Narodopis: Czech Ethnography Discussion Group: Language resources and study programs

Czech Language Programs:

Summer Programs in the U.S.

• Indiana University. Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages
• University of Washington Jackson School of International Relations - Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies. Typically offers intensive summer Czech, Polish, and Russian courses.

Summer Programs in Czech Republic:

• Summer School of Slavonic Studies (UBS) offered through the Institute of Czech Studies (Ústav bohemistických studií) of Charles University. Based in Prague. Usually one session in August, though full-time and evening courses during the regular school year.
• Intensive Czech at Charles University (UJOP) offered through the Institute of Linguistic and Professional Training (UJOP) of Charles University. Sites in Prague and sometimes other Czech cities, including Poděbrady. Several option with different emphases for summer 2010.
• Summer Prague University (SPU) of the Czech Language and Culture Program (CLCP), Charles University. Based in Prague. Two sessions, July & August.
  Contact info: info@sfservis.com.
• CIEE - Council on International Educational Exchange
• Palacký University in Olomouc, Summer School of Slavonic Studies - Letní škola slovanských studií
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• University of South Bohemia - Summer School of Slavonic Studies.
• Index of Czech Summer Programs
• The University of Iowa summer programs in Slavic and Baltic languages. (Summer in Prague offered for 2010).

Academic-Year Programs in Czech Republic:

• Institute of Czech Studies (Ústav bohemistických studií) at Charles University. Both full-time and evening courses during the regular school year.
• Intensive Czech at Charles University (UJOP) offered through the Institute of Linguistic and Professional Training (UJOP) of Charles University -- offerings in Prague and several other Czech cities.
• Prague Economics University, CESP program in Central European studies and Czech language for English-speaking foreigners.
• CIEE - Council on International Educational Exchange
• Masaryk University in Brno - Department of Czech for Foreigners.

Slovak Language Programs

Summer Programs in the U.S.

• Indiana University. Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages
• University of Pittsburgh - Department of Slavic Literatures and Languages Russian and East European Summer Language Institute - offers Slovak and Czech, as well as other Slavic and CEE languages.

Summer & Academic-Year Programs Abroad

• ACTR/ACCELS Language Programs
• E-KU Institute of Language and Intercultural Communication in Nitra, Slovakia - Slovak for Foreigners
• Language school in Piešt'any - Jazykovú školu C&M
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Listing of programs here is provided as a service, as some of these are hard to find on the web or have frequently changing links. It does not constitute an endorsement of any of them specifically, especially the private programs (those not affiliated with a public university), as I do not have personal knowledge of most of them. I attended both the summer and term-time programs run through the UBS and felt that they were well run.

Dictionaries, Grammars, Texts, and Fonts

Dictionaries and Grammars

• Czech for Linguists
• Bohemica.com
• Czech language site
• The Little Czech Primer
• Czech Bible of Kralice

Czech & Slovak Texts and Corpora on line

• Czech National Corpus - Český národní korpus
• Kralicka translation of the Bible in Czech

Czech & Slovak Podcasts

I recently (around January 2010) found a website listing dozens of Czech podcasts, and now cannot find it again. I'd much appreciate if someone could point me to it again so I can list it here. Podcasting has not taken off in CR for some reason, though blogging is growing rapidly. Slovak podcasts seem even fewer in number.

• Český rozhlas - podcasts of various member stations.
• Hrej.cz - podcasts about games and gaming.
• ABC of Czech essays and tips on colloquial Czech.

Central European (Accented Latin) Fonts

Most current computer systems (Mac OS X and Windows 2000 and later) now have incorporated plug-ins for Central European fonts. Check your system software installer packages for instructions. If you are looking for other resources, try the following:

• Yamada Language Center: Font Archive includes the bitmapped fonts Greg's Czech and Hradcany. Yamada is generally the best source for freeware fonts.
• Central European accessories for Macintosh.
• Czech, Slovak, and Slovene coding for HTML.

Academic Associations for Slavic and Central & East European Studies:

• AATSEEL the American Association of Teachers of Slavic & East European Languages -- excellent resources for all things Slavic, Baltic, Balkan, and post-Soviet.
• Society for the Anthropology of Europe (SAE), including subscription information for the SAE discussion group.
• American Council for International Education (IREX)

• Linguistic Circle of Prague - Cercle Linguistique de Prague - Pražský lingvistický kroužek

• Foreign Language Resource Centers - US Department of Education Title VI
• Slavic and East European Languages Center (SEELRC)
• Index of programs in Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) in the U.S. at Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota.

Departments, Institutions, & Universities:

• Charles University/Universitas Carolinas/Univerzita Karlovy, Prague, CZ.
• Prague Economics University
• CERGE-EI - combination of a western-style Ph.D. program in economics and an economics research institute.
• FAMU - Film & TV University
• University of Pardubice
• VSB-Technical University of Ostrava

Write to me with comments or suggestions.