eventually many unhappiness between the people and the government.  (this is the impact)

Secondly, another possible impact of assimilation is that it will allow the national identity to be strengthened. For example in France, the government implemented a neutralisation process where immigrants will develop a basic knowledge of life in france. Immigrants will need to learn about the history of france and be proficient in french to be able to be a French national.E.g. not example of national identity to be strengthened. This will allow immigrants in france be more part of the society and their sense of national identity of France will be stronger

b) Firstly, singapore has tried to integrate immigrants by having community support. Community support has helped new immigrants integrate through grassroots organised events and activities. These activities helped immigrants to understand and learn more about local history, culture and social norms so that they will be able to communicate and relate to locals.( E.g. of such activities?) L2

Secondly, Bilingual Policy is another way that singapore has tried to intergrate immigrants into the country. Bilingual policy states that all students have to learn english and a mother tongue language. (e.g.) This is to allow communications with more people. This will help foster a sense of identit, belonging to the country and better integration between races of different ethnic group. (no link to integration of IMMIGRANTS)

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a) assimilation can cause tensions between people of different backgrounds in the society. {Impact Identified} for example, france has implemented a burqa ban on its Muslim citizens due to its implemented policy of secularism. this has caused debate between upholding the influence of national identity, and recognising the impact of religion on identity & respecting the rights of individuals to practise their religion. this had lead to tensions between people who support secularism & assimilation and people who are against it (including the muslims), as some French believe that the national identity is threatened when immigrants continue displaying their religious identity prominently. on the other hand, muslims feel that the government & other french citizens are discriminating their religion and would thus feel offended, resulting in tension & unhappiness. E.g. of Discrimination not present. L2/2 (Identify one impact)

another impact of assimilation is a united society (Impact Identified). for example, the implemented policy of assimilation & secularism in france has allowed french citizens to form a common identity since their differences of religious matters are being put aside. this would result in a society with strong social cohesion as there are policies for immigrants to interact as much as possible with other people in the french society and hence, attain fluency in french language, adopt french attitudes and beliefs to strengthen their french identity. this would allow them to blend in. E.g. of a United Society? L2/3 (Identify 2 impacts)

b) singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in singapore by implementing a biligual policy (I+D). for example, in schools, students are expected to learn english and one official mother tongue language. learning english gives people from different ethnic groups to have a common language to communicate & interact with one another, thus allowing immigrants who only spoke their native language to learn how to communicate and then blend in with other citizens (Outcome of Example). this would reduce misunderstanding (How so? & create a harmonious society where everyone is respected. (Outcome incomplete)

another way singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in singapore is through the ethnic integration policy (EIP) to achieve a balanced ethnic mix in HDB estates to prevent the formation of ethnic enclaves. for example, EIP makes sure that a particular HDB block has a good mix of people from different ethnicity & backgrounds (How so? HDBs can only be bought by Singaporeans & PRs) by providing HDB residents of different races with opportunities to interact as neighbours, it would foster racial harmony among various ethnic groups (How so?) & strengthens social cohesion (How so?_ in sg. immigrants who decide to stay in singapore would be able to interact with their singaporean neighbours and pick up our way of life (How so?), blending into our society & integrating into sg better.

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1. Singapore has introduced bilingualism in the cornerstone of the education system. Students are requires to learn English and one of the official Mother Tongue Languages(MTLs). Learning English has given the different ethnic groups a common language to communicate with one another. While learning Mother Tongue helps with preserving one's identity and heritage. By having the Bilingual Policy, each and evrry student must know how to speak English. This creates commoness between the locals and immigrants. The immigrants in Singapore can better communicate with the locals in Singapore, which in turn builds understanding. When one understand one another, this reduces misunderstandings (between?) and the society will become more hormonius. People will respect one another. (how so ?)  And thus,this better integrates the immigrants.

2. To better integrate immigrants, Singaprore has the Presidential Council. The PCMR helps ensure that the laws passed by Singapore's Parliament are not discriminatory against any racial or religious community. Apart from scrutinising legislation,the Council also reports on matters affecting such communities. With the strict laws being implemented, there will be lesser crime rates in Singapore. The immigrants will know that their rights will be safeguarded. They will feel safer and happy staying in Singapore. Therefore, they are less fearful for living in a different environment. Therefore,this helps to integrate immigrants. (Not relevant to immigrants)

3. Singapore has also introduced the Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) . The EIP was introduced in 1989 to achieve a balanced ethnic mix in HDB estates and to prevent the formation of ethnic enclaves. By providing HDB residents of different races with opportunities to interact ad neighbours, the EIP helps to foster racial harmony. With EIP put in place, this ensures that immigrants are exposed to people of different racial backgrounds. This allow more frequent conversations among neighbours which helps build understanding. (good outcome of example) More friendships are built (outcome of outcome) and a multi-racial society allow Singapore to be more united. (outcome of outcome). --> would be better if you talked about immigrants in all your outcomes to make it clearer.) The immigrants will be happy in SG and thus they will be integrated unto the society better. (example not specific to immigrants)

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One of the impact of assimiliation is arising tensions between upholding the influence on national identity, and on the other,recognising the impact of religionon identity (so who are the tensions between?). It is caused when a government expects the immigrants to adopt the beliefs and practices of the majority group in the host country. For example, an assimilation policy may be adopted by countries to maintain the influence of national identity. In France, the assimilation policy was adopted as the influx of immigrants was perceived to have weakened the sense of national identity.
Many of the new immigrants hold on to their religious identities and this created challenges as some French believe that French national identity is threatened when new immigrants continue displaying their religious identity prominently. (Wearing kippahs,headscarves) Riots may occur due to this. Some immigrants may be very unhappy and will feel that they are treated very unfairly. Social tension may occur which affects the security of the country.  (this is the impact. no e.g. of this)
Another impact assimilation has on education is the strengthening of French national identity through schooling. For example, in a French classroom, there is no disccusion about religions except in History and Philosophy classes. No religions are mentioned. Expressions of religions like the cross and the headscarf are not allowed in school. For instance, adaption classes are also conducted for children of immigrants to help them improve their French and eventually join regular French schools. As a result,this helps strengthen the French national identity. Having not allowing students to wear religious symbols or discuss about the different religions can help avoid conflicts due to different beliefs. It can reinforce the fact that they are one 'FRANCE' and are not divided by the various races and religions. This can better reinforce immigrants that they are part of France.  (no e.g. of identity being strengthened)

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A) One possible impact on assimilation is tension in society (between who?). Assimilation policy maybe adopted by countries to maintain the influence of national identity. In the example of France, the assimilation policy was adopted as the influx of immigrants was perceived to have weakened the sense of national identity. The government started to emphasis the French national identity leading to expectations on the people to keep their displays of religious believe and ethnic custom private.

An example would be the ban of wearing religious symbols in public in 2004 such as Muslim students cannot wear Muslim headscarf.

However too much assimilation may cause people to be unhappy as the government removes the rights of individuals to practice their religion as the French government believes that it’s national identity is threatened when immigrants continue to display their religious prominently. Hence citizens are upset as they feel like they stripped of their original roots and own sense of identity and being unable to express themselves resulting in tension rising. (no example of the tensions)

B) One way that the government has tried to integrate immigrants into Singapore is by establishing the bilingual policy. Bilingualism is the cornerstone of Singapore’s educational system introduced in 1966.

Students are expected to learn English and one of the official Mother tongue language such as chinese and malay. Learning English helps people of different ethnic to communicate with one another while learning mother tongue allows us to preserve our cultural identity and heritage. (e.g)

By being able to communicate with each other, they can understand each other, reducing miscommunication and increasing harmony within society (how will that increase harmony in the society?) This helps to foster a sense of belonging (how so?) and promotes better integration across different ethnic groups. This will result in people of different groups being able to study together enjoy leisure time with each other. Students will influence their parents to be able to communiacte and live together with families of other races and religion. (your explanation is not specific to immigrants) Immigrants are more welcomed into singapore, integrating into a socio-cultural society without lesser tensions.

