Czech Language

Sounds and Letters

Read any Czech word aloud with correct stress and basic diacritic pronunciation.

First Words

Introduce yourself and greet people in everyday Czech situations.

Verb Core

Use the verb být (to be) and mít (to have) correctly in present-tense sentences about yourself and others.

Regular Verb Patterns

Conjugate common -at, -it, and -ovat verbs to talk about daily activities.

Nominative Case

Use the nominative case correctly to identify subjects and predicates in sentences about people and things around you.

Accusative Case

Use the accusative case to express what you have, want, see, or buy in everyday transactions.

Possessives and Pronouns

Express ownership and talk about people's belongings using possessive pronouns correctly.

Modal Verbs

Express needs, abilities, and wants using Czech modal verbs in real daily requests.

Location and Directions

Ask for and understand basic directions and say where places are using Czech prepositions.

Shopping and Money

Complete a purchase in a Czech shop, asking price, quantity, and paying correctly.

Past Tense

Talk about simple completed actions in the past using the L-participle construction.

Future and Going

Express future plans and talk about where you are going using Czech future constructions.

Czech Culture and Survival

Handle real Czech institutional and cultural encounters with appropriate language and cultural knowledge.

Daily Life Conversations

Hold short conversations about daily life topics including home, work, and leisure.

Dative Case Unlocked

Use dative case correctly to express indirect objects, recipients, and reactions.

Genitive Case in Use

Use genitive case to express possession, absence, quantities, and origin.

Instrumental Case Expanded

Use the instrumental case to describe accompaniment, means of transport, and profession.

Locative Case Expanded

Use locative case to talk about topics, cities, and locations beyond simple v/ve phrases.

Plural Forms

Use plural noun and adjective forms across all cases to describe groups and quantities.

Adjectives and Comparisons

Compare people and things using comparative and superlative adjective forms.

Verbs and Aspect

Distinguish imperfective and perfective verb pairs and use them correctly in context.

Reflexive Verbs and Clitic Position

Use reflexive verbs with se/si correctly and place clitics in the right sentence position.

Eating Out and Food Culture

Handle a full restaurant interaction from entering to paying the bill.

Appointments and Services

Make, change, and cancel appointments and navigate service encounters confidently.

Czech Word Order and Questions

Construct natural Czech sentences with correct word order and ask precise information questions.

Conditional and Wishes

Express wishes, polite requests, and hypothetical conditions using the conditional mood.

A2 Consolidation and Real Life

Perform extended real-life tasks combining all A2 grammar and vocabulary in authentic contexts.

Subordinate Clause Toolkit

Use protože, když, aby, and že clauses correctly in spoken and written Czech to explain reasons and intentions.

Expressing Time Relations

Use a range of time conjunctions and adverbial phrases to narrate sequences of events accurately.

Saying What You Think

Express opinions, agreement, and disagreement using a varied set of discourse phrases and subordinate clauses.

Describing People and Events

Produce extended descriptions of people, places, and events using relative clauses and descriptive vocabulary.

Vocative Case in Use

Address people correctly using the vocative case in both formal and informal Czech.

Numbers, Data, and Statistics

Understand and produce Czech number expressions used in news, data, and official contexts.

Verbs of Motion Extended

Use a full range of motion verbs with correct prefixes and directional complements to describe movement precisely.

Work and Professional Life

Conduct basic professional interactions in Czech including job interviews, workplace requests, and written communication.

Education and Learning

Discuss education, studies, and learning experiences in Czech with accurate vocabulary and clause structures.

Media and Information

Understand and discuss news, media content, and information sources in Czech.

Housing and Administration

Handle housing-related conversations and basic administrative tasks in Czech with confidence.

Travel and Tourism in Czech

Handle travel scenarios in Czech including booking, navigating, and discussing trips with confidence.

Czech Society and Culture B1

Discuss Czech cultural life, society, and values using appropriate vocabulary and discourse structures.

B1 Exam Preparation

Demonstrate B1-level Czech across all four skills in exam-style tasks mirroring the CCE and Ministry of Interior formats.

Complex Verbal Aspect

Use perfective and imperfective aspect pairs accurately in narration, argument, and nuanced conversation.

