Once again I caught up with Chris on the podcast and this time we were recording while walking along the shore.  The highlight was that I got my pants wet as I was wading through the waves, and of course, there are plenty more thoughts from us about our life here in Vietnam.   👉 Chris's YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@expatnam  _______________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉detailed information: https://teacherzdenek.com/?page_id=2816  👉Quick guide video      _______________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _______________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

I've decided to catch up with Cara Leopold and talk to her about movies and how you can learn and teach English through them again. You should probably know that some of the questions I asked Cara in this episode were generated by Chat GPT.  The last time I talked to Cara about this topic was in episode 412. 👉 Cara's website:  Leo-listening.com  👉 Video from this episode: https://youtu.be/7gMIdAA61j4  _______________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉detailed information: https://teacherzdenek.com/?page_id=2816  👉Quick guide video      _______________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _______________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

As the name of this episode suggests, Rob from the English with Rob podcast is back, and with a double episode. Part 1 (episode 445) was a general catch-up with Rob. In part 2, Rob leads a few game activities/games not dissimilar to the one he does on the English with Rob podcast. Did I stand up to the task or were my answers a complete failure? Listen to find out.      👉 Rob's YouTube channel 👉 Rob's Instagram   Video from this episode: https://youtu.be/PvO406kbDec  _________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉detailed information: https://teacherzdenek.com/?page_id=2816  👉Quick guide video      ______________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

On this podcast, which I have recorded live for my YouTube channel, I have a good old ramble with an undertone of cynicism. I talk about the Achievers Chamber, this podcast, my inability to do marketing well, I wish you a Merry Christmas and other stuff. It's nothing glamorous, but it'll have to do as an episode.  Video from this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqqr_GL5j0w  _________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉detailed information: https://teacherzdenek.com/?page_id=2816  👉Quick guide video      ______________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

As the name of this episode suggests, Rob from the English with Rob podcast is back, and with a double episode. In part 1 we have a general catch-up since a lot has changed in Rob's professional life lately and of course, you'll hear the idiom alarm, quite a few times. Part 2 will follow soon. 👉 Rob's YouTube channel 👉 Rob's Instagram Video from this episode: https://youtu.be/6nQtXHi7wzo  _________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉detailed information: https://teacherzdenek.com/?page_id=2816  👉Quick guide video      ______________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

On this episode of Zdenek's English Podcast, I give you my opinion on the Israel-Palestine conflict which unfortunately dominates the media headlines these days. I also tell you about my new website and introduce you to my new course, which is available for free to everyone.   👉 My new website 👉 My FREE course The video from this episode is available here: https://youtu.be/y9Va5dT92HI  _________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉detailed information: https://teacherzdenek.com/?page_id=2816  👉Quick guide video      ______________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

Jack, my musically gifted ex-colleague from the Speak Up London language school, is back! Jack first appeared on ZEP in episode 354 which was titled Lucid Jake. His tune Drive was iconic and I had several listeners emailing me about it. After a few years, he's back with a bang. This time he comes on to tell us all about how he and his friend Guy managed to merge Jack's two passions board games and music to create a great soundtrack for a board game called Damnation: The Gothic Game.  Make sure you check out Jack's website: https://www.thefordj.com/   As well as the website of the game: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blacklettergames/damnation-the-gothic-game-0  The video from this episode: https://youtu.be/sgaYWFDR6cI  ________________________________________________________________________👉 Achievers Chamber Discord group membership: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FqNZWJDcT1Gn68WbgFhlTmuVsjGBDquG/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

In this episode, I talk to David aka Jenks about the topic of gardening. Jenks has been living in Vietnam for a while and the place has definitely grown on him (pun intended) and so has his passion for gardening. You should know that we're also joined by Chris who you may know from episode 432. Get ready for a lot of useful vocabulary to do with this popular hobby.   ________________________________________________________________________👉 Achievers Chamber Discord group membership: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FqNZWJDcT1Gn68WbgFhlTmuVsjGBDquG/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

👉 Video from this episode: https://youtu.be/6tGGUFzuHzM  👉 Vote to help me pick the best name for my football show: https://forms.gle/aSaUXgk1ykpbyKak6 _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Join Teacher Zdenek's channel Premier Fantasy League (FPL): https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/jcxaxo _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Consider Achievers Chamber Discord group membership: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FqNZWJDcT1Gn68WbgFhlTmuVsjGBDquG/view TO JOIN - send me an EMAIL: teacherzdenek@gmail.com _________________________________________________________________________ 👉Keep in touch with me via social media: WEBSITE: https://www.teacherzdenek.com/​ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/teacherzdenek/​ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/teacherzdenek​/  LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teacherzdenek/  _________________________________________________________________________ MORE ABOUT ME: I'm a qualified English teacher with a Master's degree in TEFL, and Cambridge teaching qualifications CELTA, and DELTA (modules 1 & 2). I've taught English for more than 10 years in the Czech Republic, UK, Ireland, and Vietnam. _________________________________________________________________________ #football #advancedvocabulary #premierleague

Tommy, who you may know from the English Podcast with Tommy, is back!!! And that can only mean one thing. We're talking British politics again! What on earth is happening in the UK? What role has lettuce played in Britain's politics? What sort of legacy has Boris Johnson left? How does Tommy rate Fishy Sunak? Has he changed his views on Brexit? Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? Listen to find out! The video from this episode: https://youtu.be/RaKKmNNlwcY  Tommy's IG: https://www.instagram.com/tommybradfordsenglishschool/ Tommy's _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Achievers Chamber Discord group membership: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FqNZWJDcT1Gn68WbgFhlTmuVsjGBDquG/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

I have decided to stop talking about the subject matter that has been poisoning me for several years now and it is culminating here in Vietnam. I can't go on like this so I made this episode as a public announcement explaining my decision to abandon this topic. And I would like you my listeners to hold me accountable.  If you want to know why it came to this, have a listen to this very personal and slightly depressing episode. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/aaeGRW5pLYE _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Achievers Chamber Discord group membership: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FqNZWJDcT1Gn68WbgFhlTmuVsjGBDquG/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

On this podcast show, I interview a Vietnamese friend of mine Debbie who has recently married my Czech friend and moved to the Czech Republic.  We talk about all sorts of things, such as the challenges of learning a foreign language, culture shock, we compare life in the Czech Republic and Vietnam, and lots more.     video from this episode: https://youtu.be/3UAFsrPFaFE   ________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉Detailed information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FqNZWJDcT1Gn68WbgFhlTmuVsjGBDquG/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

This episode of Zdenek's English Podcast is a different kettle of fish. Damian, one of the members of the Achievers Chamber, decided to give me an unexpected and rather unique gift. He asked Chat GPT 4 to write a book about me and it's so impressive that I can't help but share it with you. The book is a moving story of how I had to quit football and somehow ended up becoming an English teacher instead. It's full of metaphors, analogies and high-level vocabulary which I'll later explain to you. Now, it's time to sit back, relax and enjoy the introductory chapter from "The Unplayed Symphony - A Football Lover's Guide to Teaching English." _________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉Detailed information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FqNZWJDcT1Gn68WbgFhlTmuVsjGBDquG/view?usp=sharing 👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

In this episode, I speak to Michal, a Czech guy who also works as a teacher and has been living in the USA for several years. He's married to an American woman and therefore well settled. Before recording this episode, I asked Chat GPT to generate 10 questions which revolve around the topic of why a Czech person might want to move to the US. So yeah that's what you can expect in this one.  If you happen to be a Czech learner, here's one of Michal's latest episodes of his Czech podcast where he also mentions recording this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI0l0Lf3oyI&ab_channel=%C4%8Ce%C5%A1tinasMichalem  This episode is available as a video here: https://youtu.be/a0ra2jYrDMU  Don't forget to subscribe to Teacher Zdenek YoutTube channel.  _________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉Detailed information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hMuzJWDPuYerk6T47NNZpxD-LpikC1id/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishpronunciation 

This is a follow-up to episode Episode 430 of Zdenek's English Podcast which was called 9 Reasons Why I Moved to Vietnam. In this episode, I talk about my first impressions after living in Vietnam for about 5 months. In particular, you'll learn about how I'm trying to deal with Vietnamese weather and traffic, whether I found a girlfriend here, how I managed to lose 9 kilos so quickly, and how long I'm planning to stay in Vietnam.  Watch the video from this podcast here: https://youtube.com/live/CZiFte6-OW0 _________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉Detailed information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hMuzJWDPuYerk6T47NNZpxD-LpikC1id/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishpronunciation    Watch the first part here: 9 reasons why I moved to Vietnam. https://youtube.com/live/p7cyqojwkg4

This time on Zdenek's English Podcast, I speak to teacher Jack who lives in Brighton. We discuss various subjects, such as Jack's first experiences as an English teacher, teaching pronunciation, and what's wrong with the "speak like a native" narrative. Since Jack is a passionate football fan, we also talk about the Brighton football team.   This episode will soon be available as a video here: https://youtu.be/A-x4ikaXr2A. Don't forget to subscribe to my channel.  _________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉Detailed information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hMuzJWDPuYerk6T47NNZpxD-LpikC1id/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishpronunciation 

On this podcast, I interview my Vietnamese friend Fufita before she leaves for Australia. So, naturally, we talk a lot about Fufita's feelings and expectations of Australia, but we also go on about Da Nang, Fufita's studies and her job in hospitality, and how we started playing board games together. _________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉Detailed information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hMuzJWDPuYerk6T47NNZpxD-LpikC1id/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

For this episode of ZEP, I interviewed a globetrotter Angela from the USA. We touch on several different topics including how we met in a vegan restaurant, the board game we played, yoga, meditation, and Angela's travels and life in India.  Angela's website: https://www.angelachoi.co/  _________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉Detailed information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hMuzJWDPuYerk6T47NNZpxD-LpikC1id/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

On this episode of Zdenek's English Podcast, I talk to Chris, a Welsh YouTuber who records cool videos about Vietnam while riding his electronic bicycle.  What is it like to live in Vietnam? What are Vietnamese people like? Why are local dogs different from European dogs? Do Vietnamese women like European guys? How did Chris's YouTube channel help Zdenek? Why did Google restrict it? Listen to find out.   Chris's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@expatnam _________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉Detailed information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hMuzJWDPuYerk6T47NNZpxD-LpikC1id/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

It's been a while since we had an American on. On this podcast, I talk to Vickie, an English teacher from the USA who now calls Spain her home. And it's the topic of home, more specifically "homesickness", that we decided to explore in this episode. _________________________________________________________________________ Video from this episode: https://youtu.be/ugTeMqekL50  Vickie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vickiekelty/  Vickie's website: https://www.subscribepage.com/vickiekelty _________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉Detailed information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hMuzJWDPuYerk6T47NNZpxD-LpikC1id/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

In case you didn't know, I've decided to move to Vietnam. This is part one of a series of 3 videos about my experience as an expat here and here are the 9 reasons why I decided to leave my comfort zone and moved to Vietnam. _________________________________________________________________________ Video from this episode: https://www.youtube.com/live/p7cyqojwkg4?feature=share  _________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉Detailed information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hMuzJWDPuYerk6T47NNZpxD-LpikC1id/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

On this episode of Zdenek's English Podcast, I talk to Meri from Armenia about why non-native English teachers are just as valuable as native teachers and why "native speakerism", aka discrimination against non-native teachers, is absolute nonsense. Video from this episode: https://youtu.be/DEH1CfyzFS8  Meri's IG: https://www.instagram.com/the_non_native_speaker/    _________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉Detailed information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hMuzJWDPuYerk6T47NNZpxD-LpikC1id/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening      

This is the pre-final video from the new show dedicated to the World Cup in Qatar 2022.⚽ I ask Paul about the reasons why Brazil has been eliminated and we talk about which teams have impressed and disappointed us the most. Paul also gives us his prediction on the Argentina - France final. Today's guest is Paul whom you might know from the " English for Football Fans" YouTube channel. Paul's channel: https://youtu.be/t7pFugdbIfw  Video from this episode:  👉 Achievers Chamber Discord group membership: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hMuzJWDPuYerk6T47NNZpxD-LpikC1id/view?usp=sharing TO JOIN - send me an EMAIL: teacherzdenek@gmail.com _________________________________________________________________________ Keep in touch with me via social media: 👉WEBSITE: https://www.teacherzdenek.com/​ 👉INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/teacherzdenek/​ 👉FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/teacherzdenek​ 👉LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teacherzdenek/ 👉ZDENEK'S ENGLISH PODCAST: http://www.zdeneksenglishpodcast.podb...xn--zug/ _________________________________________________________________________ MORE ABOUT ME: I'm a qualified English teacher with a Master's degree in TEFL, and Cambridge teaching qualifications CELTA, and DELTA (modules 1 & 2). I've taught English for more than 10 years in the Czech Republic and in London. _________________________________________________________________________ 👉or visit my WEBSITE: https://www.teacherzdenek.com/​ #quatar2022 #england #worldcup2022

On this World Cup special, I speak to Martin Johnston from the Rock n' Roll English podcast. We talk about England's performances in the World Cup, the upcoming quarterfinal between England and France, Jude Billingham's amazing form, Cristiano Ronaldo's legacy, and more. Video from this podcast: https://youtu.be/Uf0Yr8yiZzU Martin's Website: https://www.rocknrollenglish.com/  _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Achievers Chamber Discord group membership: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZW_poAzVzm3vXrQFjgos1tl2exp1ZzkQ/view?usp=sharing TO JOIN - send me an EMAIL: teacherzdenek@gmail.com _________________________________________________________________________ Keep in touch with me via social media : 👉WEBSITE: https://www.teacherzdenek.com/​ 👉INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/teacherzdenek/​ 👉FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/teacherzdenek​ 👉LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teacherzdenek/ 👉ZDENEK'S ENGLISH PODCAST: http://www.zdeneksenglishpodcast.podb...xn--zug/ _________________________________________________________________________ MORE ABOUT ME: I'm a qualified English teacher with a Master's degree in TEFL, and Cambridge teaching qualifications CELTA, and DELTA (modules 1 & 2). I've taught English for more than 10 years in the Czech Republic, Ireland and the UK. _________________________________________________________________________ 👉or visit my WEBSITE: https://www.teacherzdenek.com/​ #football #advancedvocabulary #qatar2022

