IT COFFEE BREAK

Want to learn Czech quickly? Best advice from EPAM’s Czech language trainer Jakub Seiner

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Mastering the language of your new country is a big part of your integration journey. At EPAM Czech Republic, we have Czech language courses for EPAMers and their family members so they can feel at home in Prague. However, we still hear a lot of myths about the Czech language. We’ve sat down with our Czech language trainer, Jakub Seiner, to understand how to learn Czech quickly and enjoy it.


Timestamps:

  • (00:00) – Intro, Quiz
  • (01:45) – Myth or Truth #1: Czech is one of the most challenging languages in the world
  • (02:55) – How to learn Czech from scratch?
  • (04:05) – How to incorporate Czech in your life?
  • (07:10) – Small habits: how to stay in contact with authentic Czech?
  • (10:10) – Myth or Truth # 2: the Czech language is a musical, totally phonetic language
  • (11:25) – Pronunciation workshop:
    • Strč prst skrz krk.
    • Tři sta třicet tři stříbrných stříkaček stříkalo přes tři sta třicet tři stříbrných střech
    • (13:05) – Myth or Truth # 3: Slavic speakers have an advantage in learning Czech
    • (14:00) – What’s the logic of the Czech Grammar?
    • (16:45) – Myth or Truth # 4: Spoken Czech is a “real life” Czech, it’s different from a written Czech
    • (17:50) – Czech slang: when appropriate and how to learn it?
    • (18:45) – Myth or Truth # 5: If you are an expat, you’ll never speak fluent Czech
    • (19:45) – What Czech level is right for a comfortable living and integration into a Czech society?
    • (22:05) – How to improve Czech writing skills?
    • (23:30) – Typical mistakes in Czech
    • (25:10) – Czech “lost in translation” words
    • (27:00) – Czech idioms workshop:
    • o Zlom vaz!
    • o Ranní ptáče dál doskáče
    • (28:25) – Czech language courses at EPAM
    • (30:35) – IT Czech
    • (31:35) – Main takeaways and Outro
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