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When Czech Stories are Never Better 2
Rating: 5.0 out of 5(23 ratings)
80 students

When Czech Stories are Never Better 2

Real-Life Encounters from Prague Are Back
Created byZuzana Mikulecká
Last updated 9/2023
English
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What you'll learn

  • Learn about the Czech culture through humorous stories
  • Learn up-to-date Czech
  • Learn Czech vocabulary and grammar in context
  • Understand colloquial expressions both in written and spoken Czech
  • Learn expressions you can apply in future situations
  • Practise listening, reading and speaking
  • Have a better understanding of the Czech language structure

Course content

5 sections • 36 lectures • 3h 10m total length

  • Introducing the PDF material0:36

    Here you can download the transcript of the stories in Czech and English translation.

  • Přítel - Boyfriend10:55

    Explore a gym-set story where Teresa, her boyfriend, and a trainer face a misunderstanding about 'my boyfriend' in Czech. Show how dative and locative grammar shapes meaning.

  • How to use the "Read Along" videos1:57

    Learn how to use read along videos after each story to practice pronunciation, understanding, and listening by repeating parts at a slower pace with pause, shadowing, and speed control.

  • Přítel - Read along1:39

    Join the read along in this Czech story-focused lesson, read together, repeat after me, and explore the playful phrases and names in the caption.

  • Přítel - Practise the Vocab
  • Očekávání - Expectation17:55
  • Očekávání - Read Along!2:22
  • Očekávání - Practise the Vocab
  • Příiš brzy - Too early14:02

    In this story we will hear a conversation that took place at a beauty salon. You will also learn how to ask for your appointment in colloquial Czech and how to tell the time. You will learn about the words ozvat se, koukat, asi, etc.

  • Příliš brzy - Read Along1:44
  • Příliš brzy - Practise the Vocab
  • Datum svatby12:12
  • Datum svatby - Read Along1:23
  • Datum svatby - Practise the Vocab

Requirements

  • Basic knowledge of Czech is welcome but not required

Description

Dear learners and story-lovers!

If you enjoy reading short stories and learning languages, you have come to the right place!

This course is designed for learners who would like to improve their Czech through entertaining real-life stories that happened in Prague. These funny, heartwarming stories took place during awkward situations or even embarrassing encounters in public places (transportation, streets, or stores).

This is the second part of my course When Czech Stories Are Never Better 1, which received great feedback from my learners. As well as in the first part, I present the short stories in the colloquial Czech as they originally happened. I selected fifteen stories from a book titled Odposlechnuto v Praze (Overheard in Prague) and explained everything you need to know about the language and the culture to understand and enjoy the story. Together, we will read anecdotes from humorous situations involving family members, tickets inspectors and even spiders! You will learn funny responses and wordplays which were heard at a store or a pub.

The structure of each episode is as follows: I will start with a brief introduction telling you what the story is all about, I will read it out loud with the voice that will impersonalize the characters of the story and display the captions. I will translate each part of the story and explain the metaphoric meaning vs the literal translation. Once you understand the story, we will learn the vocabulary and grammar. This will help you understand the Czech humor and what it means in our culture. I will be sure to show properly how the same humor can be used differently in new situations. And, of course, be prepared to test your knowledge and squeeze a few minutes to practice after we are done with the story.

This course is for anyone who is interested in a humorous story-based language course, no Czech background is necessary. It is designed as a stand-alone product. For those who want to dig deeper, I would highly recommend my other course titled A Fantastic Journey Into the Czech Language & Culture.

Looking forward to the opportunity of working together through this course!

Who this course is for:

  • People who love to learn languages
  • Learners wishing to improve their level of Czech
  • Learners wishing to improve reading, listening and speaking
  • Learners who enjoy reading short stories

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