Language Shock

No matter where in the world someone is, there are ways of living that have become normal. One thing that has lasted since the beginning of humans is the use of language. This could be language in the form of speaking and grunts or language in the form of hand gestures. No matter how someone looks at it, language can and is most likely going to be interpreted in different ways all around the world. One of the most difficult things is learning how to speak it.

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The shock that someone gets when going to a different country on vacation can last for several days,weeks, or even months. It is important to deal with this when it happens. One of the biggest types of shock that someone will have is the language difference. In class this week, we split up into five groups and played card games. At each group, there would be five people. The winner in each group would move clockwise and the last place loser in each group would move counter clockwise to the next group. During this time, however, we were not allowed to talk or make any sort of hand movement, and what was not told to the class is that every table had different card game instructions. So, when the players would switch places and move to other tables, they had no idea what was going on; they had to adapt to the settings around them without any questions.

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Living like that is very difficult. To be in a place where you don't know the language and can't ask questions is scary. This, in turn, makes people become more sociologically mindful and helps them discover what is around them.