

”Over time, it became impossible to believe that any of us would ever improve. After a while it is getting much easier, but at a certain point you feel that this is it and you will not be able to advance your skills anymore. Learning second language seems really hard at the beginning.

In these words David illustrated the hardship of being in a foreign community. “My fear and discomfort crept beyond the borders of my classroom and accompanied me out onto the wide boulevards, where, no matter how hard I tried, there was no escaping the feeling of terror I felt whenever anyone asked me a question. As a result, international students have problems in interpreting the language and understanding the culture. The biggest one that a foreigner faces is difference in a way of speaking and people’s behavior. To tell the truth, I suppose each foreign student faces almost the same challenges. Obviously there are plenty of other things that David & I have in common. As a matter of fact, I personally know the feelings that author expressed in his essay. Thus the situation shown in the David Sedaris’ essay “ Me Talk Pretty One Day” is very close to me. Being the part of this reality, I recently moved to the United States to earn a degree.

A lot more people are crossing the border of the home country either to advance their language skills or to get a better education in a certain sphere. Georgiy Sichinava Peter Starr Writing 115 The challenges in learning foreign language The case of being a foreigner while improving your skills is very common in the contemporary society.
