For the Global Studio, I know that they have books on general Central European lingustics and culture, which I will be able to use to gain a better understanding of the neighbouring languages. Additionally, I will be able to use the computers to be able to communicate with some friends and professors from abroad to help me practice my Czech.
For my first language tasks, I wanted to learn future and present progressive tenses. I have mainly been focusing on future tense because it is very difficult. There are two ways to indicate future, the first is changing the verb directly such as pojedu (I will go by foot) or using I will which is Budu. I have also been doing some additional vocabulary learning and have expanded my vocabulary a bit in terms of food and occupations.
I have also been having casual conversations with a friend about the weather and her school and she asked me about my day. I was able to respond with basic sentences in czech, but am hoping to enhance my grammer and descriptive capabilities as I go on.
Overall, it is a challenge, but I am beginning to meet new people, such as one of my professors who revealed to me that she knows quite a bit of Czech and has been willing to speak to me during her office hours in Czech, which I have appreciated.
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