Whether you're the checklist type of traveller, or the kind that prefers to sit down for a bit and get to know a place and its culture, a spot of the local language can prove invaluable.

There are a host of options; learn before you go or while you're out there; CDs, books or evening classes; homestays, placements and schools overseas... you can even teach English in return for lessons in the local lingo.

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