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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 with this statement?

#country #language
Living abroad, where a foreign
language
 is spoken can produce a number of problems. I partially agree with
this
 statement as not knowing a
language
 can cause different social
challenges but
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challenges, but
in contrast
 to that, the developing
technology
 is overcoming the practical issues. Understanding a foreign
language
 may create a social issue for those who have minimal education.
For instance
, if someone who has never been to an educational institute or who has never learned about English
language
 visits an English speaking
country
then
 it becomes quite difficult for them to understand the
language
 and
culture
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the culture
 of that
country
.
However
, nowadays there are less practical problems in understanding a foreign
language
 because of a number of developments in the area of
technology
. Smart phones have made our life easier. Through a numeral
Applications
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Application
 installed in our Smartphone we can easily overcome any hurdles in terms of
language
 barriers in a foreign
country
.
Such
 as, Google map is an incredible
technology
, it makes easier to find different locations even when you have no idea about the
language
 of a
country
 you are living in.
Likewise
, Google translate is
such
 an effective way of translating a sentence into whatever
language
 you want to translate it. These kinds of technologies have easily overcome the problems related to communication in a
country
 where there are several linguistic barriers. In conclusion, I agree with the statement to some extent. Not knowing a
language
 can cause some
issues but
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issues, but
 for a limited number of people. Still, these issues can be resolved through the remarkable development in
technology
. In the future we will rely on these technological applications which will remove all the hindrances for better communication.
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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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