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?

It is said that lacking skill in understanding and being able to speak in the native
language
can cause not only serious social
problems
but
also
practical
problems
. I strongly agree that
this
can lead to serious social
problems
such
as bullying and practical
problems
such
as medical miscommunication.
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Firstly a
lack of native
language
skills can cause bullying.
That is
, a
person
can get bullied by others or the native speaker because that
person
can not speak that
language
due to their
accents
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.
Moreover
, because the
person
can not fully understand all of the meaning in that
language
then
bullying their ability for comprehensiveness happens.
For example
, one of my friends who was an exchange student
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got bullied by her classmates about her accent and the way she communicated with others because she did not have strong
language
skills,
Furthermore
, not understanding the native
language
can lead to medical miscommunication.
That is
, there are specific words for medical or symptoms which many visitors to a country would not know in the
second
language
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so that if they fail to explain or communicate what they feel or why they hurt, it might lead to the wrong treatment.
For instance
, if someone in a
foriegn
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foreign
land has a reaction to a known allergen
such
as tomatoes but they can not clearly explain their symptoms or why they are hurt,
then
they can get the wrong medication or treatment. In conclusion, I believe that when a
person
has to travel or live in a country where they can not fully understand the local
language
, they face serious social and practical
problems
. So, I recommend trying to learn and improve
language
skills before arriving in that country to at least help reduce those
problems
.
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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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