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?
Surviving in an alien environment without knowledge of local
language can pose severe hurdles in various paradigms:
· Knowing about local customs and ways of life can become a
difficult job; thus, never allowing migrants to effectively integrate withsurroundings
· Youngsters find it harder to settle down since they are unable to
mingle with their native peers and often are subjected to slur
· Finding work can become an extremely arduous job
· Surviving in alien surroundings can be an onerous task: finding
directions, knowing about places
No issues arise today
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Virtual interpreters can help
a great deal in overcoming linguistic barriers.
· Systems like GPS and google maps can help people find directions
· Migrants go well prepared to handle such issues and try to
overcome the barriers using their intellect with enthusiasm
Where language happens to be a fundamental medium of communication, it can also become an impediment in the way of social and professional integration, with the host society, of migrants. These challenges are virtually insurmountable and have a potential to make the life of new entrants into a country miserable.
Lack of knowledge of native linguistic skills can make immigrants a subject of the wrath of the locals, who look at the former with suspicion and become wary of their presence. This tends to develop a mistrust between the both, creating a wedge and making it harder for the alien settlers to adapt effectively to local ways of life and customs. Several experts profess that the language happens to be the key to opening the doors to appreciating the aspirations and expectations of any community, and having the knowledge of native dialect can help bridge the gap between two cultures, but the lack of it causes misunderstandings, a common scenario observed in the case of foreign migrants and the hosts.
Moreover, this impairment can make survival in an alien surrounding onerous: not only finding directions and moving around in cities and towns of the destination countries become a perennial struggle for the immigrating individuals but also finding a suitable employment turn out to be an uphill task. Various studies have shown that those migrating to other countries without knowing the local language are forced to survive without a job since they are deemed unsuitable due to lack of the ability to interact with the locals.
Overall, I completely subscribe to the notion that subsisting in a society without knowing its language can become an invincible challenge since migrants are not accepted wholeheartedly and they must endure hardships due to inability to find directions and employment.