On this World Cup special, I talk to a former student of mine from Japan about his team's victory over Spain and a surprise progression to the knock-out stages. We also touch upon the goal-line controversy, the Japanese mentality, and we speculate whether Japan can beat Croatia. video: https://youtu.be/zoPNkF6AaAk _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Achievers Chamber Discord group membership: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZW_poAzVzm3vXrQFjgos1tl2exp1ZzkQ/view?usp=sharing TO JOIN - send me an EMAIL: teacherzdenek@gmail.com _________________________________________________________________________ Keep in touch with me via social media : 👉WEBSITE: https://www.teacherzdenek.com/​ 👉INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/teacherzdenek/​ 👉FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/teacherzdenek​ 👉LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teacherzdenek/ 👉ZDENEK'S ENGLISH PODCAST: http://www.zdeneksenglishpodcast.podb...xn--zug/ _________________________________________________________________________ MORE ABOUT ME: I'm a qualified English teacher with a Master's degree in TEFL, and Cambridge teaching qualifications CELTA, and DELTA (modules 1 & 2). I've taught English for more than 10 years in the Czech Republic and in London. _________________________________________________________________________ 👉or visit my WEBSITE: https://www.teacherzdenek.com/​ #football #advancedvocabulary #qatar2022

Uruguay | Best moments | VAR controversies | English with Football World Cup Special with Nrup video: https://youtu.be/Q0koPx_JRoY  ________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Achievers Chamber Discord group membership: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZW_poAzVzm3vXrQFjgos1tl2exp1ZzkQ/view?usp=sharing TO JOIN - send me an EMAIL: teacherzdenek@gmail.com _________________________________________________________________________ Keep in touch with me via social media : 👉WEBSITE: https://www.teacherzdenek.com/​ 👉INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/teacherzdenek/​ 👉FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/teacherzdenek​ 👉LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teacherzdenek/ 👉ZDENEK'S ENGLISH PODCAST: http://www.zdeneksenglishpodcast.podb...xn--zug/ _________________________________________________________________________ MORE ABOUT ME: I'm a qualified English teacher with a Master's degree in TEFL, and Cambridge teaching qualifications CELTA, and DELTA (modules 1 & 2). I've taught English for more than 10 years in the Czech Republic and in London. _________________________________________________________________________ 👉or visit my WEBSITE: https://www.teacherzdenek.com/​ #football #advancedvocabulary #worldcup

Australia make it into knock-out stages l Learn English with Football World Cup Special with Matt Video: https://youtu.be/95NNKwtwBbo  Matt's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/matt-slade-182176201 At the end of the show, I go through interesting vocabulary that my guest used during the interview. _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Achievers Chamber Discord group membership: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZW_poAzVzm3vXrQFjgos1tl2exp1ZzkQ/view?usp=sharing TO JOIN - send me an EMAIL: teacherzdenek@gmail.com _________________________________________________________________________ Keep in touch with me via social media: 👉WEBSITE: https://www.teacherzdenek.com/​ 👉INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/teacherzdenek/​ 👉FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/teacherzdenek​ 👉LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teacherzdenek/ 👉ZDENEK'S ENGLISH PODCAST: http://www.zdeneksenglishpodcast.podb...xn--zug/ _________________________________________________________________________ MORE ABOUT ME: I'm a qualified English teacher with a Master's degree in TEFL, and Cambridge teaching qualifications CELTA, and DELTA (modules 1 & 2). I've taught English for more than 10 years in the Czech Republic and in London. _________________________________________________________________________ 👉or visit my WEBSITE: https://www.teacherzdenek.com/​ #football #englishlesson #qatar2022

In this episode, I talk to Helena, an English teacher from Ireland. What makes this quite unique is the fact that Helena was the manager of the summer school centre I worked for a few months ago. On the podcast, we speak about Ireland, its beauties, tourist attractions, hidden gems, and much more.  Helene’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learn.english.with.lena/ _________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉Detailed information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZW_poAzVzm3vXrQFjgos1tl2exp1ZzkQ/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

Mexico | England | Argentina | Messi | Learn English with Football: World Cup Special with Marvin video: https://youtu.be/g34gRtTQSVQ #football #advancedvocabulary #qatar2022 

England | France | predictions | Learn English with Football: World Cup Special with Luke Thompson video: https://youtu.be/PZOOa-PVXcw  Luke's website: https://teacherluke.co.uk/ #quatar2022 #england #worldcuppredictions 

The Netherlands | Manchester United players | Learn English with Football: World Cup Special with Leontes video: https://youtu.be/7L9xLWxF9Qw Today's guest comes from the Netherlands and his name is Leontes: https://www.youtube.com/@MrHenriquez  #quatar2022 #humanrights #corruption

Qatar 2022 | Corruption | FIFA | Human Rights | Learn English with Football: World Cup Special with Simon video: https://youtu.be/ZEDvL_z_3sQ   #quatar2022 #humanrights #corruption

England | Spain | Ronaldo | Messi | Learn English with Football World Cup Special with Ben

WHAT’S the “LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL” show? ⚽ This is a weekly show about the Premier League. We talk and banter about: matches that were played in England last weekend matches of the teams we support the biggest surprises, good and bad performances we pick our heroes and villains of the week Fantasy Premier League (FPL) In the last part of this episode, I go over interesting vocabulary that appeared on this show.   👉 A video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/fCg8nwT1adk  👉 Teacher Zdenek Fantasy Premier League: 6fafs7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #footballpodcast #premieleague #englishlesson  

WHAT’S the “LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL” show? ⚽ This is a weekly show about the Premier League. We talk about the football matches that were played in England over the weekend, matches that we watched, matches of the teams we support, good and bad performances, we pick our heroes and villains of the week, banter about the beautiful game of football, and talk about the Fantasy Premier League.   👉 A video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/YQRG7iY-lXY  👉 Teacher Zdenek Fantasy Premier League: 6fafs7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #footballpodcast #premieleague #englishlesson  

On this episode of Zdenek's English Podcast, I have the privilege to talk to a legend among English teachers, the one and only Jason Levine aka Fluency MC!!! Jason is an innovative English teacher who has been teaching English through rapping. Several years ago he became an overnight sensation after releasing his legendary video Stick Stuck Stuck (link below). I don't know many teachers who haven't seen it. It has gone absolutely viral. In the episode, we discuss rapping, learning English while having fun, teaching English, things Jason has been working on, and a lot of other stuff. Video from this episode: https://youtu.be/5nvuV0BEjcI Jason’s website: https://fluencymc.com/  Jason’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fluency_mc  Stick Stuck Stuck podcast: https://youtu.be/FEWrfgSGUu8  Stick Stuck Stuck 2: https://youtu.be/Ah3my1XSdQk  My only rap that was inspired by Jason's appearance on Luke's English podcast episode 253:  https://youtu.be/IdygpCANcu0  _________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16NAIvLXJBZxOwdb4WmRckjst6Oj2nFpV/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

WHAT’S the “LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL” show? ⚽ This is a weekly show about the Premier League. We talk about the football matches that were played in England over the weekend, matches that we watched, matches of the teams we support, good and bad performances, we pick our heroes and villains of the week, banter about the beautiful game of football, and talk about the Fantasy Premier League.   👉 A video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/pT-H8Timi7U 👉 Teacher Zdenek Fantasy Premier League: 6fafs7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #footballpodcast #premieleague #englishlesson  

WHAT’S the “LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL” show? ⚽ This is a weekly show about the Premier League. We talk about the football matches that were played in England over the weekend, matches that we watched, matches of the teams we support, good and bad performances, we pick our heroes and villains of the week, banter about the beautiful game of football, and talk about the Fantasy Premier League.   👉 A video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/X-O3YEzts7w 👉 Teacher Zdenek Fantasy Premier League: 6fafs7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #footballpodcast #premieleague #englishlesson  

On this episode of Zdenek's English Podcast, I talk to Tamas about all sorts of things, especially politics. Tamas is an English teacher whose background is half Hungarian and half British. We start off lightly talking about our messy rooms, but then we go on to talk about Brexit, Tamas explains why he thinks he’s unpatriotic, he also mentions the British queen that has recently passed away and ponders about the role of the monarchy in the UK. We go into other political issues and talk about some notorious political leaders in Europe and try to get to the bottom of what’s wrong with what they represent. Tamas’s website: https://learnenglishwithtommy.com/ Tamas’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tommybradfordsenglishschool/  Tamas’s podcast: English Podcast with Tommy  Video from this episode: https://youtu.be/2IeGQ_uxszQ _________________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER  The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking country, not working with English-speaking people, and not having enough English-speaking friends. An international community for high-level learners of English who feel stuck at their level and are determined to do something about it. 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16NAIvLXJBZxOwdb4WmRckjst6Oj2nFpV/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "English Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

WHAT’S the “LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL” show? ⚽ This is a weekly show about the Premier League. We talk about the football matches that were played in England over the weekend, matches that we watched, matches of the teams we support, good and bad performances, we pick our heroes and villains of the week, banter about the beautiful game of football, and talk about the Fantasy Premier League.   👉 A video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/X-O3YEzts7w 👉 Teacher Zdenek Fantasy Premier League: 6fafs7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #footballpodcast #premieleague #englishlesson  

WHAT’S the “LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL” show? ⚽ This is a weekly show about the Premier League. We talk about the football matches that were played in England over the weekend, matches that we watched, matches of the teams we support, good and bad performances, we pick our heroes and villains of the week, banter about the beautiful game of football, and talk about the Fantasy Premier League. ⚽Later in the same week, I record a shorter video in which I explain selected vocabulary from this show:   👉 A video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/umTrRGPpnKo 👉 Teacher Zdenek Fantasy Premier League: 6fafs7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #footballpodcast #premieleague #englishlesson  

WHAT’S the “LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL” show? ⚽ This is a weekly show about the Premier League. We talk about the football matches that were played in England over the weekend, matches that we watched, matches of the teams we support, good and bad performances, we pick our heroes and villains of the week, banter about the beautiful game of football, and talk about the Fantasy Premier League. ⚽Later in the same week, I record a shorter video in which I explain selected vocabulary from this show:   👉 A video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/B_GK-0_oJXM 👉 The Language Corner video which explains some vocabulary from this episode: TO BE ADDED 👉 Teacher Zdenek Fantasy Premier League: 6fafs7   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #footballpodcast #premieleague #englishlesson  

This time on the podcast, I speak to Rhiannon from the Deep Talk  podcast. We have a conversation about what Rhiannon does and what her podcast is all about. Then we spend a good amount of time discussing DIY which is one of Rhiannon's passions.  Rhiannon's website: https://www.rhiannonelt.com/deep-talk-podcast  Rhiannon's podcast: Deep Talk: Advanced English Discussions with Rhiannon ELT.  video from this episode: https://youtu.be/YQ4gG7zQ4ro _________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16NAIvLXJBZxOwdb4WmRckjst6Oj2nFpV/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening      

On this episode of Zdenek's English Podcast, I'm joined by a friend of mine and a fellow English teacher Irena who has recently visited South Africa to work there on a farm and experience the beauty of this amazing country.  _________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16NAIvLXJBZxOwdb4WmRckjst6Oj2nFpV/view?usp=sharing  👉Quick guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6HBQO4Tnk&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek    👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 https://patron.podbean.com/zdeneksenglishpodcast  - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON (extra weekly podcast)  👉 https://www.instagram.com/teacherzdenek/ My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 https://www.facebook.com/groups/zdeneksenglishpodcast/  - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 https://itunes.apple.com/cz/podcast/zdeneks-english-podcast/id1291763311?mt=2  - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 http://www.teacherzdenek.com/  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #southafrica #englishlistening

WHAT’S the “LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL” show? ⚽ This is a weekly show about the Premier League. We talk about the football matches that were played in England over the weekend, matches that we watched, matches of the teams we support, good and bad performances, we pick our heroes and villains of the week, banter about the beautiful game of football, and talk about the Fantasy Premier League. ⚽Later in the same week, I record a shorter video in which I explain selected vocabulary from this show:   👉 A video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/Qm9om_cUH7I 👉 The Language Corner video which explains some vocabulary from this episode: TO BE ADDED 👉 Teacher Zdenek Fantasy Premier League: 6fafs7   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #footballpodcast #premieleague #englishlesson  

WHAT’S the “LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL” show? ⚽ This is a weekly show about the Premier League. We talk about the football matches that were played in England over the weekend, matches that we watched, matches of the teams we support, good and bad performances, we pick our heroes and villains of the week, banter about the beautiful game of football, and talk about the Fantasy Premier League. ⚽Later in the same week, I record a shorter video in which I explain selected vocabulary from this show:   👉 A video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/Qm9om_cUH7I 👉 The Language Corner video which explains some vocabulary from this episode: TO BE ADDED 👉 Teacher Zdenek Fantasy Premier League: 6fafs7   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #footballpodcast #premieleague #englishlesson  

WHAT’S the “LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL” show? ⚽ This is a weekly show about the Premier League. We talk about the football matches that were played in England over the weekend, matches that we watched, matches of the teams we support, good and bad performances, we pick our heroes and villains of the week, banter about the beautiful game of football, and talk about the Fantasy Premier League. ⚽Later in the same week, I record a shorter video in which I explain selected vocabulary from this show:   👉 A video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/Qm9om_cUH7I 👉 The Language Corner video which explains some vocabulary from this episode: https://youtu.be/rVzX4RAvQh8  👉 Teacher Zdenek Fantasy Premier League: 6fafs7   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #footballpodcast #premieleague #englishlesson  

This episode of the podcast features Orla. Orla is another very friendly person I met in Ireland while I was teaching at a UCD summer camp in July 2022. Despite working together for only a short time, we had a few beers with each other, played a fun board game, and most importantly, I learnt that Orla has a very popular Instagram account where she makes great cooking videos.  And that's why, a few days after I came back from Dublin, I decided to invite her to Zdenek's English Podcast and we recorded a cool episode about cooking.  Follow Orla's Instagram account here: https://www.instagram.com/irish_mammy_cooks/ The video from this episode: https://youtu.be/zzdHZOSs1nE  _________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16NAIvLXJBZxOwdb4WmRckjst6Oj2nFpV/view?usp=sharing    👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

