문제 : 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?
It is true that there are both positive sides and negative sides to live in the country where people have to speak a foreign language. I agree with the statement with the reason of difference of the culture and the different system of the law in the other country.
First, it is easy to be confused about the cultural elements with the foreign country and one's native country. people easily think they would have similar culture. For example, in restaurant, some of countries including the UK and US, have the culture of paying tips to the servers which is not included in the price of the dishes. However, in countries in Asia including Korea and Japan, they do not have a tip culture. So many people in Asia thinks they are overpaying when they need to pay tips in other countries. This results some of them reject to pay the tip and this became a practical problem.
Second, people could misunderstood the law of foreign country or break the law by accident. people who are living in foreign country, they will know the basic moral law which applies to their native country and foreign country where they live. but they usually do not know about the specific law. To give an example, for me, I went to America and I was in the mall by my self in 10:00 pm to watch the movie. But soon, one of the mall security came to me and ask me for my Identification card and ask if i was older than 18. At that time, I was 16. security told me that the county's law said that under 18 cannot go to the mall without any person over 18. In other words, I broke the county's law at that time. So I was kicked out from the mall. Like this, It is easy to break any kinds of law for foreign people unless they read the code of law with the language they do not use as a first language.
In conclusion, I would like to say that people who have speak other language in the country could cause both serious social problems and practical problems whether it was a mistake or not.