There you are, headed to another country and there is one thing lacking: your ability to speeak the language! Well, Singapore Airlines has got a solution, and this is quite smart. They are the first to offer an in-flight language course for passengers. You’ll be able to select from learning programs that cover 11 languages. So as you’re at 35,000 feet, you can put down the in-flight magazine crossword and pick up a knowledge of numbers, dates, phrases and dialogue. The lessons are being offered on their in-flight entertainment system – KrisWorld. Languages you’ll get to learn include: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Russian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese and Japanese. Later this year, about 20 languages will be available. I’d do this in a heartbeat over sitting and watching some crappy TV or movie.