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 with this statement?

Living in different countries with different climates, cultures and languages

has been

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have been

popular since decades ago, thanks to the popularizing of globalization.

However

, it can cause social and practical problems. In

this

case, I would like to outline some of them. Social problems can be severe. In my point of view,

language barrier

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the language barrier

is the main cause of social problems.

First

, lacking

language

ability can block our way to make friends. There is no doubt that if we can’t express ourselves in local

language

,

barely can we

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we can barely

find a common topic with others. In

this

case, deep friendships can hardly be formed. Worse still, people with a weak mind can easily get depressed since there is no one to seek help from when we are in physical or mental troubles.

Second

, we may offend local people unconsciously since we do not know the words in local

language

well.

For instance

, when we are talking with local people in a religious country, some of the words we use might be disrespectful to their god.

As a result

, we might be blamed and scolded by others. As the number of

this

kind of bad memory increase, our courage and confidence to start

conversation

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conversations

a conversation

with others would be affected. After all

this

time, you can find yourself being hardly involved

in

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with

the crowd. There

also exists

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also exist

practical problems. The obstacles in daily communication can get in the way when we are seeking our basic needs.

For example

, someone who caught a cold may fail getting treatment from the doctor deal to him being unable to describe his symptoms in local

language

.

This

can even lead to

misdiagnosis

,

thus

causing damage to his health.

Similarly

, shopping and eating out can

also

be tough tasks.

As a result

, being bothered by basic necessities of life everyday make it impossible for people to have enough energy to finish their work or study well.

However

, there

also

are disagreements with

this

statement. One of the reasons can be the longer they stay in a foreign country, the more local

language

skills and customs will be learned. Since

then

, they will undoubtedly make themselves accustomed to the life there without too much worries. Admittedly, learning skills, adaptive capacity can be enhanced throughout

this

process, but not all the people

has

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have

such

a strong will. To summarize,

language

barrier and misconceptions in custom are common in the daily life in a foreign country. In order to avoid the social and practical problems that are caused, it is better for us to keep learning, strengthen our mind, and be equipped with pluralistic knowledge.