How often have you had those thoughts? Especially if you are learning a foreign language?

Does the following sound familiar? You are learning a foreign language and are beginning to get a bit confident, when after a few weeks or months you come across a text, maybe a newspaper article, in that language ......... and you feel you don't understand a single word you're reading!

I was in London today for a seminar at the Austrian Cultural Forum and amongst other things we did an exercise in a forei...
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I came across this picture today and I was wondering if birds shout louder if they can't be understood. This little fellow seems to be shouting  at the top of his voice just like it is said about English people when they are abroad.
 
As tourists we can't learn every foreign language but if you are stuck abroad, then please don't shout. Try to learn a few phrases,or try to get your message across with hands and feet if necessary - and above all, keep smiling -;) 

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