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I made more progress with my Czech in the last month than in the year of studying before.


When this client came to me for the first time three years ago, he could only say a few basic sentences.



After one year of studying Czech, his routine consisted of using a textbook, doing what he thought he should do, but he didnโ€™t enjoy it much, and he didnโ€™t feel like it was really working.



He felt a bit stuck.



When we started working together, he wrote to me after just one month:




โ€œ๐ผ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค, ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐ผ'๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐ถ๐‘ง๐‘’๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’. ๐ผ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”."




He even shared:




"๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐ผ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’."





Yesterday, we had another amazing 1:1 session, and I realised he has come an incredibly long way since we first met.ย 






He approaches Czech in a completely different way. He now...



๐ŸŸก uses his favourite online tool, LingQ, where he reads about topics that really matter to him, like motorbikes, law, courts, or novels by Dan Brown



๐ŸŸก regularly comes to the Czech Republic for our offline meet-ups, where he speaks for hours (or even days!) only in Czech with me and my other clients



๐ŸŸก watches Czech TV series



๐ŸŸก learns Czech songs on the guitar



๐ŸŸก reads news in Czech and follows his favourite topics on FB



๐ŸŸก follows Czech politics





And most importantly, heโ€™s not afraid to speak Czech anymore, and that, for me, is one of the biggest successes there is.



If you feel a bit stuck with your Czech, too, send me a message and let's schedule a short strategy call. I'd love to hear your story!


Eliลกka


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โญ As a Czech language teacher and coach, I help expats in the Czech Republic speak Czech with confidence and joy, so they can feel truly at home in their Czech community.


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