Czech Language Classes

[George Fowler]

Greetings, all!

I received the following message today. I cannot help the sender, but
perhaps somebody on SEELangs can. Please reply directly to Rudy Koubek at
Koubek.R at wec.com.

George Fowler

>From: Rudy_Koubek.WESTINGHOUSE-PGBU at NOTES.compuserve.com
>Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 17:55:00 -0400
>Subject: Czech Language Classes
>To: "internet:gfowler at indiana.edu" <gfowler at indiana.edu>
>
>
>  Dear Professor Fowler,
>  Greetings from the Orlando, Florida area.  My name is Rudy Koubek.  I am
>  an engineer with Westinghouse Electric.   I am of Czech descent.  I saw
>  your email address on the JSL homepage.  I would like to ask you for a
>  favor.  I have a friend from Prague who has his greencard and is moving
>  to Florida in June '97.  He has 3 young children ages 6-10 who speak both
>  Czech and English and he wants me to advise him if there are any Czech
>  language schools in Florida for his children to continue their study of
>  Czech when they move here.  I have been teaching myself Czech from
>  homestudy materials for three years and I believe that except for a
>  handful of universities in the northern US, there are no longer any Sokol
>  halls or Czech societies that give Czech language classes in the US.
>  Could you kindly tell me who would be a good resource to confirm this?
>  If it is true, then could you give a recommendation on what you believe
>  is a good home study resource for the father to teach his children Czech
>  at home?  I appreciate any help that you could give me.  I have been
>  looking for information about this subject for myself for a long time and
>  I keep coming up emptyhanded.  Thanks very much.
>
>  Sincerely yours,
>
>  Rudy Koubek
>
>  email address                Koubek.R at wec.com
>