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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
Some
people
 believe that living in a foreign
country
 where they have to speak another
language
 can cause serious social
problems
 and
also
 practical
problems
. In my opinion not being able to communicate with the
people
 in your new community
it
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is a great impairment.
People
 are social beings and the need to socialize and bond with others is a fundamental human need that must be met. The incapacity to speak your ideas, thoughts,
arguments
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and arguments
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 can make someone feel frustrated and very unhappy. We all have the innate need to be heard and understood. Humans have
also
 a fundamental need to belong so not being able to speak the foreign
language
 of the new
country
 where you have moved
it
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apply
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will be an obstacle
in
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to
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 making friends and interacting with
people
. About the practical
problems
 that the inability to speak the foreign
language
 of the
country
were
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where
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 you now live, I believe that some issues can arise in the day to day life. You could not communicate your needs and your clinical symptoms to the doctor at the city hospital in case of an emergency.
Also
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 you could not speak your
problems
 to the bank or to the city council. You even would not be able to communicate your needs to the supermarket or
to
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ask for help
to
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from
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 your
neighbors
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neighbours
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. In the
end
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 I strongly agree that living in a
country
 where you have to speak a
language
 that you do not know
it
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apply
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can cause serious social and practical
problems
. The inability to speak, to communicate, makes life harder for any individual who finds
itself
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himself
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 in
such
 a situation.
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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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