Links to Online Resources on Czech
The purpose of this collection of links is very specific. They have the language learner and student of Czech culture in mind. Some of them require a certain level of Czech from beginner to advanced, although many contain information in English. The sites listed are from all around the world but most of them come from the Czech Republic, USA, and the UK. Because of the interest a section of links relevant for tourists and expatriates living in Prague has also been added. The links are sorted in alphabetical order.
Czech Internet under the domain .cz contains many extremely useful resources and is growing at a rapid pace. The links listed here are thought to be of direct interest to learners. Thousands of other resources can be found through portals and search engines .
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A Czech teacher's blog
Categories: Czech Language Info
An excellent blog by a teacher of Czech containing culture notes, language notes and audio samples.
Open Source Czech-English Dictionary
Categories: Online Dictionaries
Open source online dictionary which will translate entire pages as well as individual words. (Interface in Czech)
czech-language.cz
Categories: Czech Language Info
Excellent site describing Czech from a linguistic perspective. Contains many useful links.
Czech Grammar on CD-ROM
Categories: Online Grammars
Good overview of Czech declension and conjugation and mentions of other parts of speech. Provided by authors of WinCzEdu CD-ROM at http://mujweb.cz/www/winczeduc. Also contains Czech history at http://mujweb.cz/www/historycz.
slovodne.cz
Categories: Czech Language Info
Slovo dne (or Word of the Day) is a blog with lighthearted comments on the Czech language in both English and Czech.
Online version of ETACO portable dictionary
Categories: Online Dictionaries
A site designed to sell more powerful dictionaries in software form. This free on-line version nonetheless gives access to a reasonable range of Czech-English-Czech equivalents. Plus it is the only online dictionary to distinguish between parts of speech.
slavica.com/ teaching/ Kresin.html
Categories: Czech Language Info
An excellent article outlinging resources for learning Czech as a foreign language.
radio.cz
Categories: Czech Language Info
Even though these are the pages of a Czech radio. The Living Czech and Czechs in History sections are excellent resources for learners of Czech language and culture. Also see Czech Grammar
auccj.org
Categories: Czech Language Info
Association of Teachers of Czech as a Foreign Language. In Czech only.
translator.cz
Categories: Online Dictionaries
Multilingual Dictionary and Translator also available as a commercial application. It translates between Czech and six other languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Russian. Note: To reverse the direction of translation click on button Otoč.
wordbook.cz
Categories: Online Dictionaries
A decent English/Czech - Czech/English dictionary. Contains an ingenious system for typing in letters with accents for those without a Czech keyboard.
Buy the best printed dictionary from Amazon in the UK
Categories: Online Dictionaries
Release in 1999 written by Josef Fronek, this is the only dictionary worth anything for serious language learning.
nlp.fi.muni.cz/ nlp/ aisa/ NlpCz/ Frekvence_slov_lemmat.html
Categories: Online Dictionaries
A list of most common words in Czech (sorted by nouns, adjectives, verbs and pairs of words).
pravidla.cz
Categories: Online Dictionaries
A complete online version of the Czech spelling rules including a searchable database. An essential site for anybody who writes in Czech but could also be of use to beginner and intermediate students who want to check their spelling.
locallingo.com
Categories: Czech Language Info
An impressive site with a lot of information and a few interesting exercises. There are greatly useful lists, for example a list of Czech name days and nicknames.
czechprimer.org
Categories: Online Dictionaries
A cute picture dictionary offering the most basic vocabulary with hand-drawn illustrations.
chp.cz
Categories: Prague-Based Courses
Jerome of Prague College offers a Summer Program of which Czech for Foreigners if just one part. This is in conjunction with their Semester Abroad for students at selected US universities. Materials from http://www.bohemica.com/czechonline are also used.
masteringczech.com
Categories: Czech Language Info
A small info site run by a Czech expat living in the US as a supplement for her lessons. Includes pronunciation tips, a list of textbooks and a list of Czech authors translated into English.
slovio.com
Categories: Czech Language Info
An interesting project to try and establish a pan-Slavic language which will be intelligible to all Slavs. Its chances of success are slim, but it can give a student a good idea of what is Slavonic in Czech. There is also a related site with a self-explanatory name at http://www.panslavia.com.
sfservis.com/
Categories: Prague-Based Courses
Prague Summer University: summer school as well as year-long courses organized by SF Servis of the Student Council of Charles University Faculty of Philosophy.
bama.ua.edu/ ~adrozd/ czech
Categories: Czech Language Info
Sundry exercises to practice Czech vocabulary organized by themes.
mtranslations.cz
Categories: Online Dictionaries
Moravia Translations provide a decent dictionary. It tends to show less frequent equivalents first, however. Also contains a description of the Czech alphabet. The company specializes in software localization.
language.brown.edu/ CZH
Categories: Czech Language Info
Excerpts from selected works of Czech literature with exercises for advanced students.
baylanguagebooks.co.uk
Categories: Czech Language Info
Online shopfront of a major distributor of language textbooks with an extensive selection of Czech language materials hard to get elswhere.
Czechlist archive
A group of Czech/English translators discussing problems with translating from Czech into English including many cultural issues.
euro.typo.cz
Categories: Fonts and Keyboards
A guide to Central European typography. Lots and lots of information about typography.
fingertipsoft.com/ cestart
Categories: Fonts and Keyboards
Central European Starter Kit 2.0. This is a commercial software but it should solve your keyboard problems on older versions of Windows. Trial version is available. Probably not worth it on Windows 98 and higher.
czechstepbystep.cz
Categories: Czech Language Info
Site connected to a new textbook 'Czech Step by Step' with a free sample.
onelist.com/ messages/ Czechlist
Categories: Online Dictionaries
A group of Czech/English translators discussing problems with translating from Czech into English.
