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?

Staying in a country that speaks a different language than one knows can potentially cause multiple social and practical issues. I believe that even though this language barrier can lead to grave social challenges on a daily basis, the practical aspects of it can still be overcome because of the advancements in modern technology.

To start with, the main reason for a foreign language causing social problems is that the difference in languages goes hand in hand with differences in cultures. Countries speaking different languages invariably have very different and contrasting acceptable cultural norms and have their own unique do's and don'ts which should be adhered to. Additionally, the language nuances of a native speaker would not be understood by someone who either cannot speak the language at all or if someone has a very basic understanding of the native language. For example, there are many words in the English language, example "rubber", which have completely different meanings in the US or UK when compared to other countries where English is not a native language. Similarly, some hand gestures like a sign for asking for a lift in a vehicle is benign in most countries but is considered very offensive in most Middle Eastern countries. So we see that no matter how much proficient one is in the foreign language, one can not escape making a small faux pas at best and grave social mistakes at worst, on a daily basis.

On the other hand, as far as the practical issues are concerned that one might face on a daily basis, due to modern technology aids, it is quite possible to an extent to mitigate or overcome those issues if one is resourceful. For example, most smartphones now have multiple apps which can translate between languages and thus make it easy to communicate simple requests to a native speaker. Google maps can be used to find directions in one's own language without the need to communicate with someone else. Restaurants reviews can be accessed on apps like Yelp, Foursquare etc.

In conclusion, I partially agree with the statement. While the chances of making serious social mistakes are more and quite unavoidable for a nonnative speaker, the practical problems that one might face on a daily basis can be easily overcome with the use of technology and other technological aids.

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Average: 7.3 (1 vote)
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, so, still, thus, while, for example, in conclusion

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 13.1623246493 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 7.85571142285 178% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 10.4138276553 134% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 7.30460921844 151% => OK
Pronoun: 14.0 24.0651302605 58% => OK
Preposition: 46.0 41.998997996 110% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 8.3376753507 24% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1901.0 1615.20841683 118% => OK
No of words: 379.0 315.596192385 120% => OK
Chars per words: 5.01583113456 5.12529762239 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.41224685777 4.20363070211 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.86076919549 2.80592935109 102% => OK
Unique words: 200.0 176.041082164 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.527704485488 0.561755894193 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 612.0 506.74238477 121% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 5.43587174349 55% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.76152304609 42% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 20.2975951904 133% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 53.246634463 49.4020404114 108% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.785714286 106.682146367 127% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.0714285714 20.7667163134 130% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.21428571429 7.06120827912 60% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 8.67935871743 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 3.4128256513 147% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.22660513342 0.244688304435 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0868927152458 0.084324248473 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0512566839294 0.0667982634062 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.148174339979 0.151304729494 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0415333590201 0.056905535591 73% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.7 13.0946893788 120% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.07 50.2224549098 88% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 11.3001002004 122% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.13 12.4159519038 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.43 8.58950901804 98% => OK
difficult_words: 83.0 78.4519038076 106% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 9.78957915832 143% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.1190380762 126% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.7795591182 130% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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