Intro

Improve your English by using it in real life

Go to conferences and lectures, meet people, enrol on a course, read the news - get active!

This blog is primarily aimed at my students in Prague, but everyone is welcome to use it.

Recommendations and comments welcome!

News items

Following the news in English is a great way of improving your language skills.

Here are some websites that have Czech news in English:

Radio Praha in English
Great for listening practice!
Regular news updates in English, including environmental stories.
Some of the latest nature and environmental stories:

December 2018
Record amount of timber felled in Šumava National Park this year
Young Czech scientist reveals impacts of climate change on shorebirds


November 2018
Camera traps shed new light on Czech wildcat
Linking the Elbe, Oder and Danube
Modern technology helping retrace ancient Czech roads

October 2018
Czech forestry in crisis
More Czech companies join campaign to reduce plastics
Poor harvest to double the price of potatoes
Czechs increasingly dependent on vegetable imports

Lots of English material from Czechia's second city.
Some of the latest nature and environmental stories:

October 2018
Czech Rep experiences one of the worst droughts in its recent history


Prague TV
News, culture, etc. in the Czech Republic, in English.
Some of the latest nature and environmental stories:

December 2018
Flood preparations getting fixed

November 2018
Prague ponds being renovated
Prague gives up on new smog rules

October 2018
Animals at Prague airport


Prague Daily Monitor
Receive a daily email with the latest Czech news - in English!
Often links to other news websites, such as Radio Praha and Prague TV.
Some of the latest nature and environmental stories:

November 2018
Record October temperatures
Czech activists collect signatures for laying off animal cages across Europe

October 2018
Temperature records tumble as Indian summer continues