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Q1)  It will cause the country to be divided and split due to Assimilation. (good!) As they feel quite distant from their own religions as they are unable to express their religious symbols such as wearing large crosses or turbans. Assimilation forces them to integrate by making immigrants do things like these. The people who immigrate will feel oppressed and not have a sense of belonging but instead feel more distant from the country they are entering. This might result in a riot that may cause people to be harmed or even killed causing more distress amongst the citizens. An example is the burqa ban which caused great distress among ( no example of this division in society)
2) Singapore allows the exchange of skills and knowledge between people of different cultures and backgrounds. For example, Dr Judith Swain, currently the Executive Director of the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, is also a professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. She shares her expertise with younger scientists in Singapore. Therefore, with these exchange of important skills and knowledge, Singaporeans can learn the culture and habits of foreigners and vice-versa, which can allow them to better understand one another and have better relations with each other, hence helping to integrate foreigners into Singapore. (Who is going to facilitate the exchange of skills and knowledge? how does it better integrate the immigrants in the first place?)

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(a) possible impacts of assimilation
Assimilation creates a unified identity amongst citizens stripping them of their own identity (not an impact on the society). For example, the French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools bans wearing conspicuous religious symbols in French public primary and secondary schools.
In doing so, many are suppressed as they lose the freedom to make choices for themselves, in deciding their own identity. It impacts them as they start to be dehumanized as a unique individual and become indistinguishable from the dominant.

However, assimilation has brought citizens together. (clear impact) Assimilation has allowed majority of society to put away their cultural values and beliefs to come together as one to form a harmonious society. Lesser social tensions arise as there are lesser differences between the citizens.

(b) some ways singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in singapore?
Singapore has a National Integration Council that has a Community Integration Fund (CIF) launched in September 2009 to help support organisation in implementing ground-up integration activities. Some examples of ground up activities funded by the CIF are Singapore Heritage Visits and Singapore Healthcare Immersion Programme. Both programmes serve to help foreigners better integrate and adapt to how singapore is as a country and its society. (how so? outcomes incomplete)

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A possible impact of assimilation is a divided country.(impact) When immigrants migrate to a country, they may have different beliefs compared to those in the country. An example is in France. Immigrants are not allowed to wear their religious clothing like turbans or headscarfs in public. Hence this results in the immigrants being angry they are unable to practice their own religion and hence tensions will arise. Hence this will result in a divided country when some people in the country do not comply with the policies set.  (no example of a divided country)

Another possible impact is its countries people may be closer and may be more fluent in their language and be able to mix with each other easily. An example of this is in France where they have naturalisation processes that help assimilate immigrants by helping them develop basic knowledge about life in France. All the policies implemented in France will allow the immigrants to be more fluent in the French language and be able to mix around with the French people in the country. Hence this leads to a country with people that are close to each other and know each other well. (no example of people becoming closer)

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A way that Singapore has tried integration is through ethnic integration policy. Its policies goal is to prevent formation of ethnic enclaves by providing interaction opportunities as neighbours in HDBs with people of different races. Hence this result in racial harmony between races and among various ethnic groups while still retaining their own religious practices. ( so what? no acknowledgement of Immigrants) - L1 NAQ

Another way that Singapore has tried integration is through the bilingual policy. Students were expected to learn both the norm language, English, as well as one of their official Mother Tongue Languages like Chinese or Malay language. This in turn helps to foster a sense of belonging and thus promote a better integration across the different races and ethnic groups. Mother Tongue as well helps preserve our cultural identity and heritage.  (NAQ no acknowledgement of immigrants)

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Assimilation is a practice where immigrants adopt the beliefs and practices of the majority group in the host country.
One of the impact of assimiliation is arising tensions between upholding the influence on national identity, and on the other,recognising the impact of religionon identity. For example, an assimilation policy may be adopted by countries to maintain the influence of national identity. In France, the assimilation policy was adopted as the influx of immigrants was perceived to have weakened the sense of national identity. (NAQ) - how is this an impact on the SOCIETY!
Many of the new immigrants hold on to their religious identities and this created challenges as some French believe that French national identity is threatened when new immigrants continue displaying their religious identity prominently. (Wearing kippahs,headscarves) Riots may occur due to this. Some immigrants may be very unhappy and will feel that they are treated very unfairly. Social tension may occur which affects the security of the country.
Another impact assimilation has on education is the strengthening of French national identity through schooling. For example, in a French classroom, there is no disccusion about religions except in History and Philosophy classes. No religions are mentioned. Expressions of religions like the cross and the headscarf are not allowed in school. For instance, adaption classes are also conducted for children of immigrants to help them improve their French and eventually join regular French schools. As a result,this helps strengthen the French national identity. Having not allowing students to wear religious symbols or discuss about the different religions can help avoid conflicts due to different beliefs. It can reinforce the fact that they are one 'FRANCE' and are not divided by the various races and religions.

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One of the ways that singapore has tried to integrate immigrants is by setting up policies to ensure a mixture of races in a certain area. For instance,The ethnic integration programme, which ensures that only a certain amount of each race can reside in that particular estate,was introduced in 1989 to achieve a balanced ethnic mix in hdb Estates  and to prevent the Formation of ethnic enclaves. By providing HDB Residents of different races with opportunitties to interact as neighbours, the EIP helps to foster racial harmony among the various ethnic groups, and strengthen social cohesion in singapore. (No mention of immigrants. your answer seems very focused on the different races in Singapore. NAQ L1)

Another way that singapore has tried to integratedimmigrants is that they have ensured that the government has to be run by a multitude of races and not one race can be a major mojority. As seen in 1970, the president council was created ro be a safeguard to ensure that laws passed by singapore's paliment are not discriminatory agaonst any racial or religous community. This allows the government to be fair in delivering judgement and will also provide the immigrants with a greter sense of trust and security with the singapore government reducing the amount of tensions between races. (Irrelevant to immigrants L1)

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Some possible impacts on Assimilation in a society is that immigrants may feel discriminated as they are unable to display their own religious practices. -not an impact on the SOCIETY. On the other hand, some immigrants may feel more integrated into the society as they are being treated equally as the French citizens despite this religion. Firstly, Immigrants may feel discriminated as they are not able to display their own religious beliefs and practices in public due to assimilation. One example is France,who adopts a policy of assimilation which believes in the principle of secularism. In school, students are not allowed to wear any religious related clothing such as the Jewish large cross, turbans and headbands. In the French classroom, there is no discussion about religions except in history and philosophy classes. This would Ensure the assimilation of minoring groups in secular French society. But it had another effect, it made the immigrants felt like their religion was being disregarded and discriminated by the French society which may lead to protests against the government about this issue as feel left out instead of assimilating into the society.

