How could God get anyone to magically speak another language?

And when I was young I was taught that people built a big ship, bigger than ever before, and said "this ship is unsinkable!" So, on it's maiden voyage, guess what god did? Yep, he sank it! Just to demonstrate that men shouldn't put themselves above god. Right, the Titanic! I was actually taught that in my catechism class, when I was very young, and until the age of about 14, when I discovered a love for reading, I firmly believed the story, and thought it was a Biblical one, right there with David & Goliath and Samson and Delilah. That, as we know, is about as true as the Tower of Babel story!