Get on the Fast-Track to Czech Success!
Fast-Track Czech is a streamlined introductory course that provides deeper knowledge and more language practice than a brief course. Perfect for business people and travelers who don't quite have the time for a full course of study, it focuses on spoken language and covers a wide variety of subjects and situations. Explanations of grammar and usage are included when necessary for understanding of specific passages in the text.
Developed by professional linguist Dr. Peter Leimbigler, formerly of Malaspina College, British Columbia, Canada, Fast-Track courses emphasize concrete, everyday situations with a practical objective for all dialogs, sentences, and expressions. There are no lists of words or expressions to be memorized.
This Fast-Track Audio-Forum® Course Features
* 4.8 hours of audio, 24 units (lessons)
* Pronunciation, word formation, sentence structure
* Introductions, greeting people
* Third party introductions, business meetings, phone calls
* Czech family, educational background
* Expressions, invitations, time and dates, numbers
* Asking for directions, transportation, travel
* Pharmacy, doctor's office, barber shop
* Shopping, post office, banking
* In a restaurant, in a hotel, visiting a Czech home, dinner conversation
About the Language
Czech is a West Slavic language related to Slovak and Polish, with over 11 million native speakers in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as in emigrant communities. It is the official language of the Czech Republic and a recognized minority language in Slovakia. The language began to become distinct from Proto-Slavic in the 10th century.
Additional Courses Available through Audio-Forum®:
* Fast-Track Dutch
* Fast-Track German
* Fast-Track Japanese
* Fast-Track Mandarin Chinese
* Fast-Track Portuguese
* Fast-Track Spanish
* Fast-Track Swahili
Fast-Track Czech is a streamlined introductory course that provides deeper knowledge and more language practice than a brief course. Perfect for business people and travelers who don't quite have the time for a full course of study, it focuses on spoken language and covers a wide variety of subjects and situations. Explanations of grammar and usage are included when necessary for understanding of specific passages in the text.
Developed by professional linguist Dr. Peter Leimbigler, formerly of Malaspina College, British Columbia, Canada, Fast-Track courses emphasize concrete, everyday situations with a practical objective for all dialogs, sentences, and expressions. There are no lists of words or expressions to be memorized.
This Fast-Track Audio-Forum® Course Features
* 4.8 hours of audio, 24 units (lessons)
* Pronunciation, word formation, sentence structure
* Introductions, greeting people
* Third party introductions, business meetings, phone calls
* Czech family, educational background
* Expressions, invitations, time and dates, numbers
* Asking for directions, transportation, travel
* Pharmacy, doctor's office, barber shop
* Shopping, post office, banking
* In a restaurant, in a hotel, visiting a Czech home, dinner conversation
About the Language
Czech is a West Slavic language related to Slovak and Polish, with over 11 million native speakers in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as in emigrant communities. It is the official language of the Czech Republic and a recognized minority language in Slovakia. The language began to become distinct from Proto-Slavic in the 10th century.
Additional Courses Available through Audio-Forum®:
* Fast-Track Dutch
* Fast-Track German
* Fast-Track Japanese
* Fast-Track Mandarin Chinese
* Fast-Track Portuguese
* Fast-Track Spanish
* Fast-Track Swahili