On the other hand,Immigrants may also feel more integrated into the society as everyone in France is treated equally by having a clear separation of religious affairs from governance and no religion is favoured over another. (Good identificatin of impact) For example, France adopts the policy of assimilations and believes in the principle of secularism. In the French classroom, there is no discussion about religions except in history and philosophy classes. Furthermore, adaptation classes are also conducted for the children of immigrants to help them improve their French and eventually join regular French schools. This would allow immigrants to adapt to the French beliefs and practices which would Ensure the assimilation of minority groups into a secular French society. immigrants would also not feel left out regardless of their religion as everyone is treated equally by the French which will eventually strengthen the French national identity. --> No example

Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in Singapore by adopting some policies such as the bilingual policy and the ethnic integration policy. The bilingual policy was introduced to schools in Singapore in 1966. Students are expected to learn English and one of the official Mother tongue languages. Learning English has given different ethnic groups a common language to communicate with one another. This helps foster a sense of belonging and promote better integration across different ethnic groups. Another policy that was implemented was the ethnic integration policy. The ethnic integration policy was introduced in 1988 to achieve a balanced ethnic mix in HDB estates and to prevent the formation of ethnic enclaves. By providing HDB residents of different races with opportunities to interact as neighbours, the ethnic integration policy helps to foster racial harmony among the various ethnic groups, and strengthens social cohesion in Singapore. (No mention of immigrants. NAQ) --> L1

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The average revenue of the country may decrease. The citizens of France may start to migrate to other countries due to the hush impact that secularism has on the citizens religious beliefs. (good impact) Examples include muslims not agreeing to the government that head scaf cannot be worn in public schools. Thus, due the secularistic laws contradicting the religious belief of the citizens, they will come to a conclusion that migrating to other country will be the most viable option for them to preserve their own religion identity. Therefore due to citizens leaving the country, the amount of manpower the country has will slowly diminish. This will result in lesser workers in the country and thus the decrease in revenue in the country. (no example of the economic impact)

Social tensions may arise due to assimilation (between?). For example in France, due to the government adopting the policy of assimilation, the display of religious items such as turban, kippah, large cross are banned in all public school since 2004. Thus, due to the nature of this law contradicting the religious beliefs of the citizens of France, people will start to retaliate against the government. The lack of trust and faith in the government due to the religious-contradicting laws will result in tensions between the citizens and the government. Thus assimilation may result in social tensions within a community/country. (no example of social tension)

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Q1)Assimilation in a society means immigrants are expected to adopt the beliefs and practices of the majority group in the host country. One impact is the display of one national identity (not an impact). In France, there is a clear separation of religious affairs from governance and no religion is favoured other another. All french citizen will adhere to this practice and put aside their affiliations to race and ethnicity, regilion and socio-economic status. This practice results in french citizen living in harmony and display one national identity. Therefore, french citizens will not have dispute over individual’s identity and stands equally in France. Thus, it is a possible impact on Assimilation in a Society.
Another impact is the social tension in France(Describe -impact). In France, citizens are not allowed to display their religious belief and ethnic custom. For example, the Burqa Ban. Citizens are not allowed to cover their whole face. This cause the people of the religion to think that the government is discriminating and start riots and social tension, comparing how they are treated with other religion. Thus social tension is a possible impact on assimilation in a society (no example of the social tension)

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b) Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants by introducing the Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP). The EIP was introduced in 1989 to achieve a balanced ethnic mix in HDB estates and to prevent the formation of ethnic enclaves. It states that each HDB is limited to a percentage of a religion. This helps to foster racial harmony among the various ethnic groups, and strengthens social cohesion in Singapore, (How woudl this happen? .gap in explanation) as different religions can interact with each other and know each other’s beliefs. This allows people of different religions to help one another when they are in need, promoting inclusiveness in the society.
Another way that Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants is naturalisation initiatives for new Singapore citizens. New Singapore citizens have to go through a mandatory programme called the Singapore Citizenship Journey. It is a three-part programme which helps the new Singapore citizens learn about their new home as they explore the key historical, cultural and relational experiences in Singapore. This is so that emotional attachment and a sense of belonging can be fostered and deepened among new immigrants, (how would the programme evoke such emotions and thoughts among new immigrants?) allowing them to feel attached to Singapore. L2

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a) One of the possible impacts on assimilation in a society is that it can cause riots (good impact). For example, France relieves in the principle of secularism. In France, there is a clear separation of religious affairs from the governance and no religion is favoured over another. For example, students are not allowed to wear headscarf and large crosses in public schools. This then causes the people to disrespect their religion as they are not allowed to respect their religion. This then causes the people to lose their sense of identity, causing tension to arise. These tensions will then lead to riots.  (No example of the riots)

Another possible impact on assimilation in a society is that it forms a common identity between the people.(good impact) For example, they banned religious symbols in public schools and students are not allowed to discuss about religions in France. This allows the students to be equal and to stay neutral in terms of religion. Thus, forming a common identity among the people.   No example of the strong common identity)

b) One way singapore tried to integrate immigrants is through the Bilingual Policy. The policy was introduced in schools where students are expected to learn English and Mother tongue language. Learning English has given the different ethnic groups a common language to communicate with one another and to better understand them (who?). This helps to foster a sense of belonging and it increases harmony (How so?), thus promoting better integration across different ethnic groups.

Another way singapore tried to integrate immigrants is through the Ethnic Integration Policy. It was introduced to achieve a balanced ethnic mixed HDB estates and to prevent the formation on ethnic enclaves. By providing HDB residents of different races with opportunities to interact as neighbours, the policy helps to foster racial harmony among the various ethnic groups and strengthens social cohesion in Singapore.

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Qn 1. A possible impact of assimilation - which is the process of which the government enforces beliefs and practices of the majority group in the host country would be rioting due to the discrimination of religions or religious people. A branch of which assimilation has is secularism which is the clear separation of religious affairs from governance and no religion is favoured over another. Although the idea itself has the positive objective focus of ensuring that citizens puts aside their affiliation to race, ethnicity and socio-economic  status and can also help keep citizens from religious extremism, when executed poorly, it could result in the opposite effect. For example in France where secularism is practiced, laws enforced by the government have been seen as too strict in the name of secularism. An example of these laws are the prohibition of religious wear such as the face veil for female Muslims or large Christian crosses for Christians. (everything before this is irrelevant. need not include in your answer.) As a result, tensions have risen (what tensions? between who?) as people feel it takes away their sense of identity and is a form of discrimination as they are not able to display their religion despite religion being a part of their identity. Further implications include riots or marches where people protest to such laws, further raising tensions between the people and the government and causing society to become even more unstable

Another possible impact could be positive, where a country's identity is more defined and strong (Good!) as it is not linked to other factors such as origin, religion, race and ethnicity. This thus allows everyone to become equal and encourages unity and cohesiveness between citizens where all have the common identity of being the citizen of a particular country. For example, in France where assimilation in the form of secularism is practiced, some feel that it is important as it is the reason which defines the French people as a society and thus brings the people together and ensures equality and erasing prejudice and biased behaviour within public domain such as court of law or when it comes to employment of people. Regardless of their religion, they would be judged based on their qualifications. As a result many are satisfied and happy with assimilation. (no example)

Qn 2. Integration is the allowance of immigrants retaining their unique identities while forging common ground with the group's already living in the host country. Singapore can integrate immigrants through methods such as the Billingual Policy where students are expected to learn English and another official mother tongue languages. The policy ensures that the different ethnic groups will have a common language to communicate with 1 another (no acknowledgment of immigrants) and helps to foster a sense of belonging and promote a better sense of integration while still being able to preserve cultural identity and heritage through the use of their mother tongue.

Another method is Ethnic Integration Policy which is a balanced ethnic mix in HDB estates and to prevent the formation of ethnic enclaves. (what does this mean. describe in greater detail)This allows residents of different races opportunities to interact with one another to foster racial harmony among various ethnic groups and strengthen social cohesion  L1. NAQ - not talking about immigrants at all.

