[Cochran]

Jak se mas, Mac. How did you communicate to Spanish speakers before you could comprehend the language? You may think about taking that same approach. Try to find a Czech/English dictionary to help you out. I wonder if there is a Czech/English translation site on the internet like you can find with Spanish/English translation...you could type in what you want to say and it would translate it and you could print it out to help the employee understand.

What I do--and it takes more training time than most of us actually have, especially this time of year--is work one-on-one with the individual and not just show them how to do it, but use simple English and then ask for the translation in their native language. I also ask them to repeat the English that I used while I repeat the language they used. This how I actually became (almost) fluent in Spanish. This is really time-consuming but I have tremendous success with this method.

Czech is probably hard to find someone who understands the language. We speak alot of Czech in my area, but it's the slang Bohemian style Czech.

Of course, LandArts could have a point, if you've shown him and he doesn't get it maybe he's not too bright or he's not very interested. Or he could just be confused since he doesn't understand what you're saying and he may need to start with simpler tasks...