It is a common belief that in order for students to be good at a new language or culture, they must take up residence in another country. In my perspective, I partially agree this opinion, since I believe that extending to a nation allows individuals to understand more about that culture and language, while it is still possible to know them through the internet or talking to people from certain country via social networks.
On the one hand, I would argue that it is possible to study a language and cultivations of another country through the internet because of several reason. Chief among these is that given the ease of access to information today by the internet, so people are able to learn about another nation’s language and history simply through sitting at home. The second reason is that countries today are very well interconnected, it is likely possible that students would meetimmigrants from the country whose language they are trying to learn. Taking Tim Doner as a example, he is able to speak as many as twenty languages via speaking to people around the United State, which is his country.
On the other hand, it is true that students must travel to another nation to deeply understand that language and customs. To begin with, although the internet is a really useful tool, human interactions might not be only illustrated through pictures and videos. Another reason worth mentioning is that there would be regional languages in each different area of a country. For example, Vietnamese has differences not only in regions but also between provinces, so it makes foreign people to confuse when they just arrived.
In conclusion, although I agree that student do not need to go to another country to be able to learn that language and cultivations, I am of the opinion that to fully appreciate and deeply comprehend that language and customs they should travel to this country.