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 abroad and speaking a foreign
language
may cause problems related to social and practical aspects. To my mind, I partially agree to the statement due to several reasons.
To begin
with, the strongest reason is that a majority of native people love to communicate with foreigner from other countries.
Moreover
, some of them usually help immigrants understand about the
language
by becoming their teacher.
For instance
, in my country, Indonesia, there are some communities, established by Indonesian, that teach refugees the Indonesian
language
so that they will be able to communicate, work and start a new life in the country.
On the other hand
, it is true that in the beginning, because of the
language
barrier, people might not be able to introduce themselves to new neighbours, friends and co-workers;
however
, the difficulties usually do not
last
long.
In addition
, the researcher has found that it only takes three months for humans to learn and adapt to their new surroundings.
In other words
, once they get used
to speak
Suggestion
to speaking
, hear, talk, and write in a new
language
, they can easily overcome the social and practical problems. It is
also
supported by the fact that the human brain can automatically pick up those new words if the words are spoken regularly. In conclusion, adapting to a new culture and
language
while living abroad might be quite challenging.
Nonetheless
, as a quick adapter, human-being can easily cope with these social and practical problems;
besides
, most of the native speakers are willing to help them learn a new
language
.
Therefore
, I believe despite the decline of ability to socialize due to the
language
barrier in the beginning, people will quickly overcome those problems.
Submitted by VIRGINIA TRISNA on

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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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