Аннотация:The article considers the possibilities of using authentic material in the teach-ing of the Czech language. The new textbook presents an attempt to maxim-ize the use of such authentic language material. However, the textbook maintains a consistent reliance on the principles of comparison of the Czech language with the Russian language and on the system-functional principle of presenting language material, as it is in the classic textbook, written by a team of authors edited by Professor A. G. Shirokova.