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a) One possible impact on assimilation is that it can cause tensions (between?) due to the fact that immigrants have to adopt the beliefs and practices of the country. For example, France believes in secularism, which prohibits people from displaying any form of religious symbols, such as the burqa ban. The people in France would then feel that their religion is being discriminated against, and that their rights to practice their religion is being disrespected. As a result, this would cause tension within the country. (no example)
However, there are also positive impacts of assimilation. Assimilation can also lead to harmony in the society (contradictory?). When every individual puts aside their affiliations to race, ethnicity, religion, and socio-economic status to display a national identity, it will bind all the people together which will lead to there being equality as everyone is viewed the same and not different, leading to the acceptance of everyone and hence harmony in a society would be achieved.

b) Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in Singapore by establishing the bilingual policy. Students in Singapore are expected to learn English and a Mother Tongue language, such as Chinese, Malay, and Tamil. Learning English would give the citizens in Singapore a common language so that everyone can communicate with each other (e.g.). In return, this would evoke a sense of belonging (how so?)and promote better integration across different ethnic groups. When there is a sense of belonging, immigrants would also be more willing to stay in Singapore. (why?) L2
Singapore has also tried to integrate immigrants in Singapore by establishing the ethnic integration policy. This policy ensures that each HDB estate has a balanced ethnic mix (what does this mean? how does it apply to immigrants?) so that there would not be any ethnic enclaves. This provides HDB residents of different races with opportunities to interact as neighbours, helping to enforce racial harmony How so?among the various ethnic groups in society and as a result, strengthen social cohesion in Singapore and immigrants would be more willing to stay in Singapore. (why?) L2

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a) impacts of assimilation in a society include the discrimination of citizens who practice religion. In france, the burqa ban which was imposed, prevents women from covering their faces. many women did not dare to go out to avoid punishment. the policy seems to be persecuting and calling out those who wear religious wear. this makes the citizens who practice religion feel stripped of their identity and forced into a mold of what a french citizen should be like, increasing the tension between the citizens and the government as it poses an unwelcoming impression on the citizens who are different. (clear impact)this could result in a strain in the society due to the social tension and cause riots because of the different needs and belief of a multi cultural society. --> no example

however, assimilation could also bring a society closer and more united. in france, adaptation classes are held for the children of immigrants to help them adjust to normal french schools. this strengthens the sense of national identity as everyone will be able to communicate effectively as they all speak a common language. if they are able to communicate, it will aid in the unification of a country where all are treated equally. --> no example

(b) Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants into singapore by several policies such as the Ethnic Integration Policy, which ensures a balanced mix of ethnicity in hdb estates. (Example of this policy? more description required) Different groups of races have an equal opportunity to interact with each other and foster racial harmony among the different groups, as neighbours usually see each other and help each other on a daily basis, they form a positive or close relationship and in turn strengthening the social cohesion in singapore. it enables singaporeans to better understand the immigrants and be less fearful of other races, (outcomes doesn't quite flow. but valid nevertheless) better integrating immigrants into singapore.

Another policy is thhe Group Representation constituency, which ensures that minority racial groups are represented in Singapores parliament. this gives. the immigrants a feeling of inclusion,as their minority race is represented in the government. they can more comfortably address their concerns and needs as they will feel like they can relate to the representative of their racial group. this makes them feel like their opinion matters and strengthens their sense if belonging (irrelevant to imigrants)

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(a) Possible impacts of Assimilation is rise of tension (between?) and lose sense of identity -- not an impact. One impact is the rise in tensions within the country , one example is the burqa ban policy that is implemeted in 2004 people are not allowed to wear religion items in the public. To avoid being punished , people would rather stay at home and government will appears to be discriminating the muslim and they will feel that their religion are not being respect and think that the government is discriminating them and lead to unhappiness with the government and lead to outbreak of riots. (this is the impact)

Another impact, people might lose their sense of identity in the country (not an impact) , as immigrants are expected to uphold the French nation identity but led to expectation on the people to keep their displays of religious beliefs and ethnic customs private. For example the burqa ban people to not wear headscarf in public places. Thus led to tension between citizens and the government and upholding thr influence of matikn identity as the government is disrespecting the rights of individuals to practise their religion.

(b) Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants into Singapore By establishing policy like thebilingual policy it helps foster sense of belongings and promote better integration across different ethnic groups.  For example , the Bilingual Policy where student are expected to learn English and one of the official Mother Tongue Languages. It helps to forge a common language between the immigrants and citizens (how it applies) in Singapore and people can better understand each other (outcome of example) , therefore this help to integrate immigrants into our country. (so what if they understand each other? >how does that help them integrate?) L2

Another ways Sinagpore tried to integrate immigrants into Singapore is the Ethnic Integration Policy it helps to foster racial harmony among the various ethnic groups and strengthens social cohesion in Singapore. And also the Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) this is to achieve a balanced ethnic mix in HDB. This policy helps to build a better socio- cultural diversity --> So what? L2

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a)Assimilation has good intentions on unifying a country's massive differing demographic, some people might not understand and may misinterpret this as enforcing the idea that religion is unwelcomed and must be kept away from the public eye as it seen as a social abnormality thereby rallying against assimilation and cause unrest within society. In extreme cases, if the public is very against assimilation as it seems overly supressive and overly controlled and this will cause opposition against the government and this will affect the progress of the country as a whole (NAQ)

b) to name some ways of intergration attempts by the singapore government would be racial harmony day, national day and labour day. During racial harmony day, it is targeted at the youth, on these days, youths will learn about the differences between the races and understand them. This allows the citizens,from young, will learn how to live side by side other demographics and the country to live asmulti -religious amd multi-ethnic without dispute.(edit here) throught these methods, the government plans to allow the immigrants to engague in activities that the normal singaporean would join. (How would this be carried out? who is going to be carrying this out) Throught this, singapore would be able to intigrate immigrants without any religious dispute similar to france's assimilaton as when a country impliments a policy that would not agree with the wishes of the migrants, the migrants that are working in singapore might rebel against the government throught protests or just leave the country altogether which could be disastrous for the country's economy if migrant workers just leave the country by great numbers or go on strike. Thus, to save the economy and help the migrants feel that they belong here, the singapore government impliments these events for people of all demographics to celebrate. (Irrelevant) L1

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Social tensions may arise due to assimilation. (between?) For example in France, due to the government adopting the policy of assimilation, the display of religious items such as turban, kippah, large cross are banned in all public school since 2004. Thus, due to the nature of this law contradicting the religious beliefs of the citizens of France, people will start to retaliate against the government. The lack of trust and faith in the government due to the religious-contradicting laws will result in tensions between the citizens and the government. Thus assimilation may result in social tensions within a community/country. (No example of social tensions)

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Assimilation in France, for example, prohibits their country’s inhabitants to cease and form of religion in public. That practice strict secularism and this has caused many to feel oppressed and unjustified. For instance, the burga ban, after the French government banned Burgas, people began to not leave their houses at all. They stay at home because it is against their beliefs to let others see them without their Burgas on. Such actions could cause uprising, strikes and maybe even riots, the chaos that would ensue would only do the country harm, such as damaged property, political views may differ, in the worst case scenario, the French government would be overthrown and France will fall. Hence, assimilation could possibly lead to the fall of a nation. (Vague. no description of impact)

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a) Assimilation refers to the act where in migrants are expected to adopt the beliefs and practices of the majority group in the host country.
One impact of assimilation is increased tensions due to people as they believe the government is attempting to repress their culture.

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a) A possible impact assimilation will cause is tensions within a society as immigrants will be upset that they cannot practice their beliefs within the society. (clear impact)An example is  An example is when the Sikh men march in Paris in a demonstration against a planned law to restrict the wearing of religious symbols in public schools. Good example! Tensions will arise due to the lack of freedom (so? why would there be tensions?)to wear religious symbols in public school and immigrants Tensions start riots to protest against the government and immigrants may resent the majority of people in the country . Hence, tensions will arise due to assimilation in a society.

