Living in a country where you have to speak foreign language can cause serious social problems, as well as practical problems. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Nobody would dispute the fact that the difficulties in speaking
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language
in a foreign
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can raise significant social
problems
and practical
problems
such
as
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. I hold the view that speaking influent foreign
languages
might influence serious social
problems
,
however
, many
people
disagree with
this
opinion. In
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essay, I will discuss both sides and give reasons for my
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opinions
opinion
opinons
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opinions
.
Firstly
, it is probably true to say that
language
represents
as
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part of
our
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culture we live in, many of us come from different
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backgrounds
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which may easily
to
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evoke
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unconsciousness
consciousness
unconciousness
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unconsciousness
conflict
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and conflict
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between parties.
For instance
,
people
from
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of
culture
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cultures
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may interpret your sentence differently,
besides
,
we
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if we
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did not come from the same background as theirs, we might accidentally
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the phrase and words that local
people
would translate into another meaning.
Secondly
, there
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a number of
people
who were close-minded and avoided sharing their thoughts or opinions publicly.
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may raise an
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unnecessary
unneccessary
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unnecessary
conflict
betwen
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between
people
,
in addition
,
people
from the
country
will start to feel
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irritating
and put on bad stereotype on foreigners. But there are more beneficial activities that
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newcomers
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new comers
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newcomers
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could be participating in to reduce the conflict and misunderstanding
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each other
such
as local culture society.
However
, there are those who argue that the ability in speaking
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language
would not bring any significant impact on those
problems
, for university students, there can be no doubt that the potential advantages of learning other
languages
may be
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outweigh
outweighed
the disadvantages.
This
is because most
people
are educated and well-taught, even
people
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do
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not speak the same
language
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they
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will communicate and explain to each other with the simplest
languages
, or body postures if
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is needed.
Finally
,
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or local
institution
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institutions
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should encourage
people
to learn foreign
languages
by organising or inviting foreigners to conduct events in our
country
. To conclude,
although
there are some reasonable
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arguments
arguements
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arguments
against the
problems
caused by living in a
country
where
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requires
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one to
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to speak
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foreign
languages
,
but
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there are several ways to reduce the violent and unfriendly matters between
people
.
Therefore
, organisers should do more to promote alternative activities and
to
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engage with foreigners in their local communities from an early age.
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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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