I live in Plzen and I've never been to English speaking country. The
decision to speak to my son English begins long ago. When I was 6 or 7 there
was very poor program on Czech TV but we were able to receive German TV.
I enjoyed all the cartoons they were showing but of course I didn't understand
them. My mum told me if my grandpa, who could speak German, had been talking to
me German since I was very little, I could understand. So I am trying it with
my son. I have real trouble to learn any language (9 years Russian, 4 years
German, 16 years English – all with poor results) so if my son inherited my
talent, it'll be a real gift for him to speak English as bad as me before he
goes to school I think. Furthermore my English gets better too I think, and
English is my hobby.