I have been living in the United States for almost three years now. Being originally from Bangladesh, I live an extremely different lifestyle than Americans. It is the lifestyle experienced by those who come from other countries to live in the United States. Being part of this international community, I am more sensitive and therefore aware of the issues that mainly concern the lives of this type of people than Americans. Of all these issues, there is one that I have identified that comes up in discussions more frequently than others. The issue I am referring to is that of the language barrier that exists between those whose primary language is English and those whose primary language is not English. In recent history, many studies have been conducted on this topic regarding how often this language barrier limits effective communication, what consequences arise from it, and how to best solve this problem. These studies are far from finished and still continue. It may still be some time before we can obtain quantifiable results from these studies that can be effectively applied to determine a workable solution. However, as stated in "USA Today," one person with limited English proficiency enters the country every thirty-one seconds, and one in five people in the United States speaks a language other than English. This is enough to demonstrate that the linguistic differences are real enough. However, being in the 21st century, I would like to believe that at least to some extent we have made some positive progress on these issues. My experience in the extremely diverse and multicultural environment that is UTA, I have come to believe that this is true at least as it pertains to the issue of language barriers between people of different... middle of paper......rtant to understand that we do not live in a perfect society and that the debate here is not whether language barriers have become irrelevant or not, but whether or not it is a significant problem that deserves people's attention or not. To this question I can testify firsthand that this is not the case. I regularly hang out with a group of friends who speak different languages ​​and we all actively speak in our own language even when some don't understand it. However, in most cases, we do not notice or deal with this phenomenon. I believe that if the current course continues, the problem will soon become nothing more than a simple annoyance that no one pays attention to. I also believe that the benefit we all receive from encouraging such an environment far outweighs any possible disadvantage that could be caused by this problem.