WHAT’S the “LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL” show? ⚽ This is a weekly show about the Premier League. We talk about the football matches that were played in England over the weekend, matches that we watched, matches of the teams we support, good and bad performances, we pick our heroes and villains of the week, banter about the beautiful game of football, and talk about the Fantasy Premier League. ⚽Later in the same week, I record a shorter video in which I explain selected vocabulary from this show:   👉 A video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/UqM56R9IuGg 👉 The Language Corner video which explains some vocabulary from this episode: https://youtu.be/gfRYPH3qDUw  👉 Teacher Zdenek Fantasy Premier League: 6fafs7   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #footballpodcast #premieleague #englishlesson  

In this episode, I explain why it is virtually impossible for me to monetize Zdenek's English Podcast and what I've decided to do with it. I swear I didn't plan it, but I do end up going on a rant where I have a go at the dating app Tinder and also people who claim that native speakers are better teachers than non-native teachers. I also have a juicy giveaway for you, my listeners for being faithful to the podcast for so long. Listen to find out more. To join the competition, simply email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com. _________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16NAIvLXJBZxOwdb4WmRckjst6Oj2nFpV/view?usp=sharing    👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

WHAT’S the “LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL” show? ⚽ This is a weekly show about the Premier League. We talk about the football matches that were played in England over the weekend, matches that we watched, matches of the teams we support, good and bad performances, we pick our heroes and villains of the week, banter about the beautiful game of football, and talk about the Fantasy Premier League. ⚽Later in the same week, I record a shorter video in which I explain selected vocabulary from this show:   👉 A video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/O3RYr_RWDNo 👉 The Language Corner video which explains some vocabulary from this episode: https://youtu.be/S59gNUrR8OE 👉 Teacher Zdenek Fantasy Premier League: 6fafs7   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #footballpodcast #premieleague #englishlesson

I was at the airport in Dublin waiting for my delayed plane back to the Czech Republic when I decided to have two pints of Guinness. Thanks to this amazing dark beer I ended up meeting Radek a Polish Irishman who was about to start his tour of several European cities, his first destination being Prague. _________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16NAIvLXJBZxOwdb4WmRckjst6Oj2nFpV/view?usp=sharing    👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON (extra weekly podcast) 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening  

In this episode, I tell you about the changes I've decided to make to my weekly YouTube live Premier League show called "Learn English with Football" and I explain to you how the Premier Fantasy League works and how you can join my mini-league.  Where to create your team: https://fantasy.premierleague.com Where to join Teacher Zdenek mini-league: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/6fafs7 Code of the mini-league: 6fafs7  Video from this episode: https://youtu.be/lq6-DcHX3Po _________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16NAIvLXJBZxOwdb4WmRckjst6Oj2nFpV/view?usp=sharing    👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON (extra weekly podcast) 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #premierleague #fpl #englishlistening

This episode of Zdenek's English Podcast is one of the 6-episode series which I recorded about a trip to London that I went on in June 2022. During this action-packed mission to collect my board games, I met up with a few friends of mine and also, at the very end of it, four complete strangers and recorded podcasts with them.  _________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16NAIvLXJBZxOwdb4WmRckjst6Oj2nFpV/view?usp=sharing    👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON (extra weekly podcast) 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

This episode of Zdenek's English Podcast is one of the 6-episode series which I recorded about a trip to London that I went on in June 2022. During this action-packed mission to collect my board games, I met up with a few friends of mine and also, at the very end of it, four complete strangers and recorded podcasts with them.  _________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16NAIvLXJBZxOwdb4WmRckjst6Oj2nFpV/view?usp=sharing    👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON (extra weekly podcast) 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

This episode of Zdenek's English Podcast is one of the 6-episode series which I recorded about a trip to London that I went on in June 2022. During this action-packed mission to collect my board games, I met up with a few friends of mine and also, at the very end of it, four complete strangers and recorded podcasts with them.  _________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16NAIvLXJBZxOwdb4WmRckjst6Oj2nFpV/view?usp=sharing    👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON (extra weekly podcast) 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

This episode of Zdenek's English Podcast is part 3 of the 6-episode series which I recorded about a trip to London that I went on in June 2022. During this action-packed mission to collect my board games, I met up with a few friends of mine and also, at the very end of it, four complete strangers and recorded podcasts with them.  In this episode, I talk to my friend Musa with whom I used to work at Speak up London language school. Musa works there in the sales department.  _________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16NAIvLXJBZxOwdb4WmRckjst6Oj2nFpV/view?usp=sharing    👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON (extra weekly podcast) 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

This is part two of a 6-episode series which I recorded about a trip to London that I went on in June 2022. It features an interview I did with Clive who is a diehard West Ham fan. If you are interested in football and want to hear about what it is like to support a football team in the Premier League, this should be right up your street. _________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16NAIvLXJBZxOwdb4WmRckjst6Oj2nFpV/view?usp=sharing    👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON (extra weekly podcast) 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

This episode of Zdenek's English Podcast is one of the 6-episode series which I recorded about a trip to London that I went on in June 2022. During this action-packed mission to collect my board games, I met up with a few friends of mine and also, at the very end of it, four complete strangers and recorded podcasts with them.  In this episode, I speak to Martin Johnston, the author of the popular Rock 'n Roll English Podcast.  _________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16NAIvLXJBZxOwdb4WmRckjst6Oj2nFpV/view?usp=sharing    👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON (extra weekly podcast) 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

This episode revolves around an audio recording which was sent to me by my private student Helene from France. The topic is boredom and why being bored might actually benefit us. Helene's speech had been inspired by this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKPwKFigF8U _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Video from this episode: https://youtu.be/jqfMG7f1S50 _________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16NAIvLXJBZxOwdb4WmRckjst6Oj2nFpV/view?usp=sharing  _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON (extra weekly podcast) 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

In this episode, I talk to Michael who originally comes from Cornwall, in the UK. Michael is a fellow English teacher with his own podcast called The Level up English Podcast. We talk about Michael's podcast, his English learning community, frozen pizzas, what it means to be healthy, meditation, sports, and anything to do with healthy living. Video from the episode (without the introduction): https://youtu.be/NQbCdm0-dIw Michael's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/eg/podcast/the-level-up-english-podcast/id1459642847  Michael's website: https://www.levelupenglish.school/  _________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TjcO0Bk2Wen-EVR-cwzuhoKJ5ExJD9Fn/view?usp=sharing   👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  _________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON (extra weekly podcast) 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

In this episode, I talk to Cara Leopold, an English teacher from Scotland, who specialises in teaching listening through movies.  Are there people whose speaking is ahead of their listening? What kind of students does Cara work with? What does Cara think about dubbing and using subtitles to learn English? What are the best movies to learn English with? Listen to find out.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Watch the video of this episode here: https://youtu.be/hTL01_iRztE  👉 Cara's website: https://leo-listening.com/  ______________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TjcO0Bk2Wen-EVR-cwzuhoKJ5ExJD9Fn/view?usp=sharing   👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON (extra weekly podcast) 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, and every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". ______________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

This is part of my Learn English with Football show which I normally record on my YouTube channel. This week I had no guests, which is unusual for the show, and I couldn't help talking about the war in Ukraine for a considerable amount of time even though normally I mainly a ramble about the Premier League. I just think people don't talk about this enough. Not enough people care. Here's the video in case you want to watch it rather than listen to it and you'll also be able to see the whole thing including the football part: https://youtu.be/haHyTUcWBXg   At the beginning of this episode, I also invite you to join my FREE 90-minute "Learn English through Board Games" session which takes place this Sunday at 8pm CET. You can join this lesson by emailing me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Watch the video of this episode here:  ______________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TjcO0Bk2Wen-EVR-cwzuhoKJ5ExJD9Fn/view?usp=sharing   👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON (extra weekly podcast) 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on I-Tunes to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". ______________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

In this episode, I talk to Clare Blanchard, an Englishwoman who moved to the Czech Republic back in 1984. Clare tells us about the book she wrote, teaching English, learning Czech, and a lot of other interesting things. ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Watch the video of this episode here: https://youtu.be/rRijvTus7Rg  Clare's websites: https://www.clareblanchardbooks.com/                               https://smart4life.academy/   👉 Watch the video of this episode here:  ______________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TjcO0Bk2Wen-EVR-cwzuhoKJ5ExJD9Fn/view?usp=sharing    👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON (extra weekly podcast) 👉 Instagram My Instagram profile is full of football vocabulary posts, and funny videos. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on I-Tunes to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". ______________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

On this podcast crossover, I talk to Paul, a passionate football fan and a great English teacher. Paul is a Scouser who used to play football with Steven Gerrard, and lived in countries like Japan, Australia, Indonesia where he worked as an English teacher and a football manager. Now he is a regular on my YouTube show called "Learn English with Football" which I do live every Monday evening on my YouTube channel. Paul is also launching a brand new course for English learners and passionate football fans, so we talk about that as well. It's also an excellent opportunity for me to introduce you to the concept of my show "Learn English with Football".   👉 Watch the video from this episode here: https://youtu.be/YjDuYjRUkO0   👉Paul's Instagram where you can find information about his brand-new course: @footytalkenglish   👉 Paul’s YouTube channel: English for Football Fans ______________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12q3rRXOJSzSJvzBxG3BHJXY1KgmFBIdt/view?usp=sharing   👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  👉 Instagram Follow my brand-new Instagram page, Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". ______________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #premierleague #football  

This time on Zdenek's English podcast I have a fantastic conversation with Gabriel Clark, one of the two people behind the Clark and Miller company and the author of The Clark & Miller English Podcast. You can listen to part one here in episode 407. In part two we talk about hot takes on English language learning, Grices Maxims, exonyms, endonyms, and more.  👉 Watch the video of this episode here: https://youtu.be/RxjI9XP_hKU _________________________________________________________________________________________ "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros 👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12q3rRXOJSzSJvzBxG3BHJXY1KgmFBIdt/view?usp=sharing   👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find the icons my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.  _________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Instagram Follow my brand-new Instagram page, Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". _________________________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

This time on Zdenek's English podcast I have a fantastic conversation with Gabriel Clark, one of the two people behind the Clark and Miller company and the author of The Clark & Miller English Podcast. In part one we talk about Gabriel's podcast and I tell Gabriel why I think his style of podcasting reminds me of Luke's, then we go on to discuss the British prime minister Boris Johnson and his latest political scandal.    👉Here's where you can watch the video from this episode: https://youtu.be/cjdRP3UHc2M  👉Here's Gabriel's website: You can find Gabriel's great podcast there, too: https://www.clarkandmiller.com/  👉Here's Gabriel's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ClarkandMillerOnlineEnglish    The mini-lesson for patrons and the Achievers Chamber group which is dedicated to this episode deals with idiomatic language. For example, I clarify two different meanings of the phrasal verbs "go on", "to bunker down", the idioms "to pull your socks up", "to be on the ball", and more. ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Watch the video of this episode here:    👉 Watch the video of this episode here:    "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold membership: 20 Euros   👉Detailed information on all benefits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12q3rRXOJSzSJvzBxG3BHJXY1KgmFBIdt/view?usp=sharing   👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find links on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll send you further instructions.    👉 Instagram Follow my brand-new Instagram page, Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share, and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on Apple Podcasts to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". ______________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

This is not a full episode. It's just a reminder that you can become Zdenek's English Podcast patron and/or the Achievers Chamber Discord group. This week's mini lesson is about narrative tenses.   "Zdenek's English Podcast" patron minimum monthly fee: 🏆 ZEP Patron: 1 Dollar    "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic Membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold Membership: 20 Euros   👉 Here are the benefits you get in each membership type: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12q3rRXOJSzSJvzBxG3BHJXY1KgmFBIdt/view?usp=sharing 👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, join through this link https://discord.gg/5ArxCMXD3v and send me a message there, contact me via teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find links on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll give you further instructions. 

Nothing lasts forever. It's time for a change. In this episode of Zdenek's English Podcast, I explain why I might have to start phasing out this podcast, what will be happening to it now, and most importantly, why you might want to join my brand-new community - an exclusive Discord group "The Achievers Chamber" which I'm officially launching next week. 👉 Watch the video of this episode here: https://youtu.be/4dwzxFJVLGc  👉 This week's mini lesson for patrons is all about English vowels   "Achievers Chamber" monthly membership fee: 🏆 Basic Membership: 4 Euros 🏆 Silver Membership: 8 Euros 🏆 Gold Membership: 20 Euros   👉 Here's what you get in each membership: https://i.imgur.com/Ny1VVGg.png 👉 To become a member of the "Achievers Chamber" Discord group, join through this link https://discord.gg/ACU2ytXn and send me a message there, contact me via teacherzdenek@gmail.com, or through any social media - you'll find links on my website www.teacherzdenek.com Just say "Hi Zdenek, I want to become a member" and I'll give you further instructions. 

