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Working and Volunteering Abroad - Overcoming Language Barriers by Lisa Jenkins
A young woman from Mexico came to Santiago , Chile to work in an orphanage for babies for three months. She was placed in a notoriously difficult place because of her language availability, and her experience with young children. While her experience overall was a success, she ended feeling unsettled about her relationship with the staff or tías at the orphanage. When asked why, she said simply "We couldn't communicate."
For a native English speaker taking on an overseas employment assignment, traveling to a non-English speaking country can be daunting, especially one in the developing world where less of the population is familiar with English. In the U.S. especially, we are not trained in language the way that some of our European counterparts are, and we have limited exposure to non-English speakers (outside of the big cities or some areas with a high Spanish-speaking population). Therefore, walking into a wildlife sanctuary, or school for children with disabilities, or coffee farm with a limited knowledge of the language is difficult. Many who are living abroad want to know: "If I can't speak, how can I help?"
There are many ways to communicate in a foreign language while working abroad. Facial expressions, hand motions and body language all play their part. Those working with children, particularly, find that communicating with little ones is surprisingly easy with limited language skills, and it is easy to teach by example, laugh and play while learning your new language.
Communicating with local staff of host NGOs can be a shockingly different experience. But it is well worth the effort, as locals are the gateway into the customs, traditions and even slang of the host country and/or city. Many marvel at the inherent differences in simple customs, like saying hello and goodbye or how to pay someone a compliment, and feel accomplished when they blend into the group for the first time. The time leading up to the first small victories, however, are full of mistakes and faux pas, as is the nature of learning.
While it is easy to blame any miscommunication on the language barrier, few who are volunteering overseas realize that it is the cultural barriers that we need to be aware of as foreigners in a host country; simply saying all the right words isn't enough. For example, in many Latin American cultures calling a woman <em>gordita </em> or "fat" isn't an insult, but simply a description. Because being skinny in many ways signifies malnourishment or poverty, being heavy or slightly overweight can actually be a positive thing! But to our American sensibilities, the words can sting, and tensions arise.
The easiest way to get through these cultural barriers is to watch, listen and ask questions. Ask volunteers about their stumbling blocks, and look out for them. Make an effort to mimic the way that native people interact, and most of all, leave yourself open to criticism. In the case of the Mexican volunteer in Chile, the problem was simply that they were afraid to talk to each other, afraid to offend. This lack of communication had little to do with language, but with cultural differences they didn't try to understand about each other. Learning these is more important than verb conjugations, and will likely stay with you in the future.
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Find out how to live and work abroad from Lisa Jenkins, a freelance writer whose work regularly appears on JobMonkey, a free website for adventurous job seekers.
