International Zoom Chat Club

INTERNATIONAL ZOOM CHAT CLUB (IZCC)

The successful project was established in 2020 and continued in 2021 thanks tothe experience with online teaching.

Through IZCC, a unique platform was opened every month for the networking of students of Czech from different Czech Centres abroad in a single virtual classroom. The aim of the club is to provide an opportunity to learn Czech andtoconnect students from different countries.

The topics are always based on Czech life and institutions.

TOPICS FOR 2021

• CZECH FOOD or Goulash with six dumplings • LONG LIVE SPORT or How do Czechs do sports? • HOW DO CZECHS LIVE or Do you also have a palm tree in your living room? • CZECH TRACES IN THE WORLD or Do you wear contact lenses? • CZECHS GO TO THE COTTAGE AT THE WEEKEND. Where do you go? • CZECH HOLIDAY IN THE SHADOW OF COVID. There’s no place like home. • CZECHS ON THE ROAD: Let’s go to the ZOO! • WHAT DO CZECHS READ or Do you also have a Nordic crime fiction in your bookcase? • CZECHS ON THE ROAD: The journey of a Czech from the maternity hospital to the crematorium. • CZECH LITERATURE or Which Czech authors do we really read? • CZECHS ON THE ROAD: Shall we go for a beer? Or what do Czechs drink… • ARE CZECHS COLD IN WINTER? Or When it is freezing cold.

IZCC LECTURERS IN 2021

Petra Landergott, Petra Honzáková, Petra Huková, Markéta Dadáková

IZCC STUDENTS

The clubs traditionally have students of Czech from 18 countries around the world including Mexico and Kazakhstan. The first 20 chat clubs were joined by 631 students.