In this episode, I talk to Yoli, a cool English teacher from Spain. She tells us about how she improved her English by going to Scotland. What was the experience like for her? Did she find it easy to deal with the Scottish accent? What is the best way to learn effectively once living in an English-speaking country? This is much more in this feel-good episode.  In the mini lesson for patrons, I look at verbs that can be followed by either a gerund or an infinitive with "to" aka verb patterns. ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET, GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram Follow my brand-new Instagram page, Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on I-Tunes to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". ______________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening                              

In this episode of ZEP, I talk to Luma aka Rapush from Brazil about being a masseuse. We also touch upon language learning, mindset, and more.  The mini lesson for patrons is about articles. ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET, GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram Follow my brand-new Instagram page, Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on I-Tunes to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". ______________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

In this episode, I talk to a fellow English teacher from Poland, Dorota. Dorota loves travelling and her best travelling experience so far has been her trip to Peru, and that's exactly what this podcast is about.  The mini lesson for patrons delves into pronunciation, more specifically linking.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on I-Tunes to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". ______________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening  

In this episode, I talk to Helene about Ferdinand Cheval and his "Ideal Palace", which is a popular tourist destination in France.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on I-Tunes to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". ______________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

In this episode, I talk to Shannon from Scotland about making mistakes and what their importance in language learning is. We tell a few stories about our students making funny mistakes, and we also touch upon accents.  Here's Shannon's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shannonenglishteacher/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on I-Tunes to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". ______________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening  

This is a milestone episode 400 of Zdenek's English Podcast. To mark the occasion, I invited the one and only Luke Thompson, the author of Luke's English Podcast. Luke is the father of pretty much all podcasts for English learners, including Zdenek's English Podcast, which I started back in 2013. For this special episode, I prepared a quiz. And it's this quiz that Luke is going to take. How much does he know about the influence Luke' English Podcast has had on Zdenek's English Podcast? There's only one way to find out. I hope you enjoy yourselves. You can watch the video from this episode here: https://youtu.be/Qc2ptLWzT0M Please subscribe to my YouTube channel while you're watching.    Luke's Website: www.teacherluke.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on I-Tunes to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football". ______________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

In this episode, I'm interviewing a great English teacher from Italy, Fabio. Like me, Fabio has his own English podcast for English learners and a unique style of teaching English which is based on connecting English through personal stories and photography. Here's Fabio's website: https://stolaroid.com/. Make sure you check out his cool podcast called Stolaroid Stories.  Fabio and I also talk about Australia, dangerous snakes, working in Pret a Manger in London, living abroad and learning English in general, board games and other unique ways of learning English, and more.  The mini lesson for Zdenek's English Podcast patrons where I clarify selected interesting vocabulary from this episode is published simultaneously with this episode. You can become a patron for 1 dollar a month.  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events. 👉 ZEP Facebook - Join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook. 👉 Apple Podcasts - Write a brief review of ZEP on I-Tunes to help more people find this podcast. 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - My website where you can fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - My YouTube channel, every Wednesday a "Live English Lesson" with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called "Learn English with Football".

In this episode I had a pleasure to talk to Gerardo, an English teacher in Brazil who originally comes from Venezuela.  We touch on all sort of different topics mainly to do with teaching and learning English.  _________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram: Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through Role Plays group course.  👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel, every Wednesday LIVE ENGLISH LESSON with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL. _________________________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening  

In this "hidden gem" of an episode, I talk to Leigh who is a really cool English teacher from Northern Ireland.   Leigh teaches English through riddles and mysteries, and his brand is called Enigmatic Learning. So get ready for some riddles, games, idioms, puns, jokes, and generally a feel-good episode.   Leigh's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/EnigmaticLearning Leigh's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enigmatic_learning/?hl=en   The mini lesson for patrons is 40 minutes long. It deals with "irregular verbs".  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram: Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel, every Wednesday LIVE ENGLISH LESSON with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL. ______________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening  

Until this episode, there were only two countries where all previous 395 episodes of Zdenek's English Podcast had been recorded, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom. That changed when I went to Poland to visit a student of mine and a listener of this podcast Nina. Nina and I did this podcast together in a cosy Polish pub, so prepare for some background noise. On the podcast we mainly talk about Nina's own podcast called Rambling Raspberry which whose creation had been inspired by Luke's English Podcast as well as Zdenek's English Podcast.  You can listen to Rambling Raspberry on your Podbean app or here: https://ninaraspberry.podbean.com/ A 32-minute mini lesson for ZEP patrons which uses examples from this episode focuses on the word stress in English - specifically on unstressed first syllables.   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram: Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel, every Wednesday LIVE ENGLISH LESSON with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening  

In this episode I tell about how you can improve English with Learn English Online Discord server that I created about a year ago and that is still growing. :) Make sure you click the link below to join. Check all the cool events we have in our server, too.  👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events   "Learn English Online" Discord Server events:  06:00pm What's in a Word? in 16 hours Tomorrow [Dec 01] 07:00pm LIVE English Lesson in 2 days 08:00pm English Tenses Live Stream with Mr Henriquez in 2 days Thursday [Dec 02] 08:00pm Art Talk with Irena in 3 days Friday [Dec 03] 04:00pm Let's Have a Chat with Monika in 4 days 06:00pm Codenames Online with Monika in 4 days 09:00pm The Insane Idiom Hour in 4 days Saturday [Dec 04] 04:00pm The Saturday Chat with a Bookish Boomer in 5 days 06:00pm Lyrics Breakdown in 5 days Sunday [Dec 05] 09:00pm Zdenek's English Podcast Live Show in 6 days Monday [Dec 06] 08:00pm Learn English with Football in 7 days December Dec 12 06:00pm Let's Talk English with Rod in 13 days Dec 13 09:00pm Film Club with Manny in 14 days 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram: Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel, every Wednesday LIVE ENGLISH LESSON with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL. ______________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

This episode features a friend of mine Olivia who I met in London at a summer camp about 2 and a half years ago. We first talk about our experience of working in Wembley and then move on to the topic of two extremely popular British reality TV shows "Love Island" and "Naked Attraction".  I can imagine that some of you might consider some of the stuff we talk about a bit cringy, controversial, and over the top, but as you know this podcast likes to explore different topics on this show, so please stay open-minded if you can and don't judge us too harshly.  I personally think Olivia is cool and one of the reason I love the UK is its liberal values and people like her. Moreover, this episode is quite frankly full of cool vocabulary and slang expressions, so I believe it's a real gem in terms of the language richness.  The mini lesson for patrons is published simultaneously. This time I explore the swearwords that appeared in this episode.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram: Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel, every Wednesday LIVE ENGLISH LESSON with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL. ______________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #loveisland #englishlistening

In this fully improved "freestyle" episode, I talk mostly about owls, hence the name of this episode. No owls or any other birds were harmed in the making of this episode. ______________________________________________________________________________On a different note, this Sunday, I’m relaunching my popular  “English through Role Plays” course. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njBKnImihcM&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek   Here’s what one of the course participants said about the course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVx6q9o5UwE&ab_channel=TeacherZdenek   👉 What are you getting in the course? 6 x 80-minute group sessions each session has a theme each episode has a silly video with the target language you’ll do a lot of speaking practice with other participants of the course I’ll be giving you feedback on your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation my role plays are fun, playful and a bit cheeky minimum 6 participants, maximum 10 It’s done via Discord   👉 These are the days and times of the course. Only join if you know you’re available on those days and at those times:  🌍 Session 1 - 21 Nov (Sunday) 1pm CET (Central European Time) 🌍 Session 2 - 28 Nov (Sunday) 1pm CET (Central European Time) 🌍 Session 3 - 5 Dec (Sunday) 1pm CET (Central European Time) 🌍 Session 4 - 11 Dec (Saturday) 1pm CET (Central European Time) 🌍 Session 5 - 19 Dec (Sunday) 1pm CET (Central European Time) 🌍 Session 6 - 26 Dec (Sunday) 1pm CET (Central European Time)   6 sessions = 6 themes - travelling, animals, relationships, technology & science fiction, in a hospital, crime   😎 I've got 10 years of experience creating role plays and my students love them. Now is your chance to try them, too. It's a fun, engaging, and effective way to improve your speaking skills!   👉 We’re almost full, so hurry up. You can book your place by this Saturday (20 Oct). If you miss the opportunity now, I will relaunch the course next year.   👉 Don’t miss your chance to practise English in a fun and affordable way with a professional English teacher, and make some cool international friends in the process. 💰 Price: Only 60 EURO paid to my account via PayPal. It’s possible to miss a class, but you’ll still pay the full price for the whole package. ✍️ Please let me know if you would like to join ASAP to secure your place in the course.  I’ll need to talk to you quickly via Whatsup to check your English level and see that you’re comfortable using Discord. Email me at teacherzdenek@gmail.com or message me via any social media I’m on. ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram: Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel, every Wednesday LIVE ENGLISH LESSON with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL. ______________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

Teacher Rod and I got together again and recorded a podcast for us. Have fun listening to our catch up.  Teacher Rod's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RODTheEnglishTeacher ____________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram: Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel, every Wednesday LIVE ENGLISH LESSON with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL. ____________________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

A friend of mine (and this podcast) Mark features in this episode. Basically I came up with this silly concept of asking Mark mad questions about his roommates in order to use a lot of idioms related to war and weapons.  I do not explain the idioms in this episode, but there is a follow-up mini lesson for patrons which does the job.  ______________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram: Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel, every Wednesday LIVE ENGLISH LESSON with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL. ______________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

In this episode, I talk to Monika, a professional driver and a listener to this podcast, about her experiences driving and life in general and along the way I throw in idioms which contain the word "drive" and "ride". Note that there is no mini lesson for patrons related to this episode.  ____________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram: Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel, every Wednesday LIVE ENGLISH LESSON with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL. ____________________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

Michael, who has been on this podcast before to talk Dungeons and Dragons (episode 372), has decided to take a CELTA. What's that, I hear you asking? CELTA stands for the "Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages", and it's essentially a well-known qualification for English teachers. I had taken this exam myself a while back and recorded a series of episodes about it (episodes 125-128). How did Michael do? Did he enjoy the course? Did he find it challenging? What were the things he learnt? Was there anything he wasn't keen on? What grade did Michael get in the end? And how does our experience compare? Listen to this episode to find out.  If you like Zdenek's English Podcast, why not become a patron to support me and get a mini lesson (extra podcast) which focuses on selected target language from regular episodes, including this one? You could also just share this podcast with your friends or write a review on Apple Podcasts. Every little helps. Thank you very much.   ____________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram: Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel, every Wednesday LIVE ENGLISH LESSON with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests called LEARN ENGLISH WITH FOOTBALL. ____________________________________________________________________________________ #englishpodcast #learnenglish #englishlistening

Episode 388 features none other than the well-known online English teacher Emma. We have a chat about her projects Pronunciation with Emma and The Procrastination Podcast. We delve into the world of pronunciation, we explore what British people say and what they really mean, and we learn about Emma’s favourite games.  Emma is a good laugh, and just like me, enjoys a bit of chaos while recording podcasts, which shows in this episode.  There is the video version of the podcast: https://youtu.be/LPhlyMInd0E ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Here is where you can follow Emma: 👉Emma’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pronunciationwithemma/ 👉Emma’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pronunciationwithemma 👉Emma’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pronunciationwithemma/ 👉Emma’s Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/procrastinationwithemma 👉Emma’s Podcast: “The Procrastination Podcast”   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram: Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel, every Wednesday LIVE ENGLISH LESSON with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests.

Sometimes things happen, and I don't have a guest for the live show. Usually I try to improvise when that happens. Sometimes it ends up being weird, sometimes it's weirdly alright, sometimes it's nothing special. This time, it's....ehm. You will have to see for yourself. And I definitely recommend taking the whole thing with a pinch of salt.  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram: Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel, every Wednesday LIVE ENGLISH LESSON with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests.

Here is an explanation as to why I haven't been able to publish any episodes lately.  If you are interested in the role plays course or feel like saying something to me, here is my email: teacherzdenek@gmail.com

A short message explaining what has happened and why there is no Zdenek's English Podcast episode this week.

Musa, a former colleague of mine from Speak Up London language school, is back on the podcast. This time we mostly talk about his Friday Drinks event.  There is an absolutely insane mini lesson for patrons as well, so brace yourselves for that! And when I say insane, it is actually insane.  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Instagram: Follow my brand-new Instagram page Learn English with Football.   👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel, every Wednesday LIVE ENGLISH LESSON with a real student, every Monday a football show with cool guests.  

To learn more about the topic of "language exchange" I invited Maria who is going to tell us about her "thing" - the thing stands for the project where she helps people learn Spanish and English through, you guessed it, language exchange. Follow her below   Maria's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mapalingo Maria's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tumapalingo/ Maria's Website: https://mapalingo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel, every Wednesday LIVE ENGLISH LESSON with a real student

This episode does what it says on the tin, as in, in the title. I'm going to give you an update on my slightly "boring" life. Who do I teach this semester? What's my new teaching niche? What are my strengths and weaknesses as an online teacher? Am I finally going to attempt DELTA module 3? Listen to find out.  The patron-only mini lesson follow right after this.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learn_english_with_football/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zdenek-lukas-511132220/ Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TeacherZdenek ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel, every Wednesday LIVE ENGLISH LESSON with a real student

No Live Show tonight. Listen to this message to find out why :) Talk to you soon. Zdenek

Helene, the guest of this episode, is a moderator of Learn English Online Discord server and Zdenek's English Podcast patron. In this episode, I talk to her about how she has learnt English and her beliefs about language learning in general.   The mini lesson for patrons follows immediately. This time it's all about etymology.  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel, every Wednesday LIVE ENGLISH LESSON with a real student

This episode features a returning guest, Marija from Macedonia. We talk everything cheating related.   What are our experiences with cheating? Do we condone it? Are we guilty of it ourselves?  Listen to find out. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel, every Wednesday LIVE ENGLISH LESSON with a real student

Rob from English with Rob is back, this time playing the Irrational Game with other listeners. How does Rob do in this fierce battle? How much do we know about human psychology? Listen to find out.    Rob's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOPChymTz1N2paPCn92wWGQ Here's Rob's podcast: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/english-with-rob-english-with-rob-81L-tZeSQNM/ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week and occasionally have a live YouTube lesson with me.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel

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In this episode, I talk to Nrup again. He joins about 17 minutes into the episode, though, so I have to improvise the beginning at first. This is when I talk about a long tennis match that had played prior to the live podcast recording and which almost prevented me from being on time for it. With Nrup we talk about how he has been, social deprivation during the pandemic, Nrup's studies at medical university, the Covid vaccine and our perspective on it, and towards the end we also happen to learn surprising news in Nrup's life.  If you are a patron, a mini lesson where I take a closer look at selected vocabulary from this episode follows.  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel  