Another possible impact of assimilation is causing peace and harmony in a societyclear impact) . Assimilation forces everyone to be the same as everyone will practice the same practices beliefs which makes immigrants indistinguishable from the majority group of society . An example is in France where the ideal of harmony in a society is achieved by putting aside people's affiliation to race and ethnicity , religion be socio-economic status. Over time, immigrants will abide to this rule and their future generations will also abide by this rule as they are brought up with assimilation and are used to it  . Hence , there will be peace and harmony over time as everyone in the society have the same beliefs and practices  .(E.g. of harmony not clear)

b) Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in Singapore by using integration . Immigrants may retain their unique identities while forging common ground with the majority of the country . An example is the introduction of Ethnic Integration Policy (IEP) to achieve a balanced ethnic mix in HDB estates to prevent the formations or ethnic enclaves . This will allow HDB residents to interact with each other as neighbours and foster racial harmony (how so?) among the different ethnic groups and strengthen social cohesion . Immigrants can then interact and learn more from their Singaporean neighbours about the Singaporean races and forging a common ground .--> Good explanation of how it applies. what is the outcome of this? L2

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a) One possible impact on assimilation in a society is the arising of tensions (between??). The arising of tensions refers to a specific religious group or ethnicity being indistinguishable from the majority group in aspects such as cultural beliefs and practices as they are restricted by the government from showing their true identity. This then prevents the individuals from conducting their own religious practice which causes them to retaliate against the government. For instance, in France, Muslims are prohibited from wearing Muslim headscarves and Jewish students are not allowed to wear kippahs in schools. Hence, Muslims took to the streets in France to demonstrate against the 2004 ban on the wearing of religious items in public.
Another possible impact on assimilation in a society is the unemployment of immigrants. This leads to immigrants being angry of how they are unfairly treated by the government. The unemployment of immigrants refers to the situation where immigrants are not employed due to the discrimination in the hiring practices of companies. For example, in 2007, the unemployment level of immigrant families was three times the national average. Therefore, as the government tries to let immigrants gradually assimilate into the French society, unemployment levels increases.

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a) Assimilation causes social tension in a society as people are forced to form a common identity (clear impact). For example, the implementation of the Burqa Ban in France forces muslims to not wear the Burqa despite of their religion and beliefs. This causes people to not go out of their houses to avoid punishment and social tension is thus caused as the government seems to be discriminating the Muslims and the French is seemed to be given special privilege, thus people would protest to the government,which could cause unrest in the government and Muslims would protest on the streets to fight for their rights to wear the Burqa. Lesser people would want to travel to France, thus economic revenue for the country would be greatly reduced. (no example of social tension. why did you link it to economic revenue decreasing?)

Assimilation also causes discrimination among the citizens and foreigners as the foreigners are restricted to follow and carry out their beliefs. For example, the restriction of wearing religious symbols like Turbans and headscarfs in public schools in France is causing discrimination as it is deemed that the religions that are not the French National Idendity is seen to conflict with national cohesion. Thus,people would find it unfair as the assimilation policy violates individual rights and freedom of religion and expression,which causes the foreigners to feel marginalised because of their religion. Also,the foreigners would dislike the government due to the unfair treatment,thus would want to overthrow the government. In 2003, Sikh men march in Paris in a demonstration against the restriction of wearing religious symbols in public. --> example of social tension

b) Some ways Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in Singapore are the Bilingual Policy and Ethnic Integration Policy. The Bilingual Policy promotes bilingualism in society by making sure students in schools learn English and a mother tongue language. Students learn English so that people of different races can communicate together. (e.g.) This ensures that everybody has a sense of belonging to the country (how so?) and harmony within the society. Learning mother tongue languages preserves the country's identity of a multiracial society as well as heritage. L2

The Ethnic Integration Policy ensures that there is a well-balanced ethnic mix in HDBs so as to prevent ethnic enclaves. Also, it increases the chances of people of different races interacting with one another,thus fostering a sense of identity and social cohesion in the country. (example not clear, gap in explanation of outcomes) L1

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(a). The first possible impact on Assimilation is that it will strengthen the people's national identity. One example of this is the French policy of assimilation.In the working environment, assimilation benefits immigrants as they are required to learn French languages which helps them to better communicate. Companies tend to turn immigrants down due to discrimination in their hiring practices.As there communication is possible, both French and immigrants can understand each other,people are more accepting of them and there would be no discrimination leading to no tension would be formed as they are harmonious which means social stability.Thus, assimilation could be a positive impact in a society as there are no social tension. (Example does not show the positive impact. it is the outcome of the implementation of secularism)

Secondly, the possible impact of Assimilation could also be negative as it could lead to a rise in social tension as it weakens peoples send of national identity.One example is in 2004,religious items like the kippahs(jewish) and headscarves(muslim)were banned from school.
This led to disagreements as people strongly believed in their religious identities and they felt threatened so to defend themselves, people started protests against the government.This lead to social tension as the French national identity was threatened by protesters.Hence, assimilation could cause negative impacts. (no e.g. of social tension)

(b)One of the ways Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants was the Billingual Policy in 1966.The policy is that students are expected to learn English and on of their Mother Tongue Languages like chinese,malay and tamil.English has provided different ethnic groups a common language for communication with one another. (e.g.) This helps to foster a sense of belonging and promote better integration among different ethnic groups. (How so?)While their individual mother tongue languages allows them to preserve their cultural identity and heritage so that people would not feel that they are forced to have only one national identity.This policy has given immigrants an opportunity to integrate into Singapore as it requires them to learn English and Mother tongue, people have no language barrier,(how the policy applies to immigrants and helping them integrate) so communication is easy and immigrants would feel a stronger sense of Singapore national identity as they would want to stay in Singapore.

Another way Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants into Singapore is the Group Representation Constituency.The GRC was introduced in 1988 to ensure thst minority racial groups are represented in Singapore's Parliament.At least on of the candidates in the team contesting in the GRC has to come from a minority group.This let immigrants believe that even if they are minors, they would not be looked down on as there are candidates for the GRC from their minority racial groups.Immigrants would then develop a stronger sense of national identity as they beliebe there is no discrimination and everybody is equal. (Not applicable to immigrants)

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a) Some postive impacts of assimilation include allowing people in the country to have a common identity. --> not an impact For example France takes up the assimilation policy where immigrants are to adopt the beliefs and practices of their host country. This includes
This allow the governance to have no religious affairs involved and no favourism over a specific religion. In turn this will keep citizens against religious extremism like the ISIS problem.

However, assimilation would also result in negative impacts like disagreements and tension between citizens and the government. Good For example, laïcitè, which is secularism, is practiced in France where no religion is to be involved in state matters. This includes banning of religious symbols in public school like the turbans, headscarf and large crosses. There is also the Burqa Ban where people are not allowed to cover their faces with veils. This will lead to religious citizens feeling discriminated and disrespected by the government. Strikes and riots (example of this?) may break out against the government and many people may be affected by it physically and mentally.

b) Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in Singapore through methods like bilingualism. For example, students in schools are expected to learn English and one official mother tongue language. English will allow the different ethnic groups to have a common language and learning a mother tongue language will allow them to retain their unique identities. This will lead to unity  (how so?) between people of different cultures and ethnicities and there will be no tensions. (outcome not clear.)

Another way Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in Singapore is through mixing of different races in a community to prevent ethnic enclaves. For example, Ethnic Intergration Policy was introduced in 1989 where HDB estates are to have mixed ethnics in every block. (E.g.) This will allow neighbours of different ethnicities to interact and bond together (how would they bond together?). This will help to strengthen social cohesion in Singapore by fostering racial harmony between various ethnic groups. L2

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a) One possible impact of assimilation is a more united society (Clear impact). Assimilation refers to getting immigrants to adopt the beliefs and practices of a majority group in the host country. For example, France adopts a policy of assimilation where they believe in the principle of laïcité, or secularism, which means not connected with religious or spiritual matters. Secularism also helps to form a common identity between people from different backgrounds and ensures that no religion is favoured over another. People will be more united as people will set their differences aside. This helps to keep them against religious extremism, that may result in riots. Hence, assimilation helps to keep everyone united by forming a common identity and ensuring that no religion is favoured over one another (social impact). (No example of how assimilation leads to unity in the society.)

b) Integration is where immigrants retain their unique identities while forging common ground with existing groups in the country. One way that Singapore has done to integrate immigrants in Singapore is through the Bilingual Policy. In the Bilingual Policy, students are expected to learn English and Mother Tongue Languages. Learning English helps to give the different ethnic groups a common language to communicate with one another, which helps to build a better a understanding of people with diverse backgrounds and foster a sense of belonging among people with different backgrounds and origins. Learning our Mother Tongue also allow us to preserve our cultural identity and heritage. Thus it helps us to communicate with people of different races while retaining our cultural backgrounds. (NAQ no mention of immigrants)

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a) One of the possible impacts of assimilation is causing strain in society (between who?). Assimilation refers to immigrants adopting the beliefs and practices of the majority group in the host country. For example, in France, it follows an assimilation policy where secularism is implemented on the country. Secularism means that there will be no religion in state matters and thus France implemented the Burga Ban, where Muslim women are not allowed to wear Burga. By doing so, the government appears to be discriminating the Muslim community as they are no longer able to express their religious beliefs, which then leads to the Muslims being unhappy which will therefore cause strains and conflicts between different races in society. (No example of the strain in society.)

