Czech Courses Brno
Planning to stay in the Czech Republic for a while and want to improve your Czech? Then our Czech courses are the way to go! The 90-minute courses usually take place 1x or 2x per week and are perfect for those who are looking for a relaxed way to learn Czech and enjoy the beauty of the Czech language.
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Czech courses Brno - Czech for foreigners courses in Brno
Level
Classroom
Teacher
End date
Beginner 1
27.02.2025
45 min.
Beginner 1
(Jakubská 1, Brno)
Wednesday 09:00 - 10:30
(Jakubská 1, Brno)
26.02.2025
45 min.
Beginner 2
29.01.2025
45 min.
Beginner 2
27.02.2025
45 min.
Pre-Intermediate 1
03.02.2025
45 min.
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Czech course - Beginner 1 (level A1, part 1)
Our Beginner 1 Czech course is for students with no (or minimal) prior knowledge of the Czech language.
Course description
- lessons focus on the practical use of Czech in ordinary, daily situations
- focus on practicing correct pronunciation of Czech sounds, speaking, writing, reading, and listening
This course will teach you
- to introduce yourself and speak about abilities and interests
- to describe yourself and your family
- to understand time expressions (time, dates, days, months, seasons of the year, years, ages)
- to count from 0 to 10 000
- to express your needs to people around you in simple sentences and phrases, and to understand people in common situations
- to understand directories and informational signs
- to order food and drinks in restaurants, and communicate in shops
- to communicate in the past tense
In terms of grammar you will learn to use
- grammatical gender
- pronouns (personal, demonstrative, and possessive)
- present tense and its negative forms
- past tense and its negative forms
- singular accusative
- singular locative
Topics for conversation
- greetings, formal and informal conversation
- introducing oneself
- basic description of people and their character
- you and your family
- your job, hobbies, sport, daily activities
- food (basic types of food and drinks, fruit and vegetables)
- situations in restaurants, in supermarkets, in shops
- asking for and giving directions (basics)
Course materials
- Česky krok za krokem 1 (lessons 1 – 6)
- materials provided by the teacher
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Czech course - Beginner 2 (level A1, part 2)
Our Beginner 2 Czech course is for students who passed the Beginner 1 course, or those who can use grammatical gender, conjugation in the present and past tenses, the accusative singular; very limited vocabulary, e.g. able to introduce themselves, order food and drinks in restaurants etc.; able to communicate using very simple sentences in the present and past tenses.
Course description
- lessons focus on the practical use of Czech in common daily situations
- focus on practicing correct pronunciation of Czech sounds, speaking, writing, reading, and listening
This course will teach you
- to describe where and how you live, the appearance of your house, activities at home
- to speak about your holiday, days/months/seasons
- how to make a reservation (e.g. hotel, trip) and talk about travelling
- to know the parts of the human body
- to communicate at the doctor’s (e.g. to describe your health problems in simple sentences)
- to ask for and give directions
- to use the future tense
In terms of grammar you will learn to use
- prepositions of place
- future tense
- perfect and imperfect verbs
- plural nominative and accusative
- singular genitive and its functions
- motion verbs and their prefixes
Topics for conversation
- living: my house / flat
- free time and weekend
- travelling and holiday
- describing people
- hobbies
- at the doctor’s (hospital, chemist’s)
- housework
- asking for and giving directions (detailed description), shops, services
- traditional customs
Course materials
- Česky krok za krokem 1 (lessons 7-12)
- materials provided by the teacher
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Czech course - Pre-intermediate 1 (level A2, part 1)
Our Pre-intermediate 1 Czech course is for students who passed the Beginner 2 course, or those with a basic knowledge of Czech (e.g. simple sentences in the present, past and future tenses for everyday situations, active knowledge of perfect and imperfect verbs).
Course description
- lessons focus on the practical use of Czech in common daily situations
- focus on practicing correct pronunciation of Czech sounds, speaking, writing, reading, and listening
This course will teach you
- to create a structured CV, enter personal data in applications and forms, write a letter, send an email, talk on the phone
- to describe human character
- to express your opinion and wishes in simple sentences
- to describe weather and understand a weather forecast
- to communicate in a clothes shop
- to describe family relationships
- to understand short informative notices (both written and spoken)
In terms of grammar you will learn to use
- conditionals and conditional clauses
- adverbs and comparison of adjectives
- conjugation of indefinite and relative pronouns
- singular dative and phrases with dative
- singular instrumental
- singular locative
Topics for conversation
- excuses and wishes
- detailed description of a person
- weather
- fashion and clothes
- technology and communication - phone calls and rules for written communication
- relationships among people
- life stages and CV
Course materials
- Česky krok za krokem 1 (lessons 13-18)
- materials provided by the teacher
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Czech course - Pre-intermediate 2 (level A2, part 2)
Our Pre-intermediate 2 Czech course is for students who passed the Pre-intermediate 1 course, or those with knowledge of Czech (present, past and future tenses for everyday situations, adverb formation, comparative and superlative of adjectives, conditionals and conditional clauses, dative, instrumental and local cases).
Course description
- lessons focus on the practical use of Czech in common daily situations
- focus on practicing correct pronunciation of Czech sounds, speaking, writing, reading, and listening
This course will teach you
- to understand orders and bans
- to give and ask for advice and instructions
- to read and write a recipe, express the amount, volume, weight and measures
- to understand job offers and be able to attend a job interview
- to speak about cultural topics, literature and the arts
- interesting facts about the Czech Republic, history, geography and language variations
In terms of grammar you will learn to use
- imperative
- aby-clauses, subordinate clauses with aby, ať and že
- singular vocative
- diminutives (dům -> domeček)
- partitive and possessive genitive
- plural genitive and nominative of masculine nouns
- comparison of adverbs (rychle - rychleji - nejrychleji)
- verbs with the reflexive se and si
- reflexive passive
- standard and everyday spoken Czech
Topics for conversation
- parents and children, dos and dont's
- cooking
- animals
- at work, job interview, communication at work
- culture
- Czech UNESCO monuments
Course materials
- Česky krok za krokem 1 (lessons 19-24)
- materials provided by the teacher
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Czech course - Intermediate 1 (level B1, part 1)
Our Intermediate 1 Czech course is for students who passed the Pre-Intermediate 2 course, or those with a good knowledge of Czech; students can use declination, tenses, simple conditionals, imperatives, and understand the use of perfect and imperfect verbs.
Course description
- lessons focus on the practical use of Czech in common daily situations
- focus on practicing correct pronunciation of Czech sounds, speaking, writing with no grammatical errors, reading, and listening
This course will teach you
- to introduce yourself and people around you, and use advanced greeting phrases
- to fill in a form, create your own CV and write a cover letter
- to describe your family, things around you, and relationships among people
- to communicate fluently in restaurants and shops
- to describe the place where you live, its surroundings, and how to get there
- to understand advertisements (flats to rent, job applications) and to fill out an official form
- to understand and create recipes (food preparation)
- to speak about your job and work
- to hold conversations on prior topics
- to express your opinion using various phrases and structures
- to create long texts on various topics
In terms of grammar you will learn to use
- grammatical terms, gender, declination, terms: somebody, something, nobody, nothing)
- difference between grammatically correct and spoken language
- prepositions of place
- accusative, locative, genitive and instrumental case in singular
- basic forms of these cases in plural
Topics for conversation
- introduction, greeting phrases
- family and relationships in family
- restaurants, supermarkets, shops
- where and how you live
- travelling and holiday, booking a hotel / trip
- recipes
- career, CV, cover letter
Course materials
- Česky krok za krokem 2 (chapters 1-5)
- materials provided by the teacher
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Czech course - Intermediate 2 (level B1, part 2)
Our Intermediate 2 Czech course is for students who have passed the Intermediate 1 course, or for those students with a good knowledge of Czech. They are able to use all the cases of substantives, adjectives, and pronouns in singular.
Course description
- lessons focus on the practical use of Czech in various situations
- focus on practicing conversation, writing with no grammatical errors, reading and listening
This course will teach you
- to present yourself and your opinion, to constructively oppose others and discuss various topics
- to create applications and fill out forms
- to handle complaints
- to understand instructions (how to use...)
- to speak about your culture, habits and traditions
- to describe sport activities you like
In terms of grammar you will learn to use
- dative in singular
- nominative and accusative with plural nouns, adjectives and pronouns
- verbal aspect and to understand verb prefixes
- prepositions and expressions of time
Topics for conversation
- birthday, public holidays and anniversaries
- Czech and international holidays and traditions
- sports and games
- people and things
- society
Course materials
- Česky krok za krokem 2 (chapters 6-10)
- materials provided by the teacher
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Czech course - Upper-intermediate 1 (level B1+, part 1)
This Czech course is for students with excellent knowledge of the Czech language, and for those students who have passed the Intermediate 2 course.
Course description
- central focus on working with texts and extending vocabulary
- focus on the practical use of Czech in various situations
- focus on writing with no grammatical mistakes, reading, listening, and conversations
This course will teach you
- to communicate fluently at the doctor’s, in a hospital, at the chemist’s
- to describe people into detail
- to understand newspaper articles
- to describe cultural activities you like
In terms of grammar you will learn to use
- genitive and locative by plural nouns, adjectives and pronouns
- object structures with accusative and dative
- imperatives
- possessive adjectives and their declination
- comparison of adjectives and adverbs
- conditionals
- prepositional expressions and their meaning
Topics for conversation
- health and lifestyle
- at the doctor’s, in a hospital, at the chemist’s
- culture and art
- human appearance and character
- newspapers, magazines
- society
Course materials
- Česky krok za krokem 2 (chapter 11-15)
- materials provided by the teacher
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Czech course - Upper-intermediate 2 (level B1++, part 2)
This Czech course is for students with excellent knowledge of Czech language, and for those students who have passed the Upper-intermediate 1 course.
Course description
- lessons focus on the practical use of Czech in various situations
- focus on writing with no grammatical errors, reading, listening, and conversations
- focus on working with texts and extending vocabulary is the central point
This course will teach you
- to speak on any topic and express your opinion
- to handle punctuation, differences between i/y and s/z, and other Czech grammatical rules
- a complex knowledge of Czech grammar
- to derive and compose words, abbreviations and acronyms
- an extensive vocabulary, including synonyms and antonyms
In terms of grammar you will learn to use
- conjuctions and other connectors
- declination of foreign and difficult words
- declination of numbers
- complex clauses and sentences
- passive voice, reflexive and periphrastic
- reflexive verbs
Topics for conversation
- ecology and environment
- weather
- business emails and communication
- fashion and clothes
- traffic signs and rules
- education
- other topics based on the students’ choice; reading newspaper articles, short stories, and the follow-up discussion
Course materials
- Česky krok za krokem 2 (chapters 16-20)
- Čeština pro cizince B2 (selected chapters)
- materials provided by the teacher
- newspaper articles, Czech belles-letters (i.e. short stories by Jan Neruda)
Correct's graphic system of Czech courses
We use 5 levels (A1-C1) of courses according to the CEFR, as you can see in the picture below.