Alena Nekovářová, the director of the Asset Educational centre in České Budějovice, has produced a conversational handbook designed for all intermediate to advanced students of Czech. It is for students already learning Czech who would like to perfect their speaking and sound like a native Czech. Czech for Life presents language material which is here to fill the long awaited gap in the market for more advanced students. It teaches students to speak flawlessly about 15 topics concerning normal situations in everyday life. At the beginning of each chapter there are a set of opening questions which correspond to the topic and the following text. The questions that go with the text check that the student understands it and tests their ability to express themselves individually. The