In this episode, I talk to an online friend of mine Insane Monkey who was born and grew up in America, but a few years ago moved to Egypt.   Why is he called Monkey? How do we know each other? What was it like to move to Egypt and learn Arabic? What has been the toughest thing about learning Arabic? What extracurricular activity is he involved in?   Listen to this episode to find out. A mini lesson for patrons will follow later today.  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel    

This time, I talk to a fellow English teacher and podcaster, Stephen Green, who is originally from Birmingham. Stephen, who is a well-travelled and experienced teacher, is currently living in Brazil.  In the episode, we talk about Stephen's podcast and teaching English online in general.   Stephen's website: https://englishwithstephen.com/ Stephen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englishwithstephen/ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel

In this episode of the podcast I talk to teacher Vlada, a returning guest, about the accent reduction course she has recently taken. We talk a lot about accents in general, and we ponder whether they are important or not.  Teacher Vlada's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/english_with_vlada/ Accent Reduction couch from Russia: https://www.instagram.com/oohnastya/ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel

In this episode I talk to my friend Irena who has previously been on the podcast to talk about painting. This time the topic is birds since Irena is fascinated with them.  ZEP Patrons can also enjoy an additional 30-minute mini lesson where I go through the most interesting bird-related vocabulary from this episode.  ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel

Are you into football? Have you been enjoying EURO 2020? Do you like English learning podcasts? If the answers are YES, then this might be for you!!! Once again, I teamed up with Luke and Martin to record part 2 of EURO 2020 swapcast.   ❓ Have we been enjoying this EURO? ❓ Who is Panenka, and what’s the significance of Panenka penalty? ❓ What’s been the secret behind Denmark’s success in EURO 2020? ❓ Was the penalty in Denmark - England semifinal a penalty? ❓ What’s the best place to watch a football game? ❓ What was it like to see an England’s match live in the stadium?  ❓ What are England’s chances of winning the final against Italy? ❓ Who looks better in the stands, David Beckham or Ed Sheeran?   You will find the answers to these questions in this episode! By the way, if you prefer the video version of this, here's where you can watch it: https://youtu.be/IoADqoLLXKQ   ✍️ On a different note, I'm doing a ZEP meet-up in Prague next Friday evening, so let me know if you can make it. More information in the introduction f this episode.    👉 Martin's WEBSITE :https://rocknrollenglish.com/ 👉 Luke's WEBSITE : https://teacherluke.co.uk/ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel  

Paul is back on the podcast. This time we talk about nothing but food. What's Paul's favourite meal? How did he learn to cook? How similar is food to music? You'll find the answers to these questions and much more in this feel-good episode.  And if you haven't got enough after this, I've got a second helping for you, i.e. a well-prepared mini lesson focusing on aspects of pronunciation of a 45-second excerpt from this episode is now available for patrons. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel

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👉 Are you into football? Do you follow EURO 2020? Do you like English learning podcasts? Well, this might be the podcast for you!!! I teamed up with 2 much more famous podcasters than me to record a football themed swapcast. What's more, all three of us are also giving away some cool prizes!!! Here is where you can enter the competition by providing your email: https://forms.gle/qdSsfruS5Bzc1W2j8   Why do we love football? Do you want to know what football players we look like? What do we think about VAR? Who do we think scored the best goal in the EUROS so far? What are some of our best international football memories? What are some most common football clichés? What will happen in the England versus Czech Republic match? You will find the answers to these questions in this episode! There is also a video version. You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/HE_pGgS0rRw 👉 Luke's WEBSITE : https://teacherluke.co.uk/ 👉 Martin's WEBSITE :https://rocknrollenglish.com/ 👉 Zdenek's WEBSITE: https://www.teacherzdenek.com/​ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel

It was a huge honour to feature a really cool guest in this episode - Michael the Shaman - who had previously appeared in episode 718 of Luke's English Podcast, which happens to be in my top 5 Luke's English Podcast episodes.  We briefly talked about what it was like for Michael to be on Luke's podcast, we discussed how Michael has learnt English playing games with native speakers, specifically Dungeon's and Dragons. Michael explained to us what DnD is and why it has such appeal. We went through a lot of different aspects of this game and gave examples to help listeners understand it better  I was truly humbled by Michael's incredible English, and it was a fantastic opportunity to pick his brain about the phenomenal Dungeons and Dragons. Personally, I see an incredible amount of potential in DnD for learners of English. A mini lesson for patrons focusing on verbs we used in this episode will follow soon.  ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel .

Once again we have Rob on the podcast. This time we talk about everything gadgets and technology related. The highlight is a somewhat shocking anecdote from Rob, which I am sure some podcasters would censor, but as you know, we are liberal here on Zdenek's English Podcast.  Patrons get a 20-minute mini lesson which is, as always, a follow-up to the episode for everyone.  This time I break down the idiomatic language used in the episode - phrases like to click with someone, dabble in something, to be on the same page, to get sucked in, and more. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel

This bonus episode is more or less all about admin. It is an invitation to join my brand-new English course English through Role Plays, I also speak about the live lessons that I have started doing recently on Youtube, I tell you what you can get out of my Discord server if you join it, and finally I talk about the EUROS 2020 and some more podcast as well as life related stuff.  A silly ad for my brand-new English through Role Plays course: https://youtu.be/njBKnImihcM ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel    

In this episode I talk to Saviour about means of transport. Saviour is a cheerful young man from Zambia, and he is currently studying in the Czech Republic. As Saviour says himself, English is in his blood. Naturally, this is a vocabulary-rich episode. A patron-only mini lesson focusing clarifying the language for addition follows right after this. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel

In this episode I chat with Dustin from Board Gaming with Education who has been on the podcast before. What is he up to? Are his projects going strong despite the pandemic? How does he help teachers to integrate board games into their lessons? What new board games does he recommend?  Board Gaming with Education Website: https://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com/ Board Gaming with Education FB: https://www.facebook.com/BoardGamingWithEducation Board Gaming with Education Instagram: #boardgamingwitheducation Board Gaming with Education podcast: available wherever you get your podcasts ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel    

This is part 2 of arguably the most ridiculous venture I have ever undertaken on Zdenek's English Podcast - an improvised story called the Recorder Story. It is a sequel to episode 212 which I recorded about 3 years ago.  The story is 100 percent improvised, and I genuinely did not have the slightest idea where I was going with it. The main characters are: Zdenek, Gandalf, and a squirrel with a speech impediment. The mini lesson for patrons is published simultaneously with this episode, and it focuses on how we express contrast in English. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel  

In this episode, I speak to my mate Kieren, who you might know as the author of the  book Battery Life, about danger and Kieren's attitude to taking risks. A mini lesson for patrons in which I explain 18 cool idioms related to danger and safety follows. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel  

In this episode I talk to my good friend Franta who is a regular on ZEP. I ask Franta how he has been coping with the lockdown. We touch upon Franta's work-out routine, the Seagull (Brighton football team), the Super League, and more. A mini lesson for patrons focusing on vague language with examples from this episode follows. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel

This time I speak to Erin from Dublin, Ireland. Erin is a fellow English teacher and a brilliant podcaster. She is also very passionate about the Lord of the Rings books and films, which happens to be the topic of this episode.   Here is a selection of questions I ask in the episode: What's so appealing about the Lord of the Rings story? How does Erin compare the films and the books? Which of the characters does she like the most? And what does Erin think about the Game of Thrones?   Erin's podcast is a great resource for English teachers. By the way, I should be featuring on her podcast in the coming weeks as she invited me to talk about board games. You can check out Erin's podcast called Everything ESL here and subscribe wherever you get your podcast: https://everythingefl.com/blog/ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel    

Over the years, my cousin Honza has been the guest with the most appearances on this podcast. You might remember that we used to record a series called Road to Civilization, which does contribute to that fact quite significantly.  I decided to catch up with Honza in this episode to ask how he is doing, how he is coping with the lockdown era, and above all to tell us about his job.     ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel  

What can we do for our environment as individuals to reverse the destruction of our planet which seems imminent? I invited teacher Vlada to answer this important question.  I highly recommend following Vlada on her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/english_with_vlada/ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel       Zpráva    

In this episode I interview my DELTA tutor Cathy about British politics. We touch upon Cathy's political career, John Bercow, Brexit, the last parliament elections, Labour Party, Scottish independence, and more.  ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel

This episode epitomizes what the expressions mixed bag means. A friend of the podcast Mark from England makes his first appearance this year to discuss various topics with me.   If you are a patron, a mini lesson explaining the target language from this episode follows right after this. This time it features 25 three-part phrasal verbs.  ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel  

This is an interview with Rod from Brazil. Rod is a great English teacher who also happens to have his own Youtube channel called Rod the Brazilian teacher. Rod is a very inspiring person. He has achieved a lot despite (and because of) his disability, which I chose as the main topic of the episode. I ask Rod questions about what it is like being disabled and what sort of difficulties one has to face and how this can actually make one stronger. We also talk what it is like being a no-native English teacher.  Here's the interview I did for Rod's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUmrLvHsdDE.  ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel

In this episode, I chat with Daniel from England who happens to be living in Spain. Apart from being a good laugh, Daniel has an excellent Youtube channel for English learners, these days specifically focusing on The Cambridge Proficiency exam (CPE). We talk about Daniel's channel and how he helps high level learners to pass what is notoriously known as the most difficult exam with it. One day, I'd like to try my hand at it, so I personally find channels like Daniel's extremely useful.  👉 Daniel's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WEAREENGLISH 👉 Daniel's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weareenglishasturias/ 👉 A video of this episode: https://youtu.be/k_wlxVI9PJk ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel  

In this episode, I talk to Irena from Poland whom I know quite well from Learn English online Discord group.  There is so much I could talk about with Irena, but I thought why not explore one of her passions - painting.  How did she get into painting? What is Irena's style? How does Irena paint these days? What does Irena like to paint, and what does she say about some of her favourite pictures? This and much more in episode 357 of Zdenek's English Podcast. A mini lesson for patrons focusing on more than 15 expressions related to painting follows right after this.  Irena's Website: https://ikolbuszewska.wixsite.com/heartearnedskills Irena's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heart_earned_skills/ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - become a PATRON of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a MINI LESSON with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel  

In this episode, I talk to Alvaro, an English teacher from Spain, about confidence. How important is it to be confident as a language learner? What ramifications can being less confident have for someone's progress in English? Are there any ways to boost one's confidence?  I apologize for the sound quality in this episode.    Alvaro's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mc_courtain/ Alvaro's interview on My Fluent Podcast: https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/84-how-alvaro-overcame-his-stuttering-alvaro-from-spain-madrid/  ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - Support Zdenek’s English Podcast and get a MINI LESSON (another podcast) with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel  

This is an improvised episode recorded as a live show. I first explain why there was no guest this time, I tell you what I hate about pursuing my ventures, and then I go on to explain a few dad jokes that I found online. Over a 20-minute long mini lesson of me going through the target language from this episode follows right after this.  ________________________________________________________________________________________ 👉 Become a ZEP patron - Support Zdenek’s English Podcast and get a MINI LESSON (another podcast) with target language every week.  👉 ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. 👉 Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events 👉 ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook 👉 Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast 👉 Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games 👉 Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel  

In this episode, I talk to my ex-colleague from London Jack about his band called Lucid Jake. Not only do you get to hear Jack's fascinating story about how it all started for him and his band and what sort of music they play, but exclusively for Zdenek's English Podcast, you can listen to Lucid Jake's debut single.  A mini lesson for patrons follows right after this. This time I'll be clarifying 11 music collocations that appeared in the interview.  Lucid Jake's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/Lucid-Jake-1164026017111321 Lucid Jake's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucid_jake_music/ Lucid Jake's Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4vRaltYpscbSEIUCf3qKbH?si=yZOFy48ERPat2Swa0m5vEg Lucid Jake's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo8C4fc6pe6JncuoO5EknYw ________________________________________________________________________________________ Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a mini lesson with target language every week.  ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel (vocab videos + stuff about board games) Learning English with Board Games - FB group dedicated to Learning English with board games  

Here's a mini lesson based on episode 353. This time, I'm looking at an essential aspect of pronunciation - the weak forms. The next mini lesson will only be available to ZEP patrons. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a mini lesson with target language every week.  Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel (vocab videos + stuff about board games) Learning English with Board Games - FB group dedicated to Learning English with board games

In this episode, I talk to good old Clare (actually she is pretty young). This must be the worst description to an episode I've ever written. Anyway, how is everyone? I'm sure you remember my friend Clare, don't you? There are quite a few episodes in the archive with her, some recorded online, some in the UK.  The main focus of the episode is Clare's job of a history teacher. What is it like to teach history in the UK? What does one have to do to become a history teacher?  What's Clare's favourite history period? Are there any challenges of teaching history? This is much more in the episode. By the way, a mini lesson focusing on an important aspect of pronunciation follows so don't miss it. This is the last time non-patrons get this. From now on, to have access these mini lessons, you have to become a patron: Become a ZEP patron  ________________________________________________________________________________________ ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel (vocab videos + stuff about board games) Learning English with Board Games - FB group dedicated to Learning English with board games  

Would you like to know what the idioms "go over one's head", "a flash in the pan", and "It's All Greek to me." mean? Listen to this mini lesson that is based on the interview I did with Pan.  ________________________________________________________________________________________ ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a mini lesson with target language every week.  Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel (vocab videos + stuff about board games) Learning English with Board Games - FB group dedicated to Learning English with board games

In this ZEP live show I talk to Pan, a fascinating English teacher who is now working in Finland. Pan speaks many languages, knows a lot about language learning, and has a lot of experience living in various countries.  The interview is full of idioms and that's why a mini lesson focusing on idioms from this episode follows. Don't forget the mini lessons will soon be only available to patrons.   ________________________________________________________________________________________ ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a mini lesson with target language every week.  Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel (vocab videos + stuff about board games) Learning English with Board Games - FB group dedicated to Learning English with board games

In this ZEP live show, I talk to my countrywoman and a fellow teacher Eliska. She teaches Czech and her Slow Czech project is doing really well. Eliska is a well-travelled person who speaks many foreign languages including French. That's why I invited her to talk about French people and French stereotypes.   At the end of the show I also asked my French friend to record a short message to give us her take on people from her own country.  This is the last long live show. From now on, all live shows will be shorter and always available to everyone.   ________________________________________________________________________________________ ZEP Live Shows - listen to Zdenek’s English Podcast live every Sunday at 9pm CET GMT+1. Click the link to find out how. Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a mini lesson with target language every week.  Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel (vocab videos + stuff about board games) Learning English with Board Games - FB group dedicated to Learning English with board games

Target language: gritty, jovial, vibrant, scenic, quick-fire, far-fetched, upbeat, dire, unique, conventional Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a mini lesson with target language every week.