Another possible impact of assimilation is taking away the immigrants’ identity --> not an impact on the society. For example, in France, in 2004, the government banned religious symbols such as turbans, headscarf and large crosses in public schools. This leads to students not being able to express their religious beliefs which takes away their identity and their sense of belonging as their unique self has been lost. Therefore, the 2 possible impacts of assimilation could be causing strain and tension in society and taking away the sense of identity of immigrants.

b)  One of the ways that Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in the country is implementing billingual policy. Billingual policy refers to students learning English and Mother tongue language. Learning English means that students of different ethnic groups have a common language to speak which helps to foster a sense of belonging and promote better integration across different ethnic groups. (how so?) Learning Mother tongue means that students of their respective ethnic groups are able to preserve their own cultural identity and heritage. (NAQ no mention of immigrants)
Thus, the immigrants are able to interact and fit into the society and also at the same time are able to maintain their cultural identity. In conclusion, billingual policy is one of the ways that Singapore has integrated its immigrants into society.

Another way that Singapore has tried to integrate its immigrants is implementing the Presidential Council of Minority Rights. It is formed in 1970 to ensure that laws passed by Singapore Parliaments are not discriminatory against any racial or religious community. This protects all races and religions from being discriminated which will then lead to all races and religions being equal. Thus, since everyone is equal regardless of their ethnic groups, immigrants can fit into the society without being discriminated. Therefore, the Presidential Council of Minority Rights policy is another way that Singapore has integrated its immigrants into society. (not relevant)

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a)one impact on assimilation in a society is social strains due to secularism where there is no religion in state matters. one such example is in 2004 France banned religious symbols in public school such as headscarf, large crosses, Kippahs and turbans. If this is banned, it means anyone who goes against the law will suffer consequences. this lead to people rather not go out to avoid punishment and discriminations. this takes away their identity and there will be more social strains in the society. (no example of social strains)

another impact on assimilation in a society is economic strainsdue to employment rate. one example is immigrants need to pick up french languages so that they can communicate with local people. unemployment rate increases as its harder for them to pick up the language. (example not clear)

b) Marked in your post above
one way that singapore has tried to integrate immigrants is through schools. for example, the policy of bilingualism was introduced in schools in 1966, students are expected to learn english and one of the official mother tongue languages. learning english has given the different ethnic groups a common language to communicate with one another. this helps to help people understands each other and foster a sense of belonging and promote better integration across different ethnic groups.

another way that singapore has tried to integrate immigrants is through government. for example, the ethnic integration policy was introduced in 1989 to achieve a balanced ethnic mix in HDB estates and to prevent the formation of ethnic enclaves. this provides HDB residents of different races with opportunities to interact as neighbours. the races are able to understand each other and this fosters racial harmony among the ethnic groups. this strengthens social cohesion and helps to integrate immigrants better.

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A) One possible impact on assimilation is tension in society. (what tension? between?) Assimilation policy maybe adopted by countries to maintain the influence of national identity. In the example of France, the assimilation policy was adopted as the influx of immigrants was perceived to have weakened the sense of national identity. The government started to emphasis the French national identity leading to expectations on the people to keep their displays of religious believe and ethnic custom private. An example would be the ban of wearing religious symbols in public in 2004 such as Muslim students cannot wear Muslim headscarf. However too much assimilation may cause people to be unhappy as the government removes the rights of individuals to practice their religion as the French government believes that it’s national identity is threatened when immigrants continue to display their religious prominently. Hence citizens are upset as they feel like they stripped of their original roots and own sense of identity feeling marginalised of their religion , resulting in tension rising among French citizens resulting in racial protest to show unhappiness with the french government. (example not about the tension. )

B) One way that the government has tried to integrate immigrants into Singapore is by establishing the bilingual policy (Describe - Identify). Bilingualism is the cornerstone of Singapore’s educational system introduced in 1966. Students are expected to learn English and one of the official Mother tongue language. Learning English is a common language which helps people of different ethnic to communicate with one another. This helps to foster a sense of belonging and promote better integration across different ethnic groups. This allows immigrant students to prevent misunderstandings (how so?), increasing harmony, making it easier for immigrant students to communicate with other Singapore or immigrant students, respecting people of different cultural background integrating to a socio-cultural society which builds understanding and creating a common environment to interact between immigrants and Singaporean,(valid outcome of example)--> how does this lead to --> helping immigrants to integrate in Singapore.

Another way Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants is common experiences to foster. a strong Singapore national identity is National Service (NS). NS build ties between immigrants and the larger Singapore society to encourage immigrants to develop better understanding and to interact outside of their own communities. All male Singapore citizens and Permanent Residents (not all immigrants are Permanent Residents) are required to serve NS for a period of 2 years, to ensure Singapore’s security and sovereignty. NS brings people from diverse racial, religious, language and educational backgrounds to train, live and serve together. During NS, they develop the sense of collective interest above self. Such common life-shaping experiences have help to foster better relationships between immigrants and Singaporeans creating a strong national identity. NS obligation is a critical indicator of identity and integration as it shows new immigrants embracing this rite of passage distinctively for Singaporean men and their families.Immigrants will have a sense of belonging in Singapore helping immigrants to integrate well with Singapore citizens (how so?)
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a) one of the possible impact of assimilation is that tension will arise in the country. for example, the assimilation policy in France states that people are not allowed to wear religious symbols in public and this has led to expectations on the people to keep their displays of religious beliefs and ethnic customs private. however, many immigrants still hold onto their religious identities and they feel angry that they are not able to display their religious identity. when they feel angry, there isn’t more tension in the country and people are more likely to riot (impact), such as the muslims in France rioting against the 2004 ban on wearing religious items in public. (E.g.) - outcomes?
another possible impact of assimilation is that a more neutral, harmonious government will be formed which leads to a common indenity for the french. for example in France, this policy requires all individuals in the government to put aside their affiliations to race,ethnicity, religion, or socio-economic status to display their national idenity, when they make decisions. this shapes a strong French national idenity that is not linked to factors based on race, ethnicity, religion or socio-economic status. when the people have a common identity, there will be lesser misunderstandings that may arise within the people, hence people will be more united in the country. (What is your focus? the government or the people? No clarity of thought in your explanation)

b) Singapore had tried to intergate immigrants who come to Singapore for education into Singapore schools by creating policies such as the bilingual policy. (Describe - Identify) bilingualism is the cornerstone of our education system. the policy of bingualism was introduced in schools in 1966. students are expected to learn English and one of the official Mother tongue languages. learning english has given different ethnic groups a common language to communicate with one another, helping to promote understand between people of different races, even immigrants. this create so better integration across different ethnic groups and this better intergrates immigrants, who may not speak english in their own country, into SINGapore (Good!). --> What is the outcome?
another way / policy Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in singapore is the ethnic integrations policy (EIP). The EIP was introduced in 1989 to achieve a balanced ethnic mix in HDB estates and to prevent the formation of ethnic enclaves by stating that each HDB flat must have a fixed ratio of all the different ethnic groups of immigrants in Singapore and Singaporeans. by providing HDB residents of different races with opportunities to interact as neighbours, the EIP helps to fosters racial harmony among the various ethnic groups and helps to strengthen social cohesion in singapore. this leads to better integration across different ethnic groups.

