Adult School

REGISTRATION OPEN FOR ALL LANGUAGE CLASSES:
Registration Form - Spring 2025

The Czech and Slovak Language School for Adults
Škola češtiny a slovenštiny pro dospělé
Škola češtiny a slovenčiny pre dospelých

Welcome to our semester. We wish you a fantastic school year, many new friends and Czech and Slovak connections, and fun not only in class, but also at our other events.

Our School for Adults offers Czech and Slovak language classes for beginning, intermediate and advanced. Classes typically meet online on Saturday mornings. Please inquire about our special weekday options. 

To register or ask questions, please contact Lois Hybl at 410-428-6012 or e-mail info@cshamaryland.org. You can also download the registration form at the link above and mail it to: Language School, CSHA, P.O. Box 20261, Baltimore, MD 21284-0261.

Natalia Karlinsky, who has a PhD in Comparative Linguistics and a Master’s Degree in Slavic languages, teaches Slovak beginners and intermediate students. She is also willing to teach one of her classes on a weekday evening.

Iva Zichová, a Czech native, teaches first-year Czech and challenges our students in Czech Conversation. She also tutors adults and teaches Czech to diplomats in the Foreign Service Institute (FSI).

Andrea Kletetschková is a native Czech. She taught math at the Czech Technical University in Prague. She teaches Czech at the International Center for Language Studies (ICLS) and provides individual tutoring. She teaches students of Czech 201 and Czech 102.

Our Language School is subsidized by CSHA and we encourage you to join our Association. Annual membership dues are only $25 per household.

The Czech and Slovak Language School was founded in 1989 to preserve the Czech and Slovak heritage. We will forever feel grateful to the late Dolores Zajickova Gentes who taught first-year Czech beginning in 1990 and was instrumental in publicizing the school and answering phone inquiries. The late Milada Vanicek was our first Czech language teacher.

The school is open to all those interested in studying Czech and Slovak language, history and culture. If you cannot attend Saturday classes but are interested in tutoring or translation, we can recommend people.