In this episode, I have the honour to talk to Kieren Hughes and Nick White who are the authors of the book called Battery Life.  Battery Life is a collection of short stories set in London. It explores different contemporary themes such as technology, loneliness, and identity searching, and more and has a lot of cool unique characters. We discuss the book, what it was like writing it, how Kieren and Nick's writing style differs, and which each other's stories they like the most.  Here's where you can buy Kieren and Nick's book: https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Life-Nick-White/dp/1726233146.    Related ZEP episode:  Episode 332 - The King Commute ________________________________________________________________________________________ Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast to get a mini lesson with target language every week. Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast Teacherzdenek.com  - my website Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel (vocab videos + stuff about board games) Learning English with Board Games - my FB dedicated to Learning English with board games  

In this episode I interview a funny Englishman Rob from English with Rob. We talk about Rob's Youtube channel, making videos, Rob's podcast, coronavirus, and we discover how Rob knows Luke Thompson and other interesting things.  This time there is also a video of the interview: https://youtu.be/r5BBcYWiCXI   Here's Rob's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOPChymTz1N2paPCn92wWGQ Here's his podcast: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/english-with-rob-english-with-rob-81L-tZeSQNM/ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast to have access to all previous live shows and 20-minute chat with Zdenek and other listeners Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel (vocab videos + stuff about board games) Learning English with Board Games - FB group dedicated to Learning English with board games

This is an experimental episode in which I decide to play a new game that I got. It's called Irrational Game, and it's basically a quiz game.

This ZEP Live Show Mash-up features Bojan from Serbia, Manoel from Brazil, Ahmed from Senegal, and Audrey and Abi from You Don't Say?! podcast.  Audrey and Abi's podcast https://anchor.fm/you-dont-say Manoel's website https://manoelmonteiroelt.wordpress.com/ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast to have access to all previous live shows and 20-minute chat with Zdenek and other listeners Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast Teacherzdenek.com  - my website Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel (vocab videos + stuff about board games) Learning English with Board Games - FB group dedicated to Learning English with board games  

In this live show I had two guests, Audrey from Australia and Abi from the UK, and we talked about different cultural experiences, travelling and living abroad. I recommend googling their podcast called "You don't say?!". 

In this episode I revisit the presentation I delivered in Speak up London school back in 2019. The idea was to show my teacher colleagues how to use board games in the English language classroom.  I've been using board games in my English lessons as a teacher for a long time, and I was always interested in finding ways how to justify the games in terms of methodology. Whether you're an English teacher or learner, if you want to find out more about how this approach works, give this episode a listen.  For anyone who is interested in joining the course or try one lesson for free any time soon, I have some cool information. Just make sure you listen to the end.  _______________________________________________________________________________________ Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast to have access to all previous live shows and 20-minute chat with Zdenek and other listeners Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast Teacherzdenek.com  - my website, fill in the form to join my mailing list to receive cool information, videos, and offers about English through board games Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel (vocab videos + stuff about board games) Learning English with Board Games - FB group dedicated to Learning English with board games

Finally, my crowdfunding seems to be working again. What a relief! The bad news is right now I have 0 patrons. If you would like to become my patron again and get all the benefits I describe to you in this episode, please click below:   Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast to have access to all previous live shows and 20-minute chat with Zdenek and other listeners Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events

This episode explains why I have no choice but cancel all my patron subscriptions, which is extremely annoying for me. In order words, I'm addressing especially anyone who is, has been, or would consider becoming ZEP patron at some point.    If you are currently a ZEP patron, please stay tuned for further information. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast Teacherzdenek.com  - my website Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel (vocab videos + stuff about board games) Learning English with Board Games - FB group dedicated to Learning English with board games

This ZEP Live Show Mash-up features Ben Gill from to the Point English Youtube channel as well as Katty Ortega from the Chat Box. Ben's channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzxHbqh9Pxk9sV4W66jIbjA Katty's FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/worldenglishchatbox ________________________________________________________________________________________ Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast to have access to all previous live shows and 20-minute chat with Zdenek and other listeners Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast Teacherzdenek.com  - my website Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel (vocab videos + stuff about board games) Learning English with Board Games - FB group dedicated to Learning English with board games  

This is an episode I've been planning to do for a long time. It's about a fellow English teacher and a colleague of mine from Speak up London language school Kieren Hughes and the book Battery Life he co-wrote with his friend Nick White.  Battery Life is a collection of short stories that take place in London. So if you would like to embark upon a kaleidoscopic journey into 21st Century London through the eyes of dozens of unique characters, give this episode a listen.  In the second part of the episode I read out a selected story from the book called the King Commute. I'm definitely not the best audiobook narrator, but I gave it my best :) Here's where you can buy Kieren and Nick's book: https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Life-Nick-White/dp/1726233146.  ________________________________________________________________________________________ Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast to have access to all previous live shows and 20-minute chat with Zdenek and other listeners. Learn English Online Join a discord group to practise your speaking and take part in cool events ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast Teacherzdenek.com  - my website Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel (vocab videos + stuff about board games) Learning English with Board Games - my FB dedicated to Learning English with board games  

This was supposed to be one of those announcements in which I invite you to the following live show, but I guess because of my current social deprivation caused by a few factors including the lockdown, I ended up ranting a bit.  ________________________________________________________________________________________ Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast to have access to all previous live shows and 20-minute chat with Zdenek and other listeners ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast Teacherzdenek.com  - my website Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel (vocab videos + stuff about board games) Learning English with Board Games - my FB dedicated to Learning English with board games

This time I only have 3 previous live shows for you. You are going to hear from Kais from the Netherlands, Monika from the Czech Republic, and Fergyi from Costa Rica. 

In this episode, I tell you everything you need to know about a new project called LEARN ENGLISH ONLINE. Essentially, this is an online community on Discord where you can meet like-minded English learners. All of you can join for free and the idea is that this platform will give its members an amazing opportunity to take part in various speaking activities prepared by members of the group, like games and regular discussions. For me and other English teachers, podcasters and youtubers, this will also be a good place to promote our content.  To become a member of LEARN ENGLISH ONLINE, install discord on your PC or mobile phone, do a quick registration, and then join using this link: https://discord.gg/5hq6vB8WYw

This is an interview with a life coach Ruta. Ruta is an inspiring person who originally comes from Lithuania and has lived in many countries which helped her achieve a C2 level in English.  Ruta's clients are people who are struggling with their lives. She guides them on their journey to rekindle the spark and discover who they really are. The interview is full of Ruta's powerful ideas and positive energy. What is the key to happiness? What should we do to stop working on someone else's dream? And why should we be true to ourselves and not fake it?  Listen to find out. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast to have access to all previous live shows and 20-minute chat with Zdenek and other listeners ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast Teacherzdenek.com  - my website Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel (vocab videos + stuff about board games) Learning English with Board Games - my FB dedicated to Learning English with board games

This mashup from the previous live shows features 3 Brits, namely Paul, Marvin and Louis and also my good friend Nrup from India.

In this episode I tell you what this mishmash is all about, I invite you again to join my English through Board Games course, and also to come to Prague to attend a Lepster meet-up which I'm organizing in October.  The mashup features Bohdan (topic: Fire), Lucy (Facebook), Ellie (Cats), Roberto (Pronunciation). I hope you like this.  ________________________________________________________________________________________ Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast to have access to all previous live shows and 20-minute chat with Zdenek and other listeners ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Apple Podcasts - write a brief review of ZEP on I-tunes to help more people find this podcast Teacherzdenek.com  - my website Teacher Zdenek  - my Youtube channel (vocab videos + stuff about board games) Learning English with Board Games - my FB dedicated to Learning English with board games    

In this episode I talk to my good friend Jiaqi from China who I first met in England during a Lepster meet-up. I wanted to catch up with her on the latest news just to see how she is doing. I do try to avoid coronavirus, but I I failed miserably. 

I've had to make an executive decision regarding to podcast. The format of ZEP as you know it is changing. It's probably bad news for some people, but I'm pretty sure it's good news for others. Listen to this episode to find out more. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Become a ZEP patron - become a patron of Zdenek’s English Podcast ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Teacherzdenek.com  - my website Apple Podcasts - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast

In this episode, which is not a live show for a change, I go over the first 20 items of vocabulary that I've been teaching on Youtube in my Teacher Zdenek YT channel lately. I recommend watching the videos as well. The more times you hear these words and phrases, the more likely it is that they will stick.  Watch the videos here: http://www.youtube.com/c/TeacherZdenek 

Here is a cool episode with Stef where we discuss what it is like trying to set up your own online business. 

In this episode I introduce my new English course for levels B1, B2 and C1 to you and you have a unique opportunity as my listener to get a discount on it. Listen to find out more :)   I also tell you a bit more about my Youtube channel and how Correct my English Podcast is doing. My Youtube channel is here: http://www.youtube.com/c/TeacherZdenek   Join this Facebook group to get daily posts in your feed about this new project which I'm taking very seriously.  MY GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/468428644026753/

In this episode you have a unique opportunity to hear Scottish accent. Anna speaks every clearly, though, so it is a pleasant experience listening. We talk about Scotland, Scottish stereotypes and how Anna is coping with the lockdown.  ____________________________________________________________________________________ Correct my English Podcast Correct my English Facebook Page ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Teacherzdenek.com  - my website Apple Podcasts - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find ZEP

This ZEP live show features my good friend Marija from Macedonia. The topic is dilemmas. 

On last week's Zdenek's English Podcast live show we had a high profile guest Martin from England who is well know for his popular Rock 'n Roll English podcast. We talk about all different kinds of accommodation. I have quite a few questions for Martin regarding this topic. And perhaps most interestingly, we share our, often embarrassing, experiences of living with other people.    More about Martin and his podcast here: https://rocknrollenglish.com/ __________________________________________________________________________________   ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Teacherzdenek.com  - my website Apple Podcasts - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find ZEP Correct my English Podcast Correct my English Facebook Page

This is last week's ZEP live show recorded with my guest Yota. Yota is a teacher I used to work with in London. She has a very popular instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/learnenglisheverywhere/. This is where she posts memes, pictures and videos and where she teaches useful idiomatic language through them. In this show we discuss best ways to learn vocabulary in general.

The guest of last week's live show was Mark and the topic was idioms related to rules, law, order, and authority. 

In this episode I speak to Ethan over Zoom. Ethan has been on this podcast many times before especially in the early days of the podcast and you can search for more episodes with Ethan in the archive. This particular edition is more of a catch-up. Ethan is currently living in Austria and learning German. So we speak a bit about that. We also talk a lot about what has happened in the world since we spoke to each other last time. We touch on racism and inequality, Ethan's meal, and TV shows we've been watching.  At the end I play one of Ethan's tracks called Shibka.     

Another ZEP live show this time featuring English teacher Luu who was my DELTA classmate. We talk about our struggles with English in terms of grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. 

This ZEP live show features my Turkish friend and an ex-colleague from London Musa who has been living a dream in London. We talk about Musa's learning journey and how he managed to get to the UK. We also speak about benefits of living abroad. 

Finally the wait is over. I've released a new podcast to mark the occasion of 300th episode of Zdenek's English Podcast. What is it called? What kind of podcast is it? How did I come up with it? What can you expect in it? How can you subscribe and listen to it? How can you help me grow it? What is my end game with it? Listen to find out.  __________________________________________________________________________________ Correct my English Podcast Correct my English Facebook Page ZEP Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook Teacherzdenek.com  - my website Apple Podcasts - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find ZEP

This episode starts with an important announcement - an invitation to ZEP Live Show featuring Nrup, which is happening tomorrow at 9pm central European time. All the ins and outs about this including how to join are said in the first few minutes of the episode.  The main aim of this episode, though, is to show you some essential functional language you may employ during speaking parts of exams such as IELTS and Cambridge exams. we are talking about the language English speakers use for giving themselves more time and when they forget what they want to say. We all need this so this episode is compulsory for everyone :).  _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook www.teacherzdenek.com  - my website Apple Podcasts - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast  

For this episode I invited Giovannina from Italy, Martin from Germany and Jiaqi from China. They wrap this long series up. 

This is part 5 of the coronavirus mini-interview series in which you will hear from Clare from the UK, Diana from Mexico, and Ryota from Japan.

This is part 4 of the Coronavirus mini interview series. This time I speak to my friends from the USA, Macedonia, Spain, and Sweden.

This is part 3 of the coranovirus mini interviews series. This time features Kieren from England, Kais from the Netherlands, Nikita from Canada, and Darkan from Kazakhstan. 

This is part 2 of the series about Coronavirus in which I interview people from different countries.  This time I have the pleasure to talk to Luke of Luke's English Podcast from England, Rita from Italy, Lavi from Hungary, and Nrup from India.  _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook www.teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  Apple Podcasts - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast

In this admittedly rather depressing series I talk to my friends who live in different parts of the world to tell us about how the coronavirus crisis is being tackled in their country and how this situation is personality affecting their lives. This series has a form of mini interviews which are about 8-10 minutes long and there will be more parts to follow.  Part 1 features Alexander from Russia, Musa from Turkey who is currently living in the UK, Daniel from Switzerland who is also known from My Fluent Podcast, and last but not least, Daria from Ukraine.  I apologize for lower quality of the recordings.  _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook www.teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  Apple Podcasts - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast

In this slightly depressing "rantlike" episode I give you all reasons why I decided to go back to the Czech Republic, and also my thoughts on the coronavirus disease. 