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Q1a) They will feel quite distant from their own religions as they are unable to express their religious symbols such as wearing large crosses or turbans. Assimilation forces them to integrate by making immigrants do things like these. The people who immigrate will feel oppressed and not have a sense of belonging but instead feel more distant from the country they are entering. This might result in a riot that may cause people to be harmed or even killed causing more distress amongst the citizens. An example is the burqa ban which caused great distress among the muslims (this is the impact) and to riot.
Q1b) Singapore allows the exchange of skills and knowledge between people of different cultures and backgrounds (Not one of the ways they encourage social cohesion in Singapore). For example, Dr Judith Swain, currently the Executive Director of the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, is also a professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. She shares her expertise with younger scientists in Singapore. Therefore, with these exchange of important skills and knowledge, Singaporeans can learn the culture and habits of foreigners and vice-versa, which can allow them to better understand one another, hence helps to integrate foreigners into Singapore. (You were looking at the wrong part of the textbook.)

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a) One possible impact on assimilation in a society is creating a common identity.For example in France, they adopted secularism, which ban religion symbols in state affairs such as turbans and hijab.This result in creating a common identity in the society and no religion/race is favoured.This will reduce tensions in the country and creates harmony (This is the impact).
Another possible impact is that Assimilation may cause tension in the country and disrupting the peace. (Impact Identified) For example,the Burqa ban in France, which banned people wearing burqa and punish people (who specifically?) and forces mulisms to lose their sense of identity. This result in people not willing to go out of their homes to avoid punishment and govt will appear to discriminate the muslisms (Outcome of example) .In the long run, muslisms will be angry and lead to racial tensions (how so? explain the tensions) and distupting harmony in the country. (Good train of thought, you need more specificity and clarity of thought in your explanation.)

b)One of the ways that Singapore tried to integrate immigrants in Singapore is by going through common experience. (Who is going through this common experience?) For example, every singaporean and permanent residents must go through national service at an age of 18.During the training, different groups of people will communicate,share the same experience together and learn each other culture.This will foster a stronger bond between different groups of people, which leads to immigrants fitting in better in Singapore (How so, there is no mention of immigrants at all in the description of your factor).

Another way that Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in Singapore is bilingual policy (Describe - Identify).For example,Singapore implemented a law where students must learn english and mother toungue.This result in people with different race,culture has a common language (What is this common language) to comminucate with.This will lead to foster a better relationship between different races and religions.This result in immigrants fit better in Singapore. (how so? Outcomes not clear)

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Immigrants may feel uneasy as they are forced to adopt the beliefs and practices of the majority group in the host country.For example,France adopts a policy of assimilation known as secularism. There will be a clear separation of religious affairs from governance and no religion is favoured over another. Thus the immigrants would not be able to display their own religious beliefs and practices, and would feel like their religion is being disregarded by the government and may cause social tensions between the immigrants and the french government. (this is the impact)

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One impact of assimilation is that it led to social tensions in France. In 2014, 105613 immigrants were granted citizenship in France. France became increasingly multicultural, multi-ethnic and multireligious. However, due to assimilation, the people need to keep their religious beliefs and ethnic customs private, which in turn causes social tensions between them as they were not allowed to openly display their religious identity. For example, Muslim students were not allowed to wear Muslim headscarves but in 2004 the Muslims protested by wearing religious items in public.  {E.g. - protests: give more details on this.}

Another impact is that it causes unhappiness in France. Assimilation creates a common identity regardless of their race or religion. It serves to bring everyone together and share the same identity. For example, only those that adopt the French language and culture are allowed to obtain citizenship. This violates their individual rights and freedom of religion and expression. Hence, the immigrants felt that they were not being respected. Thus, it causes unhappiness and they would have negative thoughts about France. {no e.g. of unhappiness amongst People}

two impacts mentioned - social. Need to talk about a different impact

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Singapore integrate immigrants in Singapore with the bilingual policy. (Describe - Identify) It was introduced in 1966 where students are expected to learn English and one of the official Mother Tongue Languages such as Chinese, Malay and Indian . Learning English allows different ethnic groups (focus on interactions with immigrants) to communicate with one another. This creates a sense of belonging and promote better integration across different ethnic groups. (How so???) Learning Mother Tongue also allows us to preserve our cultural identity and heritage. (Outcomes not clear)

Another way that Singapore used to integrate immigrants is Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP). It is introduced in 1989 to achieve a balnce mix in HDB estates and to prevent the formation of ethnic enclaves. This policy ensure that people of different ethnic groups (NAQ - talk about integrating immigrants) live in the same area allowing residents of different ethnic groups to have the opportunity to interact as neighbours, which helps to foster racial harmony among the various ethnic groups and strengthens social cohesion in Singapore.

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(a) Firstly, an impact of assimilation is the refutation of the people on the government. When the government forces an identity on the people due to secularism, people will lose their own sense of identity and religion, and the diversity of that country will be compromised and restricted by the laws that govern them. Naturally, all religions are unique and special and some people believe in their religion much more than others, when it is stripped away from them you cannot not expect an outrage from them when they cannot practice them anymore. One such example is in france where the government imposes secularism(Laïcité) on its people to avoid unfair decisions made due to their own religion as well as uniting the people as one. However, this has shown to have backfired as there has been outroar about the ban on religious accessories such as burkas and thus cannot be worn outside, causing the muslims to be angry at the government as the tensions between them will rise, leading to the country being seperated by different views and opinions, hence no unification of the country. Furthermore, it could also cause the economic downfall of that country as nobody would want to invest in a country that is waging war with itself, (impact identified) workers in that country may also go on strike to make the government change its laws, this would then cause the government to be angry at the people and take actions against them by restricting more of them using secularism as a tool, and the cycle would repeat itself with more tensions arising until there might be an outbreak of protests or revolutions of the people against the government, people would start to lose hope in the government and leave the country, leading to a social crisis. (You did not explain any of the impacts mentioned. You mentioned a social crisis as well as the economic impact, however there are no examples to support your stand. The entire paragraph is unclear. L1/1)

(b) For Singapore, we utilise integrations methods to integrate immigrants into our society by using the bilingual policy (Describe - Identify) .It was introduced in 1966 in schools and students were taught the English language and one mother Tongue subject such as chinese, Malay or tamil. This helps to foster a sense of belonging and promote better integration across different ethnic groups (Not immigrants) by allowing them to still retain their identity by learning their own language, hence immigrants would feel more welcomed (how so?) and does not need to adjust to our culture as we promote integration (how so?) and still feel that they can keep their own culture and retain their unique identities with them and their differences are recognised and respected.

Another way Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants is by the Group Representation Policy and was introduced in 1988 to ensure minority racial groups are represented in Singapore's parliament (Nothing to do with immigrants. related to Singaporeans only) NAQ. At least one of the candidates in the team contesting in a GRC has to come from a minority ethnic group which means that the government would understand and solve the problems in the different ethnic groups, which means that they are unbiased and would try their best to meets the needs of the people, which means it is an welcoming environment for the immigrants and are able to integrate easier and better into singapore.

