“The courses are a great help to get started in the Czech Republic. It was very nice to have a social environment for people who are in the same situation. In one semester, I was able to learn more Czech than people who lived in the Czech Republic for three or four years, but who did not take any kind of course. Getting to know more Czech friends allowed me to speak more Czech, so it snowballed into this Czech approach to life here, instead of the more expat way of life when you do not dive into the culture that much.”