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Living
in an area where people should use a foreign language can bring out not only practical
issues but also severe issues. I totally agree with the idea for two reasons.
When
it comes to practical problems, it is extremely hard for people to
deal with the emergency situations under which they have to speak in words other than their
mother tongue. For example, when they have a disease, it is difficult to speak
to doctors how they are suffering from the sickness. In addition, when they face an accident, they could
not say what exactly
happened to police officials. Thus, they are likely to be exposed
to dangerous situations overseas.
In terms of social problems,
people who have to use a foreign language tend to feel isolated from the society. This
is because they would be reluctant to communicate with others and want to spend more time alone than
with others, as they cannot deliver their messages to others.
Besides, native speakers in the countries would also avoid socializing with the
people who cannot interact well with them. Accordingly, the more socializing skills they
lose, the more they would feel a sense of loneliness. Moreover, this may lead
to a significantly socio-cultural conflict between native speakers and the others
because they could have only few opportunities to understand each other.
In conclusion, I strongly believe that serious issues would
be rasied when people live in countries where their mother tongues are not used.
From the perspective of practical issues, they cannot cope with an emergent situation.
In addition, it would make people more exclused from the unfamiliar social environment.
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