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One possible Impacts on assimilation in a society include tensions within the country. For instance, in France because immigrants make up a large number of the citizens,in 2014 100000 immigrants were granted citizenship, so Assimilation has led to expectations on the people to keep their displays of religous beliefs and ethinic customs private. (e.g. should be about the social tensions) This would cause racial tensions As many immigrents hold on to their religous identity which causes them to feel threatened that the french government is trying to take it away from them. (so? what is the outcome of that? how does that lead to social tensions?) L2

Another possible impact of assimilation in society is that the emplyment rate of immigrants would be higher. (Do you mean the unemployment rate?) For example, in 2007, the unemployment level of immigrant families was three timesthe national average. As there was discriminatiom in the hiring practices of companies. So to increase the amount of immigrants being hired, Assimilation would help them to custom themselves and fit in with the society causing less discrimination in the workplace (You need to be focused and explain the impact)

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(a) One possible impact of Assimilation is social impact. An example of this is that the wearing of religious symbols in public schools is prohibited in France to reinforce the secular French national identity. (Not an example of impact) An example of this is that Muslim students cannkt wear Muslim headscarves, Jewish students cannot wear kippahs, Christian students cannot wear large Christian crosses and Sikh students cannot wear their turbans. This will lead to people who consider their religious symbols very important feeling very angery that they are not allowed to wear their religious symbols in public, and will result in people rebelling against the government. Therefore this is a possible social impact of Assimilation. (What is the social impact? identify that first.) L1/1

Another possible impact of Assimilation a political impact. An example of this is to bring the citizens of France together. Assimilation is to achieve harmony by putting aside their affiliations to race and ethnicity, religion and socio-economic status to display their national identity as the only observable aspect of identity in the public domain. However, most people do not like this idea of assimilation and therefore feel that the government of France should not have assimilation at extreme levels. This will result in people rebelling against the government. Therefore, this is a possible social impact of Assimilation. What is the political impact. Not clear.

(b)  One way that Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants into Singapore is through Naturalisation Initiatives. (Good. Describe (I)) Upon receiving their in-principle approval for Singapore citizenship, new Singapore citizens eill have to go through a mandatory programme called the Sungapore Citizenship Journey, which is a three-part programme. (E.g.) New Singapore citizens have up to two months to complete this programme before they can receive thier Singapore identity cards and citizenship certificates. This helps Singapore to integrate immigrants by exposing them to Singapore's history, important places, giving them knowledge and understanding about Singapore. (how example applies) This will let them feel a sense of belonging to Singapore, (how so?) and will support the country. Therefore, this is way Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants. (Outcomes not clear)

Another way Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants is through Common Experiences. (Describe - Identify) Common experiences is the opportunity to interact with locals to help adapt to being part of Singapore society. Common experiences build ties between immigrants and the larger Singapore society to encourage immigrants to develop better understanding and to interact outside of their own communities. An example of common experiences is National Service (NS). --> Not all immigrants go through NS. need for a different example. NS brings people from different types of backgrounds to train, live and serve together. During NS, they develop a sense of collective interest which help foster greater cohesiveness and create a strong national identity. Therefore, this is another way Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants. (Good outcomes for NS but NS is not a good enough example that applies to all immigrants)

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Assimilation can cause social tensions {Impact Identified, social tensions happen between people not between ideas} between upholding the influences of national identity, and on the other, recognising the impact of religion on identity and respecting the rights of individuals to practise their religion. Examples of this are in France where Muslim students cannot wear Muslim headscarves, Jewish students cannot wear kippahs and Christian students cannot wear Christian crosses in schools. This would cause upset from the different religions and social riots (Why would riots occur)? might occur, as France is fitting the immigrants into a mold, taking away their identity. This will in turn cause fear within the community and people are afraid to go outside.

Good series of outcomes but example of social tensions not clear. Only 1 impact. L2/2

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a) assimilation can cause tensions between people of different backgrounds in the society. {Impact Identified} for example, france has implemented a burqa ban on its Muslim citizens due to its implemented policy of secularism. this has caused debate between upholding the influence of national identity, and recognising the impact of religion on identity & respecting the rights of individuals to practise their religion. this had lead to tensions between people who support secularism & assimilation and people who are against it (including the muslims), as some French believe that the national identity is threatened when immigrants continue displaying their religious identity prominently. on the other hand, muslims feel that the government & other french citizens are discriminating their religion and would thus feel offended, resulting in tension & unhappiness. E.g. of Discrimination not present. L2/2 (Identify one impact)

another impact of assimilation is a united society (Impact Identified). for example, the implemented policy of assimilation & secularism in france has allowed french citizens to form a common identity since their differences of religious matters are being put aside. this would result in a society with strong social cohesion as there are policies for immigrants to interact as much as possible with other people in the french society and hence, attain fluency in french language, adopt french attitudes and beliefs to strengthen their french identity. this would allow them to blend in. E.g. of a United Society? L2/3 (Identify 2 impacts)

b) singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in singapore by implementing a biligual policy. for example, in schools, students are expected to learn english and one official mother tongue language. learning english gives people from different ethnic groups to have a common language to communicate & interact with one another, thus allowing immigrants who only spoke their native language to learn how to communicate and then blend in with other citizens. this would reduce misunderstanding & create a harmonious society where everyone is respected.

another way singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in singapore is through the ethnic integration policy (EIP) to achieve a balanced ethnic mix in HDB estates to prevent the formation of ethnic enclaves. for example, EIP makes sure that a particular HDB block has a good mix of people from different ethnicity & backgrounds. by providing HDB residents of different races with opportunities to interact as neighbours, it would foster racial harmony among various ethnic groups & strengthens social cohesion in sg. immigrants who decide to stay in singapore would be able to interact with their singaporean neighbours and pick up our way of life, blending into our society & integrating into sg better.

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Hui Si: What are some impacts of assimilation in a society? Explain 2 possible impacts.

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Hui Si: What are some impacts of assimilation in a society? Explain 2 possible impacts.

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Assimilation is where immigrants are expected to adopt the believes and practices of the majority in the host country. In France, they have adopted a policy of assimilation called secularism where there is a clear division between religion and government. An example of seclurism in France is that students in public schools are not allowed to wear any large noticeable signs of religion. Things like large cross and turbans are banned in school. This makes the religious students in school feel degraded and discriminate, causing social tensions in between them the school and the government. This could lead to public outcry and protest, destabilising the government [Impact of Assimilation] --> E.g.? .
Another example of the policy of assimilation in France is that people are not allowed to wear headscarfs out in public. The government feels that this will help everyone be one cohesive group. But the targetted group feels disciminated against and many have refused to leave the house without their headscarf. This defeats the purpose of the banning of the headscarfs. Also this discrimination can cause people to fight against the policy leading to riots in the street leading to a divided country. [Impact] E.g. of this?

L2/3 (Identify 2 impacts)

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(a) What are some possible Impacts of Assimilation in a society. Explain 2 possible impacts.

(b) What are some ways that Singapore has tried to integrate immigrants in Singapore?

Dear 4E1,

For part (a) please plan your answer by brainstorming for possible answers in the Political, Social and Economic Sphere. You may refer to our Tricider Page and your textbooks for examples. Remember to use D-E-O to structure your answers.

For part (b), please refer to the textbook for the ways Singapore practises integration in society and select the examples to include in your answer. Please use D-E-O to structure your answer.

Please post your answers here.

Thank you.
Cheers,
Ms Teo

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"Assimilation is the best way to manage socio-cultural diversity in a society." Do you agree? - brainstorming and voting | tricider

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Discuss in threes. What is your stand on Assimilation? Explain whether Assimilation is the best way. Use examples from the French Case study and any other examples from Singapore to support your stand. Each trio MUST:1. Post one post explaining your stand.2. Read the posts and vote up the post(s) they support.

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Issue 2 Chapter 7: Assimilation in France

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Issue 2 Chapter 7: Assimilation in France

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What were some of the principles of French's approach to managing socio-cultural diversity?

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Chapter 2

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Dear 4E1, here are the pictures from last week's lesson.

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After vid:
-Privellage is the advantage or favour that people have
After walk:
-Same definition as b4
-I felt shocked that i ended up at the back. I thought that i would end up somewhere in the middle but i guess that privellage does not affect people financially but also emotionally.