Some people think that a person can never understand the culture of a country unless they speak the language. To what extend do you agree or disagree?

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can be defined not only by the

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of a

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by the typical food, literature, art and history. Some people believe

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essential to speak the

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of a

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in order to fully understand its

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. From my point of view, speaking the

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’s

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can help to understand its

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, but is not the only pre-requisite.

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, I believe the customs of a society can be understood by reading about their past, looking at their architecture and by trying their typical food Several countries have totally different cultures despite sharing the same mother tongue,

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as Portugal and Brasil, Spain and Mexico, The United Kingdom and The United States.

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doesn’t define their

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. To speak the

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of a

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may help to communicate with the locals and to discover details that are not written in books or easily found on the internet, but

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be achieved by taking other paths. In Berlin,

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, one can notice modern buildings in the middle of old and partial destroyed ones, these details show a city that was rebuilt after a big war that became part of those people

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.

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, the cuisine can

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give valuable clues about how that society lived in the past. The famous Italian Pizza, which is made by a random selection of ingredients on a dough, was created to avoid wasting cooking,

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can depict that Italians were a poor society sometime in the past.

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, studying the literature and visiting museums can

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contribute to learning about the customs Time is another important factor that helps to understand the

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. The longer someone spends in a foreign

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, the closer he or she is to fully

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. It can take years to have the chance to try different dishes, look at the architecture from other perspectives and visit most of the museums. For

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reason, an immigrant that had the chance not just to get in contact with locals but

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to live like them will be closer to fully

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, than a tourist that has just spent one weekend visiting the city. In conclusion, to understand the

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of a

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, it might help to speak its

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but is not essential. Spending the necessary time in the place and trying different dishes, visiting enough museums to understand the History, getting lost in the streets and observing the details of the architecture, in my opinion, contribute much more to

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the

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of a

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than to speak its

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.