Living in a country where you have to speak a foreign language can cause serious social problems as well as practical problems. To what extent do you agree or disagree

Social and practical problems can arise when an individual resides abroad where a different

language

is being used to communicate. I strongly agree with

this

statement because one tends to be isolated and may experience obstacles in communicating. Undoubtedly, the inability to speak the

language

of a particular nation can affect one’s social life by causing isolation. The reason is because when people

can not

can not

cannot

speak and express themselves in the

language

of a place, they tend to shy away from other people to avoid struggling, confusing and embarrassing themselves. A female student,

for example

, who is not a native speaker of French, studying in France, would have difficulty expressing herself among her peers thereby placing a distance between herself and her classmates.

Thus

, resulting in decreased social interaction.

In addition

, living within a community where one does not speak the

language

of that place could result in practical problems

such

as not being able to interact and communicate with other people.

This

implies that there would be a limit to which they can meet other individuals. Take

for instance

, an English speaking native in a Spanish community will have difficulty interacting with other persons due to the fact that they cannot understand each other.

Hence

,

this

would result in not being able to shop, party, and meet new people. In conclusion, I strongly agree with the viewpoint that staying in a country when one does not understand the

language

of

such

country could result in not only social problems but

also

practical problems.