In this episode I speak to Fatme who is a bit shy, but lovely and funny student of mine. She is bilingual in Bulgarian and Turkish and can speak 5 languages in total.   We talk about those languages and how she acquired them, Luke's English Podcast, the Koronavirus, our English classes, and Fatme's Passion for Boxing and Kickboxing. _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook www.teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  Apple Podcasts - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast

In this episode I talk to my ex-student Diana from Mexico. I taught Diana for about 5 months in total so it felt very fitting to finish off her English study adventures here in the UK with an interview for Zdenek's English Podcast. The interview revolves around three main topics. Diana's professional life as a journalist, her home country Mexico, and our lessons and Diana's unreserved love for my teaching methods i.e. my use of board games in our classes.  _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  Apple podcasts - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast

This episode has 2 parts. In the first part, I go through some mistakes I made in the previous episode and clarify potential sticking points. Part 2 is devoted to the topic of reporting verbs. It is done in a for of an exercise. In fact, you will have a unique chance to listen to an exercise I prepared for my upper intermediate students this week. I thought, I might as well make an episode of it. _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  I-tunes - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast  

This episode follows unit 12 from book called "English for Everyone English Idioms: Learn and practise common idioms and expressions". Using my own fun examples, I go through 20 selected idioms about emotions. Disclaimer: This episode is unedited.

In this episode I talk to my Czech friend Diana who has been living in the UK for more than 10 years. Throughout the episode I express my great admiration for her English and specifically accent. Her learning story is truly an inspiring one. How did she manage to get her English to such level? How come she now has such an amazing accent? What has been her journey here in the UK? Listen to find out.

This episode was recorded during one of my English classes, namely the intermediate class. This was the first time I'd had a Spanish guest on the podcast and we decided to talk about English stereotypes. We dealt with timekeeping, food, drinks and others trying to offer a balanced view of positive and negative ones.

This episode is dedicated to Nurcan Baysal who is a Kurdish journalist and a human rights activist from Turkey. Few months ago I taught her in an advanced class here in London. A week later I went to a panel discussion with her in Free Word in Farringdon. I had been invited to this event by my colleague Billie, an English teacher, who also features in this episode.  Essentially, the episode is a series of monologues and dialogues with Billie and also my cousin Honza who as we know knows a lot about history. We try to offer our view on censorship in Turkey, explain who the Kurds are, and try to break down what has been going on in Turkey.  I hope we managed to do justice to Nurcan's unrelenting effort and work. I don't normally do heavier topics like this on my podcast, but I think if approached in the right way, they can have a powerful effect on the audience and I am convinced this was the right thing to do. 

In this episode, I speak to Rafael aka Why me from the USA about different topics, but mostly his visit of London The Globe theatre, his studies to become a thespian (actor), Dracula, Kingdoms of Deceit, Italian artists, and other seemingly unrelated things. Rafael also tells a a joke, which I first failed to understand. Silly me. I mean...why me?

In this episode I interview Cristina, a singer Italy that I taught in London for couple of months. She is a huge personality, and was an absolute pleasure to teach. We speak about learning English, London, and Cristina's love for singing. Make sure you subscribe to her Youtube channel and definitely listen to the very end of this episode. I promise, you are in for a treat. _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  I-tunes - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast

The classic episode is back, although this time it is a bit different. 

As someone who is not a fan of Brexit and Boris Johnson, I was gutted when the general elections results were published this Thursday. I called Nick on Discord, a political science student from the UK, to help us understand what had happened. 

In this episode, I speak to my academic manager from my summer job in Wembley Michelle. Michelle is from Ireland, but she has also worked in UAE for 5 years. She has a very nice accent and is well educated. Currently she is doing a PHD in linguistics, but she already has a couple of degrees under her belt. Her research is focusing on cultural difficulties that teachers that teach in places like UAE face.  Apart from talking about her studies, we also touch on linguistics in general and why we both like it so much. Michelle also reveals her secret to being so organised and positive. And of course, we talk about what it has been like working together, and the challenges and rewards involved in our summer camp job.   

In this episode, I have a friendly chat with Aisling who was my colleague at a summer camp in Wembley. Before I recorded this, I did little research and dug out 11 stereotypes on Irish people. The idea is that I ask Aisling how he feels about them and whether she thinks they are true. 

In this episode, I talk to Matea, an English teacher from Croatia, about how she got to such a high English level, her role in England, board games, TV series, and other geeky stuff.

In this episode of the podcast I speak to Cassandra who was my colleague back in summer. She is a drama student so you can imagine having her on the podcast is a real win. Cassandra is very well-spoken and outspoken.  _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  I-tunes - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast

This is a no-nonsense episode in which I teach you everything you need to know about the so unpopular English tense "present perfect". 

   This summer I worked for MLI with a lot of interesting people again. In this particular episode, it's Neimo who actually makes a ZEP comeback. Here is the episode from last year with her: https://podtail.com/en/podcast/zdenek-s-english-podcast/episode-227-a-chat-with-my-english-colleague-in-ox/    How is Neimo doing? What's the update on her medicine studies in Romania? And what was in her view the worst piece news of summer for the UK? You wouldn't have guessed it.  _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  I-tunes - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast  

In this episode, I am catching up with my friend Mark again. This is his fourth appearance on the podcast. What has he been up to? What new activity has he taken up? There is also an overarching theme of weather idioms. 

This episode is an unplanned one. I woke up in the morning and while preparing for today's afternoon classes, I decided to make a listening exercise to practise vocabulary I taught my students yesterday. And then I realized that I might have enough material to publish it as an episode of my podcast as well.  I will be talking about compounds, idioms, collocations, binominal phrases, sayings, and blends. Brace yourself, and prepare a pen and paper. 

Remember the legendary episode 55 about a random guy from the train? Well, here is a sequel to it. This time I met a well-educated Iranian lecturer. 

In this episode, Nrup looks back at his first academic year at Charles University. Being a medical student at such a reputable university is not easy, but Nrup certainly has the right attitude. 

In this episode, I speak to my friend Nrup about football. We try to sum up season 2018-2019 from Arsenal's point of view and we go through a list of football-related vocabulary and explain it. _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  I-tunes - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast

It's official. I've left the Czech Republic. Where did I move to and why? How difficult was it to decide and how will this affect ZEP? Listen to this episode to find out more.  _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  I-tunes - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast

In this episode, I talk to Max about German stereotypes. 

Episode 265 was recorded at a lake in Podebrady. This time I talk to my former student from Germany called Max whose English level is almost C2. We mainly discuss Max's life here in the Czech Republic, his studies, and learning English.

In this episode, I talk to a student from Zambia about a motivational speech he has given at the graduation ceremony. We also talk about his country and what it is like for him to study in the Czech Republic. 

In this episode, I talk to one of the most articulate students I have taught this year. We talk about the country of his origin, but also about the country he spent most of his life in. We also chat about the benefits of living and studying in the Czech Republic. 

In this episode, I speak to Marek Kiczkowiak, Ph.D. who is the founder of TEFL Equity Advocates and Academy. Marek is something like Martin Luther King of English Language Teaching. Essentially, he strives to obliterate the so-called "native speaker bias". In other words, he is fighting for the rights of non-native English teachers. He does that by researching this topic academically and finding some very compelling evidence. You can get a taste of his arguments in this episode. As you all know, this topic has highly personal relevance to me so having Marek on ZEP is a massive moment not only for me but also for the podcast itself.  ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  I-tunes - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podca    

    In this episode I go through the conversation I had in episode 260 with my fellow DELTA sufferer, native speaker from England Louis and clarify phrasal verbs which appeared in it.  _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  I-tunes - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast

I decided to say hi to my DELTA classmate from England Louise and while I was on it, I thought to myself why not invite her onto ZEP. It was a wise decision. This episode is truly action-packed. Louise passionately describes her adventures working in different countries, compares the mentality of the learners, and adds a few anecdotes including how she ended up settling down in Romania. We also talk about English banter and how non-British people find it difficult to get it.   _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  I-tunes - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast

Do you remember Clare without "i"? She has featured on ZEP several times before. I wanted to give you a taste of her new podcast "It's Not That Deep" so I came up with an idea. Essentially, I took 10 minutes from one of her episodes and decided to pick apart the language for you with a special emphasis on pronunciation. If you like Doctor Who, then you will be pleased to hear that the chosen episode from Not That Deep podcast is about this popular British TV show. As for the pronunciation analysis, I will be looking at some individual sounds, stress, elision, and more. One more thing. I think I mistakenly called Clare's podcast Not That Deep, but it is in fact called It's Not That Deep. My apologies.    _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  I-tunes - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast

This episode was recorded during class while playing a game where we ask each other simple questions. The episode features a lot of guests so there some talking over each other, butr generally speaking it should be well understood. The tone is very light-hearted. I also have one important disclaimer. during the episode, one of the students keeps mentioning probably the most atrocious man in the history of mankind Hitler in a slightly joking way. I know this is not a laughing matter, but there is a context to this and I would like to explain it. One of the most popular games we sometimes play during my board game meet-ups is a hidden role game called Secret Hitler (I recommend googling it) and it is the game he was refering to during the episode. We do not promote the condone actions of this individual in any way, shape or form, quite the opposite, we condemn them. I just felt like it was necessary to clarify.  _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  I-tunes - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast

This episode features a high profile guest Martin from a well established Rock 'n Roll English podcast. After introducing the guest of this episode, we spend some time talking about a football match between England and the Czech Republic which took place a few months ago. Naturally, we also touch on Brexit, admittedly much to Martin's disgust. At the end Martin tells us about his current projects inluding the RnR Family.  _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  I-tunes - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast

This episode is a conversation class with my student Olga. I put her on the spot a bit by coming to our private lesson and asking her to record a podcast interview with me about her profession. She is a dental hygienist so she explains what her profession involves and gives a lot of valuable advice about how to clean our teeth, etc. _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  I-tunes - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast Email to teacherzdenek@gmail.com - ask me a question, give me feedback, tell me what you think of the show

This episode was supposed to be published for patrons only, but I changed my mind about it because it is too funny and cool to have only a few people listen to it.  Why was Rubick almost arrested in his week in the Czech Republic? What is Salem's superpower? How did Rami lose 40 kilos in 2 years? What do the guys think of each another? Which one of them has anger issues? Which one is a history freak? Listen to this episode to out. 

In this episode I talk to my students Rubick from Lebanon and Salem from Syria about the Middle East.  We talk about this world region and its specific problems. 

In this episode I catch up with my Irish friend Kay who lived in the Czech Republic last year and is now working at a university in Manchester. As it was recorded on St. Patrick's Day, we naturally talk about this world-famous Irish tradition. We also touch upon accents, Czech Easter, Kay's job, and her future plans. 

In this episode I talk to my advanced student Honza about bowling. He is a bowler and he knows everything you need to know. Prepare for a lot of vocabulary related to this sport. 

This is another episode from the series of "Flashcards Vocab". In this particular one I use a lot of examples from British politics, but I also talk about terrorism, and football. 

In this episode, I read out and respond to ten messages/emails I have recieved in the last few months. Most of them praise my work I do with this podcast, some of them are a reaction to my appearance on Luke's English Podcast, some offer a unique insight into my listeners' lifes and ambitions which are often highly relatable to me personally, and there is even an email which helps me identify my own inadequacies.  _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  I-tunes - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast Email to teacherzdenek@gmail.com - ask me a question, give me feedback, tell me what you think of the show  

In this episode, I talk to my Claire. This is a light-hearted chat, but make no mistake, it also has a very thoughful educational motive. Essentially, I and Claire teach you selected binominal phrases such as little by little, ups and downs, by and large, and many more.   The quality of the recording is not ideal since it was recorded in a café and naturally the recorder picked up a lot of background noice, but it is audible, neverthless. _________________________________________________________________________________________  Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook teacherzdenek.com - my website (work in progress)  I-tunes - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast Email to teacherzdenek@gmail.com - ask me a question, give me feedback, tell me what you think of the show

    In this episode I take a light-hearted approach to teach a pronunciation phenomenon called glottal stop /ʔ/- a sound that is often used in spoken English to replace sound /t/.     Phonetics and this sound in particular is something I have been interested in for a while and I am delighted to talk about it here on ZEP.  I will present to you a lot of examples of words (and sometimes not just words) where this sound appears in English language and also as a bonus I will do some tongue twisters.

    It's been a while since I had another podcaster on my podcast. So I was very pleased when Dustin from Board Gaming with English (now renamed into Board Gaming with Education) agreed to come on to ZEP. Dustin is an English teacher from Nebraska in the U.S. who is currently working at a university in Taipei (Taiwan).  This is a no nonsense episode in which you can naturally hear us talk about our favourite board games we use in an English class, such as Codenames, Werewolf, Trapwords, Pandemic. We try to justify the approach of teaching English through board games and explain why we think it has such a great appeal.  Dustin tells us about his podcast, what kind of episodes his listeners can enjoy, and how he got the idea of starting it.  --- Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook I-tunes - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast Email to teacherzdenek@gmail.com - ask me a question, give me feedback, tell me what you think of the show

This time I talk to my English friend Marvin about Petr Cech, a Chelsea (and Czech) legend and currently an Arsenal player, who has recently announced his retirement from the world of football. After the interview, there is also a short language analysis. 

   In this episode I reflect on the experience of featuring in episodes 569 and 570 of Luke's English Podcast. I will tell you how I felt before, during, and after the interview with Luke, and generally explain how much this meant to me.     The second part of this episode is an attempt to self-correct some of the more glaring mistakes I made in part 1 of the interview. Infamously, this episode has the Fixer in it - a voice in my head whose purpose is to help with the realisation of my mistakes, but who often does so in a slightly insulting way. 

    In this episode I talk to John from Canada, another playtester of Kingdoms of Deceit. We talk mostly about Canada related topics and I also ask John to help me clarify a few words which start with letters "can". It's has a feel of a lighthearted conversation, rather than a deep discussion.  --- Facebook - join Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group, like, share and comment on Facebook I-tunes - write a brief review on I-tunes and help more people find this podcast Email to teacherZdenek@gmail.com - ask me a question, give me feedback, tell me what you think of the show

This episode has two main parts. The first part is a classic New Year's Eve Road to Civilisation with my cousin Honza and also an additional guest Nrup. The seconds part is an audio version of the live Facebook video I did earlier the same day. If you are a Spurs fan, I highly recommend not listening to this one. 