Subordination

Construct multi-clause sentences with accurate connectors for cause, concession, condition, and purpose at B2 discourse level.

Passive and Impersonal Constructions

Understand and produce passive and impersonal structures used in formal, journalistic, and official Czech.

Verbal Nouns and Derived Forms

Use verbal nouns and adjective-derived forms in academic and journalistic writing to sound fluent and formal.

Expressing Modality and Attitude

Convey probability, necessity, doubt, and stance on information using B2-level modal and attitudinal expressions.

Word Order and Information Structure

Manipulate Czech word order to control emphasis, topic, and information flow in complex discourse.

Colloquial Czech vs. Standard Czech

Recognise and navigate the gap between spoken Colloquial Czech (obecná čeština) and written Standard Czech (spisovná čeština).

Expressing Abstract Ideas

Discuss abstract topics — ideas, values, problems, and solutions — using B2 vocabulary and structures.

Czech at Work: Register

Communicate professionally in Czech in meetings, negotiations, and formal correspondence at B2 level.

Reading Complex Texts

Read and critically engage with Czech journalistic, literary, and official texts independently.

Listening and Spoken Interaction

Understand fast, natural Czech speech and hold extended interactive conversations on complex topics.

Writing at B2: Essays and Letters

Produce well-structured, coherent written texts of different types at B2 level independently.

Czech Society and Culture B2

Discuss Czech society, institutions, current issues, and cultural identity using B2 language resources.

B2 Exam Preparation

Perform confidently across all four skills in a B2-level Czech exam (CCE or similar).

Register Mastery

Switch fluently between formal, academic, and colloquial Czech registers in real professional and social contexts.

Academic Language Toolkit

Produce and comprehend academic Czech texts and lectures using discipline-appropriate vocabulary and argumentation structures.

Morphology Nuances

Produce correct forms of low-frequency and irregular morphological patterns that appear in formal, literary, and bureaucratic Czech.

Complex Syntax at C1

Construct and parse multi-clause sentences with embedded clauses, participial phrases, and appositions as used in academic and professional Czech.

Precision Vocabulary Building

Expand productive vocabulary to C1 breadth through systematic work with collocations, word families, and precision synonyms.

Spoken Fluency and Prosody

Speak Czech with natural prosody, connected speech, and discourse management strategies that meet C1 fluency criteria.

Listening and Reading

Extract precise meaning, implicit stance, and structural logic from authentic Czech audio and written texts at C1 complexity.

Writing Genres

Produce a range of C1-level Czech texts including reports, critical reviews, formal proposals, and structured arguments.

Czech Culture and Identity at C1

Engage critically with Czech cultural, historical, and social discourse using culturally insider knowledge and appropriate language.

C1 Exam Preparation

Demonstrate full C1 Czech proficiency across all skills under exam conditions, meeting Czech Language Certificate Exam (CCE) C1 criteria.

C2 Lexical Mastery

Use rare, high-register, and connotationally precise vocabulary in authentic Czech discourse.

Stylistic Register Control

Shift seamlessly between formal, neutral, colloquial, and literary registers within a single communicative event.

Syntax and Clause Architecture

Construct and parse Czech sentences of maximal syntactic complexity as found in literary and academic texts.

Discourse Coherence at C2

Produce and analyse extended Czech discourse that is cohesive, rhetorically structured, and argument-driven.

Spoken Czech at Full Fluency

Sustain natural, spontaneous Czech conversation with prosodic control, discourse management, and idiomatic accuracy.

Reading Beyond the Surface

Extract implicit meaning, authorial stance, and presupposition from authentic Czech texts of high difficulty.

Listening to Real Czech

Comprehend fully authentic, unscripted Czech speech including fast delivery, heavy reduction, and regional accent.

Writing for Expert Audiences

Produce sophisticated, well-crafted Czech texts in multiple expert genres with full stylistic control.

Czech Cultural Depth

Engage as a cultural insider with Czech national discourse, contemporary debates, and the lived texture of Czech identity.

C2 Exam Mastery

Perform at certified C2 level across all four skills under timed conditions with strategic self-monitoring.