Czech isn’t as impossible to learn as it seems It’s true that Czech isn’t the easiest language, but it isn’t as difficult or as complicated as most people think. Moreover, if you can manage even a little Czech, it can help you in work, social situations or simply going through the daily routine of shopping. ... It’s not only asylum seekers who are interested in studying Czech, there are students from all social levels. It isn’t possible to generalize about the age of students, because there is a very wide range. The reasons for learning Czech are varied, the most common are: work reasons, as employer or employee; preparation for study at Czech colleges or universities; and family reasons such as returning children of Czech emigrants or a Czech partner.

Finally an article that has the right headline. I've been saying this for years: Czech is not a difficult language, it's just difficult to learn it. And the biggest reason it seems difficult to learn is that people don't have the right motivation. That's the most important bit this article mentions, not textbooks, not approaches - reasons for learning. While most learners are Western expats with lucrative jobs who come to share their expertise or Ukrainian construction workers whose language needs are limited, it might appear that very few people can learn Czech. Once we start seeing Bulgarian and Romanian nurses learning Czech to be able to do their job, the situation will become quite different.