Summer Czech Course for Czech Expatriates

The summer school for expatriates is intended primarily for people from Czech expatriate communities abroad who want to learn the language of their ancestors or to improve and develop their knowledge of Czech and spend some time in the midst of Czech culture. You can look forward to a combination of interactive language learning, fun workshops, interesting lectures and friendly evenings. At the end of the course, you will receive a certificate of completion.

A scholarship from the Czech government under the Programme for the Support of Czech Cultural Heritage Abroad is available for the full programme.

The programme of the Summer Czech Course for Czech Expatriates includes:

• intensive Czech language tuition
• creative workshops (Czech music, Czech traditions, films, etc.)
• lectures on Czech history and culture
• entertainment programme 
  • trips and excursions (full-day, half-day)
  • thematic evenings (culinary, dance, sports)

The tutorial part of the Summer Czech Course for Czech Expatriates includes 90 lessons (18 teaching days / 5 lessons per day). The course price includes textbooks and internal teaching materials. The students will be tutored by a professional team of ILPS CU teachers with many years of experience in teaching Czech. The social and cultural part of the programme takes place in the afternoons or evenings and at weekends.

You can follow what is happening at the Summer Czech Course for Czech Expatriates on the Summer School for Expatriates Facebook page.

Schedule

The Czech Course for Expatriates is traditionally held in the spa town of Poděbrady. Poděbrady is located about an hour's drive from the Prague airport, it is a lovely spa town with a colonnade, parks, restaurants and a wide range of cultural and social activities. The course takes place in the heart of Poděbrady, in a 14th-century castle with a large garden in which many afternoon and evening events take place.

Course fee 

• 22 500 CZK – 4-week programme (full programme, 24 July – 18 August 2023
• 12 500 CZK – 2-week programme (half programme, 24 July – 4 August 2023)

The price includes 

• non-refundable administrative fee of 1000 CZK
• complete educational and cultural programme 
• textbooks and internal teaching materials
• assistance of the course administrator

Accommodation

• 8 400 CZK – 4-week full programme (27 nights, 23 July – 19 August 2023)
• 4 200 CZK – 2-week half programme (13 nights, 23 July – 5 August 2023)

The price includes 

• reservation of accommodation Sunday through Saturday
• accommodation in a double room with bathroom (including bed linen and towels)
• free WIFI connection
• assistance of the course administrator

The government scholarship fully covers tuition fees, accommodation and meals in the form of meal vouchers. The scholarship for the full programme of the Summer Czech Course for Expatriates is open to applicants aged 18 and over in 2023. You will find information on the scholarship on the website of Czech National Agency for International Education and Research and Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports.

If you want to participate in the four-week Summer Czech Course for Czech Expatriates as a scholarship holder:

• All information is available on the website of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports.
• You must fill in the on-line application form and contact the Czech Embassy in your country.  
• The login process consists of two steps:  
  • filling in the on-line application form by 15 March.
  • printing the application form and delivering it to the Czech embassy or consulate general in your country.
  • you must deliver the original application form to the relevant embassy (consulate-general) no later than 10 working days after the application deadline.
• Selected participants will be notified of their scholarship award by email at the end of April 2023.
• The scholarship covers course fees, cultural programme, accommodation, meals in the form of vouchers and transport allowance. The scholarship holders of the Summer Czech Course for Expatriates are provided with free transport from Prague to Poděbrady (23 July 2023) and back (19 August 2023).
• The scholarship can only be used for the full four-week programme.
• The scholarship for participation in the Summer Czech Course for Expatriates is provided by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. ILPS CU does not provide the scholarship.

Accommodation for the students of the Czech Language Course for Expatriates in Poděbrady is provided in a hotel house (Dormitory 2) in double rooms with private bathroom. The rooms are equipped with bed linen, towels, free WIFI. There is a shared kitchen on each floor (oven, microwave, kettle, hob). A washing machine can be used for a fee. The hotel house is non-smoking.

The price of accommodation in a double room with bathroom:

• 8400 CZK
  • 4-week full programme (27 nights, 23 July – 19 August 2023)
• 4200 CZK
  
  • 2-week half programme (13 nights, 23 July – 5 August 2023)

Meals for self-payers are not included in the price of the course. The participants can use a number of cafés and restaurants in Poděbrady. There is a shared kitchen on each floor (oven, microwave, kettle, hob).

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