Paul Glynn | Senior Staff Writer Travelling abroad is a formative experience in so many ways. It opens your eyes to new cultures, rhythms of life, and the sounds of a new language. Confronting the latter can be incredibly daunting, especially for English speakers who are so used to hearing their language as the default on the world stage, but the rewards for doing so are bountiful. In many travel guidebooks, you will read that an attempt by you, a presumed English-speaker, to make small, even tiny conversation in another language will see you bring smiles to the faces of locals, and a warm welcome … Continue reading Breaking the Language Cycle