The Institute for Language and Preparatory Studies at

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established the Centre for Distance Education (; CDV) in order to prepare distant on-line courses. The Centre is located in

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at the Poděbrady Castle. Initially, language courses in the form of

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, which is a combination of

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and attendance conversational meetings, were chosen. The language courses include courses of

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for foreigners and courses of English. English courses available are intended for elementary, pre-intermediate, intermediate, upper-intermediate and FCE students, Czech courses available are intended for A1 and A2 levels (

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). A B1 level course is being prepared. The Institute cooperated on a project called @languages within the framework of the

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program Leonardo da Vinci. Its aim was to create a course of business English for SMEs. LDV Podebrady studovna.jpg, Computer study room Podebradsky zamek (01).jpg, Poděbrady Castle Zamek Podebrady vez.jpg, Poděbrady Castle

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{{DEFAULTSORT:CDE Podebrady Charles University 2004 establishments in the Czech Republic

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