| "body"> | | | | That is not done in Spain. No help, no translation; if |
| You can't judge a book by its cover. Can't you -- | | | | you can't read Spanish you've got a problem to |
| in the same way -- judge an experience you | | | | solve by yourself (although free language |
| have not lived through ? | | | | programs are open for immigrants). |
| In Holland, a country I resided until two years ago, | | | | And the new experience? |
| there are many satellite dishes. Most of them are | | | | That is - now that I live in Spain, I'm observing |
| owned by foreigners (wrongly labeling this group, | | | | again the foreigners who own the majority of the |
| but I'll repeat doing this consistently later on in this | | | | satellite dishes. But this time, I'm part of this |
| article). The dishes are visible in many suburbs and | | | | group of foreigners. |
| scandalize people, expressing the non-integration | | | | This experience sheds some new light on |
| issue. | | | | integration and immigration issues. Language is |
| By means of a satellite dish you are able to | | | | indeed the main topic. But while speaking different |
| receive television from your own country. In your | | | | languages, that doesn't mean that living together |
| own language. Everybody is free to use them. | | | | is not possible. We are here for some reasons. In |
| But, is the main problem language, or (mis-) | | | | the little town nearby there are residents from |
| understanding itself? Do people who do speak the | | | | 118 different nationalities. |
| same language always understand themselves? | | | | Like in Holland, immigration happens for some |
| In Holland, "we" have helped foreign immigrants by | | | | reason. |
| translating administration (admission) papers into | | | | The satellite dish represents the symbol of |
| several (foreign) languages. So they were easy to | | | | misunderstanding. But that has little to do with |
| read. | | | | language itself. I think. |