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 . You can submit new links here.

Czech Grammar on CD-ROM

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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.

czech-language.cz

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Excellent site describing Czech from a linguistic perspective. Contains many useful links.

Open Source Czech-English Dictionary

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Open source  online dictionary which will translate entire pages as well as individual words. (Interface in Czech)

A Czech teacher's blog

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An excellent blog by a teacher of Czech containing culture notes, language notes and audio samples.

slovodne.cz

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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

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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

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An excellent article outlinging resources for learning Czech as a foreign language.

radio.cz

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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

Buy the best printed dictionary from Amazon in the UK

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Release in 1999 written by Josef Fronek, this is the only dictionary worth anything for serious language learning.

translator.cz

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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

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A decent English/Czech - Czech/English dictionary. Contains an ingenious system for typing in letters with accents for those without a Czech keyboard.

Czechlist archive

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A group of Czech/English translators discussing problems with translating from Czech into English including many cultural issues.

auccj.org

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Association of Teachers of Czech as a Foreign Language. In Czech only.

leda.cz

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Czech dictionary publisher Leda which offers dictionaries both in print and on CD-ROM.

pravidla.cz

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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

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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.

slovio.com

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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.

baylanguagebooks.co.uk

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Online shopfront of a major distributor of language textbooks with an extensive selection of Czech language materials hard to get elswhere.

slavic.ohio-state.edu/ people/ holdeman/ czech

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A list of resources for teachers and learners of Czech as a foreign language. Particularly useful to US residents. Also contains database of places where Czech can be learned around the world. Seems defunct now.

bama.ua.edu/ ~adrozd/ czech

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Sundry exercises to practice Czech vocabulary organized by themes.

czechstepbystep.cz

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Site connected to a new textbook 'Czech Step by Step' with a free sample.

czechprimer.org

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A cute picture dictionary offering the most basic vocabulary with hand-drawn illustrations.

masteringczech.com

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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.

language.brown.edu/ CZH

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Excerpts from selected works of Czech literature with exercises for advanced students.

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Bohemica's Czech keyboard Howto

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Contains detailed description of installing and using Czech keyboard included with Windows 9x.

mtranslations.cz

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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.