The Czech Republic-Czechia

FACTS ABOUT THE CZECH REPUBLIC Location: Central Europe Capital City: Prague Population: 10,649,800 (approximately in 2019) Area: 78,866 sq. km The highest point: Sněžka 1 603 m The lowest point: Elbe River 115 m Government: Parliamentary republic Language: …

The Slovak Republic

FACTS ABOUT SLOVAKIA Location: Central Europe Capital City: Bratislava Population: 5,447,502 (approximately in 2019) Area: 49,035 sq. km The highest point: Gerlachovský štít 2655 m The lowest point: Streda nad Bodrogom 94 m Government:..

Countries whose language I learn

English is a West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo-Frisian and Old Saxon dialects brought to Britain by Germanic settlers from various parts of what is now northwest Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands…

Role Models and Ideals

WHERE ARE ALL THE HEROES? Everyone has had a hero at some point in their life — someone they admire, look up to or want to emulate. Heroes can be ordinary people who, finding themselves in …

Books and Reading 

  If you ask people about their favourite leisure time activity, the answer you’ll get quite often is reading books. People have always liked books. Even before the printing press was invented and most people were…

Fashion

People have different attitudes to fashion. Some do not care what they wear; others, especially women, are very choosy about what to wear and like spending a fortune on clothes. Some people buy…

Towns and places

The places where we live have always been important in people’s lives. Throughout our lives we get to know various places. However, the most important place in our life is our birthplace. The place of birth is the place …

Multicultural society

A multicultural society has a lot in common with migration. For years people have been moving from one part of the world to another to find a better place to live or reach their goals. Due to the migrations of different cultures and …

Hobbies and Leisure Time

HOW IMPORTANT ARE THEY FOR YOU? LET’S HAVE A WORD ABOUT THEM! First things first: HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE LEISURE or FREE TIME?
Basically, to most people it is a period of …

Food

Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body and produce energy, maintain life, or stimulate growth …

Young people and their world

As the most active group of people in society, youngsters can easily get in touch with the modernizing world. They are more sensitive to the tiniest changes in what is around them so they tend to be the first to adapt…

Mass Media

The history of the mass media can be traced back to ancient cultures when dramas were performed as a form of media and broadcast to a wider audience. Nowadays we consider mass media to be diversified media technologies which attract their sympathizers by mass communication…

Communication and its forms

Communication is usually a two-way process defined as an “interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs”. Language can be defined as the development of a basic form of communication between human beings in a society…

Man and Society

In an encyclopaedia society is referred to as a social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authority and cultural expectations. Human society is a group of people related to each other through different kinds of relationships….

Science and Technology

The importance of science and technology has grown dramatically over the last century. Technical and scientific advancements have influenced every aspect of human life: communication, transport, business, health care, housework, etc. Vast sums of money are being invested in new …

Man and Nature

Nature has always provided us with everything we need for life. In the past man needed wood to make a fire or build a shelter, and needed to hunt and kill animals to eat. Later he needed more and more…

Human Relations

Human relationships exist everywhere from our everyday lives to our dreams at night. Relationships can work very effortlessly or often become extremely complicated. Relationships are connections between persons…

Jobs and Employment  

A job is a regular activity performed in exchange for payment. A person usually begins a job by becoming an employee, volunteering, or starting a business. The duration of a job may range from an hour to a lifetime…

School and Education

Slovakia and the Czech Republic belongs among countries with a well-developed school educational system. In general, education is under the control of the state, church or private bodies. …

Travel  

St Augustine said: “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” What does this mean? Do you agree?
Travel is the movement of people or…

Health Care

Some people believe that if you do not have your health, you have nothing. Health has reached the top position on the human scale of values. We wish it to each other on various occasions…

Shopping and services

Shopping is a favourite activity of many people, especially of many women. But there are also people who are not […]

Housing and Home

Home is the place where we feel safe and relaxed. It is the place we look forward to when coming back from school, work or holidays. It doesn’t matter whether we live in a …

Sport 

Sport (or sports) is all forms of physical activity which aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills. The history of sports dates from ancient times…

Culture and Art

Art can be defined as “the skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others.” Artistic works have existed for almost as long as humankind….

Family and Society

Pre-reading questions: 1) What is the best environment to raise a family in (e.g. apartment, village, etc)? 2) Why do marriage and family matter?..

Family

The family is an old and fundamental social institution based on kinship. People are related to one another through ancestry, marriage or social agreement, which means that people are….