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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?

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It is thought by some that being unable to speak the local
language
 of the country that one has resettled in can cause some social and practical problems. In my opinion, while
this
 could be true in the past, nowadays new immigrants can overcome these issues thanks to modern
technology
.
To begin
 with, due to the internet, socializing in a country where one does not speak its main
language
 is not a problem anymore. Much of social media is equipped with translators, meaning that newcomers can establish friendships or romantic
partners
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partners, although
although
 they do not speak the local
language
.
Moreover
, through social media, newcomers can easily manage to find immigrants from their home countries with whom they can socialize using their mother
language
.
Secondly
, the modern
technology
 will
also
 lessen the practical issues that newcomers might face while resettling. Renting a flat, ordering food or opening a bank account all can be done via applications on our smart phones. Interestingly, these applications can be used in various languages and even if we do not find our mother
language
 among those, we can use Google translator to communicate as long as we have an internet connection.
Besides
 that, there are cutting-edge apps that
simultaneously translate
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simultaneously translates
 what you orally say
into
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in
 a
language
 that you choose and vice versa.
This
 is not to say that immigrants will not face any sort of practical problems whatsoever, but owing to the modern
technology
 the number of these issues has dwindled significantly. In conclusion, while it is true that an immigrant will face many problems as they try to settle in a new country, many of these problems can be mitigated with the help of modern
technology
.
Hence
, I do not believe that not being able to speak the local
language
 will be a serious problem for a newcomer.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • linguistic proficiency
  • cross-cultural communication
  • miscommunication
  • social integration
  • linguistic alienation
  • cultural dissonance
  • language acquisition
  • communication breakdown
  • interpreter services
  • language courses
  • bilingualism
  • multilingualism
  • language barrier
  • effective communication
  • cultural assimilation
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