   This episode was recorded on a train last winter. I kept postponing publishing it because I always thought it was a bit weird. I have now changed my mind, though.     It features my good friend Nrup from India. We were travelling from Podebrady to Prague and we decided to kill time by playing a well-known word game and recording our struggle as a ZEP episode. I wanted to raise the challenge so I modified the rules of the game in such way that we were supposed to use adjectives only. Especially because of me, we lost the game in a ludicrous fashion. 

   This episode is dedicated to Czech people. I attempt to give you a balanced view of what it is like to be Czech by presenting my top 5 good and bad things about our country and its people.     There might be some contentious subjects that I bring up. Please understand that these are all my personal views and I am always open to a debate about everything I argued there. I am even prepared to change my beliefs if you convince me.  In this episode I talk about the Czech president and why I have very little respect for him, the historical reasons Czech people have low confidence, are cynical, xenophobic, and not very patriotic, Czech beer, why I am glad that we are situated in the middle of Europe next to Germany, and more. 

In this insanely rambly episode I introduce you a new competition. You have exactly one week to send me an email with a few pieces of information namely (your name, a country you come from, how long you have been a listener, how you found out about ZEP, your favourite episode). Listen to this episode to find out more including what the prize is. I will be announcing the winner in a live video on FACEBOOK on 31st December 2018 at 12 a.m GMT+1 (midday, not midnight). So this is the deadline. All of you are welcome to take part. The more, the merrier. 

In this episode I talk to Nick, a student of politics from England, about Brexit. Nick is currently in the middle of writing an essay on Brexit and thus has some fresh insight into the whole subject. What is Brexit? Why did the UK vote Brexit? Is there a deal? Is there a chance this could all be reverted? What are the current options? This conversation might be slightly geeky and you might have to google names of politicians, but I think if you are into politics or care about the future of Europe, you will enjoy it.  Language wise this episode is very rich indeed. I personally learnt the expression "A Pot Calling a Kettle Black". 

This is part 2 of the class with Barbara. We actually start off this episode by speaking German, which is kinda hilarious. Barbara tells us what it was like living in Austria and compares that to her life in the Czech Republic as well. Later we touch upon Brexit as we talk about Barbara's future plans. And last but not least, Barbara talks about the TV series she is keen on. There were slight technical problems caused by full memory of the recording device which also resulted in an abrupt end of this episode. 

   In this episode, I talk to my student Barbara who is a very interesting young woman. She was born in Chile, but lived most of her life in Europe. She went to a British school in Spain. She also spent 1 year in France studying French and 2 years in Austria studying German. And this year she is in the Czech Republic doing a bit of Czech for a change.     We talk about her life journey, challenges of learning and forgetting languages, wearing uniforms in the British school and playing field hocked, and more. Part 2 will follow after this. 

 This time I am joined by a podcast regular Mark from the UK. We have about 20-minute catch-up chat in which I manage to throw in a lot of idioms related to health, illnesses and dying. Mark decided to visit me in the Czech Republic just to record this podcast. We both had a lot of fun recording this.     There is a bit of chitchat about my game Kingdoms of Deceit and at the end we are also joined by Helena, my colleague. 

It does exactly what is says on the tin.

In this episode I caught up with Franta who had previously featured in one of the most successful episodes on this podcast ever. This time I visited Franta in his hometown - Brighton (England) and the episode was actually recorded on the beach. In it, we talked about Franta's current life, reminded everyone of his success story, we answered some questions from a listener, and simply just bantered about everything that came to mind.

During my time in England this summer I struck up a friendly conversation with one of the group leaders and before you know it, I was invited for a pint of Guinness. I said to myself, I might as well capitalise on this and recorded a nice interview. 

In this episode, I tell an anecdote and talk about what I have been up to lately. 

In this episode, I introduce you to an American friend of mine with whom I took the CELTA course a few years ago. This summer we both worked for the came company in England, but in different centres. The episode is little bit light-hearted because we are good friends so wind-ups and jokes at each other's expense come to us very naturally.  

   This episode does exactly what it says on the tin. Firstly, I tell you some information about the meet-up, how it was organised, where it happened, and how it compares to the previous one organised a year before during which I had met Luke Thompson of Luke's English Podcast but failed to meet everyone else.    As one of the main attraction were board games, I will tell you a bit more about the games we played a well.     And then finally I conducted short interviews with each participant about asking about LEP. and This is in my humble opinion by far the most interesting part of the whole episode. Have fun!

In this episode I speak to Aisha who  I had a pleasure to work with during summer 2018 in London as an activity leader. She has studied at a music college and is a musician, singer, and composes music.  

In this episode I talk to my former colleague and a friend Marzena from Poland about her not always positive experiences of working for a language school in Oxford. 

   In this episode, I talk to my coworker Neimo from England. The episode was recorded in Oxford and we speak about our job on that day. But more importnatly Naemo tells us about herself, her life in Romania where she is studying medicine at a university.

This is an utterly imporvised episode. I had to kill time while waiting for a group at an airport.

After exactly one year I met up with Mark who is originally from Russia and has been living and studying in England for a while. This means he has a perfect British accent. We talked a bit about his school and I asked Mark a lot of random questions which gave me the opporutnity to insert lot of idioms and expressions related to maths.

In this, to my mind, very positive and motivating episode I talk to Ryoko, my former Japanese student and a well-travelled person, who has lived, worked, and done her research in developing countries in Africa, namely she helped to deliver babies in Cameron and Malawi. On top of that, she has studied in the USA and has now completed her premedical course in the Czech Republic. We also touch upon Japanese mentaility and try to tread on a dangerous ground trying to compare the way people think in different countries. 

   In this episode I would like to update you on what I have been doing. I had a free June which means I did a lot of things to kill time. I speak about LEP Premium which is a new service Luke from Luke's English Podcast offers, I talk about my plans for July, and last but not least, I spend considerable amount of time talking about the world cup and the chances of the teams who qualified. This is a completely unedited episode so excuse my mistakes, ramblings, and hesitations. 

   This episode was recorded outside by the river. In it I have an informal chat with a high level English speaker Marija who has been on the podcast before several times this year. We have a very relaxed conversation which mostly focuses on English exams. Marija also makes an attempt at evaluating her academic year. A second part which will only be available for patrons will follow soon. 

   In this episode, I talk to a friend and another playtester of the game I have been developing called Kingdoms of Deceit. Nick is currently studying political science in Japan and so our chat naturally revolves around Japan, whatt is is like to live in Japan, Japanese mentality, Japanese history, and Japanese language. Admitedly the discussion is rather geeky at times, but Nick is a very well-spoken person with a nice clear accent therefore even if you know nothing about Japanese language, you can benefit just to listening to his English. 

In this episode I talk to Shaun from England about his job which is a library assistant. We speak about books and how they can benefit us and  we also discuss some knowledge related sayings. 

Remember Clare from episode 161? Well, she is back on the podcast. We did a nice skype catch-up discussing various topics such as teaching English, her life in the czech Republic, my experience of working in London, xenophobia, and more. 

In this episode I have a friendly chat with 2 young students of mine from Azerbaijan who have come to the Czech Republic to study medicine. We talk about different subjects such as their studies, cultural and mentality differences, what it is like to become an adult, and how it feels to move abroad and live there. 

   For this episode I invited a friend of podcast Nrup who comes from India. The aim of this episode is to clarify idioms which contain colours so if you want to know what red herring, to be caught red-handed, to see red, in the black, to be born with a silver spoon the mounth and more mean, have a listen to this episode.     Let me also use this as an opportunity to ask you to write a review for me on I-tunes. Positive reviews on this platform help more people find this podcast, which ultimately helps me keep this podcast going. 

    In this episode, I talk to my students Fu aka Cloudy and Nikita. The former is Chinese and the latter Russian. We go through some common stereotypes about their own countries, and discuss whether we think they are true or false. Due to openinmindedness of the guys, we manage to do this successfully even though the topics themselves may appear slightly controversial at first sight. Overall this is a lighthearted and fun chat.     Are Chinese products of low quality? Are the Chinese polite? Can they speak English? Are they good at maths? Are they excellent martial artists? Will they eat anything? Is there equality between men and women in China? Are the Chinese all controlled by the government? Do all Russians have ties to the mafia? Are they all good hackers? Do bears walk the streets? Is it cold everywhere in Russia? Do all Russians drink vodka? Do Russian women dress well? And who the hell are Babushkas and why there are so many of them there? 

In this episode, I speak to my friend and surprsingly also my former student Max from the United States of America. We talk about Max's journey of learning to speak Czech, the difference in mentality between the Americans and Czechs, Max's further study plans, and last but not least music. Max also exclusively for ZEP performed and recorded a song called Up against the Wall. 

Honza back on the podcast in another instalment of Road to Civilization series. Apart from the usual nonsensical banter, we also attempt to play a game of guessing animal sounds. Of course it ends up being a disaster as usual. Towards the end Honza's alter ego is revealed. 

In this episode, I will take a look at phonology, namely how "th" is pronounced in English i.e "ð" and "θ" sounds. These seem to be some the most challenging sounds for most non-native speaker learners of English. The first half of this is my the theory presentation, while for the second half I intended to throw in various examples. However, that turned out to be a bit of self-indulging comedy show. 

   I have always been impressed by the Pink Gorilla Story episode (episode 125) of Luke's English Podcast and ever since I started doing my podcast I have dreamt of trying my hand at an improvised story like that. It has always been an objective that seemed unlikely to achieve especially because I was never able to keep it engaging and make it funny enough. I think I tried several times in the past and it just wasn't doing it for me. Partly it was because I put too much presssure on myself and had high expectations, which made me alightly too nervous when recording.     It appears, finally, I may have managed to record something which seems to at least partially live up to the standards that I set myself. Strangely enough, I had no idea I was gonna do an improvised story. I just felt like recording a ramble episode instead but somehow I indeed ended up recording a story not disimilar to Luke's, at least in terms of the rules for doing this. I promise you, I had no script, and it is rather silly, and not finished, but hey, it's mine, it's original, my precious! The main character of the story is, quite surprisingly, my recorder. I didn't want to feature myself in it because that felt too similar to Luke's PGS in terms of the narration style, but at some point I got carried away and became part of the story, and I believe even turned into the main protagonist. Gandalf also makes an appearance, and the story starts itself in my own room. I wonder what you will think about this. It's definitely one of the most challenging things I have ever attempted to do here on ZEP.    

In this episode I talk to my three African students from Etiopia, Senegal, and Kenya, as well as a young man from Peru. The talk revolves around the topic of studying languages. We discuss the challenges of trying to use the target language with the natives, we talk about geography of each student's country of origin, and we try to find motivating words for anyone learning a foreign langugae.

This is a continuation of the interview with Key which was published in episode 208. The episode features Kay from Ireland herself, but also Maria from Macedonia, and Nrup from India. In a nutshell, it is a bit of a random chat involving interesting stories, especially the ones with Kay's priest brother quoting Starwars during his sermons, and how she is "sociable" with strangers on the Prague metro, and last but not least Nrup rining the bells of random houses.  I have to say that at times I was not exactly on the same wavelength as everyone else due to the fact that I had been drinking a bit while everyone else was ordering non-alcoholic drinks. This lead to me producing some not so funny dad jokes and terrible puns which didn't seem to be appreciated as much as I expected, which made me feel suprised, and little bit stupid. Frankly, later when I listened to the recording, I realized that I coudn't really blame the guys. Anyway, I am publishing this because if you ignore my jokes, overall, the episode has a lot of lingustic value to it and there are some funny anecdetoes as well. 

This episode is a hodge-podge of 2 seemingly unrelated recordings. However, they have one thing in common - they are both improvised. In both cases there was absolutely no script whatsoever. The first part is a monologue ramble, which is not exactly information heavy. It was recorded because I had an urge to speak English as I was lying in my bed before mz bed time. Do not expect anmything profound in that one.  The second one features a pre-intermediate student of mine, who is a doctor. We recorded a simple fun conversation which revolves around the topic of sport. As it sometimes happens here on Zdenek's English Podcast, at one point we coudn't resist to speak German. 

   In this episode, I talk to my friend and a regular board game meet-up attendee Kay.     Despite her very young age, she has already lived in a lot of countries including Mexico, China, Italy, and Austria. Currently, she is working as an English teacher in the Czech Republic. What is more, she has also taught German, Spanish, Dutch and Irish, which makes her a polyglot. If this is not enough, she is also a stand-up comedian. 

   In this episode, I talk to Jack aka Galaxy from Northern Ireland who happens to have a very distinct Northern Irish accent. We cover different topics such as geography, and politics (including Brexit). We also talk about Jack's univesity studies, his interests, and notably Galaxy teaches us some useful words from Northern Irish dialect. In additiona to all of this, you will actually hear me speak French in this episode. When I say "speak", I may be a bit exxagerating. 

   This episode features Dominik, a friend of Mirek's. To remind you, Mirek was on the podcast in episode 97 - Iceskating with a Lifeguard (recorded about 3 years ago). As a coincidence, Dominik has recently started working for a company where I teach English so I became his English teacher. I learnt that Dominik and Mirek had worked in the USA as lifeguards together and this is what a major part of this interview is about - his 3 experiences of working in the USA as a lifeguard.     Dominik studied political science at a university so we also talk about Czech political elections trying to compare it to the American one. In the interview Dominik actually managed to predict who would win the election here. I wish I had made a bet back there.   The last part of the interview is about Dominik's attempt to live and work in Canada. There is also a love story involved.   

In this episode I talk to Bruce who is a playtester for my board game Kingdoms of Deceit. We talk about the country he is from which happens to be Estonia, and about how Bruce learnt English through playing computer games. There is generally a lot of banter because we are friends. I would say that the the second part of the episode is a bit stronger because Bruce actually starts talking more. 

Anither episode in which I go through the expressions from my vocab app. 

This is a direct continuation of the previous episode which featured my student and a regular board game club attendee Nrup. This time we talk about football, Arsenal and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. More importantly, though, