Blog - Czech for Foreigners

Dear students, for those cold winter days we bring you the third issue of our bulletin created from the texts of our students. This issue features a survey on how our students study Czech, a dramatic piece about the hardships in public restrooms, and last but not least a recipe for traditional Japanese dish "NIKUJAGA". We also want the magazine to become a voluntary part of your learning. We have tried to enrich the texts by special tasks, which will further help you improve your Czech. We hope that the magazine will bring you both entertainment and inspiration for further studies of...

Nominative; genitive; dative; accusative; vocative; locative; and instrumental: for foreigners who try to penetrate the secrets of the Czech language, these seven words are almost a mantra. This mantra is the essence of Czech grammar, which at first seems terrifying, but soon brings students a feeling of victory - for example, when they learn to use the word “beer” in all its forms (piva, pivu, pivem). In addition to this tricky grammar, students learn in our courses the correct usage of the “formal” and “familiar” (or informal) forms of address (tykat, vykat); why men have the right to use...

Dear students, We again bring you the already fourth issue of our newsletter created from the texts of our students. This issue focuses on the current topics of spring holidays: Easter, "Walpurgis Night" and public holidays – May the 1st and the 8th. You can thus read an Easter cartoon created on a special session during an intensive course, you can learn more about celebrating Easter in the Czech Republic but also in the countries of our students, and last but not least, do quizzes about other above mentioned holidays. We also want the magazine to became a voluntary part of your...

The first of the monthly, Friday thematic lessons was held in April 2014. It focused on Czech Easter customs, and a total of six students and two small children participated in the lesson. The thematic lessons will continue every month and students of all nationalities, levels and ages are welcome! This particular lesson was all about getting to know about the lives of Czech people (including Czech food, Czech history, public holidays, etc.). Naturally, we don´t avoid relevant vocabulary or grammar, but everything included is focused on the given lesson topic. In addition, courses are taught...