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A time when I had to overcome a language barrier was the first day of middle school when I transferred from an ordinary high school to an international school. Since I was very young until that time, I've always been tied to my primary language. I had never spoken English before in my life. I [...]
Well, I would like to talk about the time when I had to overcome a language barrier. So it was a while ago, probably like five or six years ago when I was a little kid. So my story actually started between the academic years when I started at school. At that time, I really [...]
I overcame a significant language barrier when I called the clinic to make an appointment last week. I was very confused and frustrated because I called them and there was not much communication between us to understand each other perfectly. But I spoke well, and the lady who talked to me understood everything I said. [...]
Yeah, I want to talk about a time I overcame a significant language barrier. It happened a few years ago when I went to Lumbini with my friends. When we were visiting a Korean temple, I wanted to use the bathroom. But as my friends had already left ahead to take photos, I couldn't find [...]
Well, one significant time when I overcame a communication barrier was during my first year working in a school here in Abu Dhabi, where all the students and admin staff were locals. Even though we are all Arabs, we have different accents, which really creates a barrier to understanding each other. As an English teacher, [...]
Okay, like I said before, I am from Russia, and my father had a new job in Turkey, and that's why we moved there. The first time I was there, it wasn't really pleasant because I didn't know the language very well, so it was kind of hard for me to understand what other people [...]
As a student who goes to an international school in a country where people speak another language, my country’s main language is Arabic. My parents signed me up for an international school where the main language is English. I got comfortable speaking English and used it as my primary means of communication. However, every week [...]
A time I had to overcome a significant language barrier was when I was doing my internship at CCC House Maharangamma. It's a location where patients who aren't in serious conditions can stay the night without being admitted to the hospital itself. My friends and I, who were doing the internship, had to ask patients [...]
When I was a high school student, my mother and I went to Cambodia. At that time, I could not speak any foreign languages, including English, German, and French. I could only speak Korean, so I didn't know how to communicate with the native Cambodians. I just went there as part of a travel package, [...]
A few years ago, I traveled to Japan for a short study program. At that time, my Japanese was almost non-existent, and I realized that even simple tasks like buying food or asking for directions were very difficult. One day, I needed to get to a train station, but I couldn't understand the signs or [...]
I did my Erasmus in France, and I didn't know any words in French. When I first landed in France, I noticed that it was not going to be an easy process for me because French people were not willing to speak English with me. Then something happened that changed my perspective about this language [...]
Actually, I believe that language learning is a different thing. During my childhood, I used to learn Hindi, which was our national language at that time. For me, it was easy to learn. But during our lower primary sessions, we learned English through alphabets, words, and other things, but it lacked the practical application of [...]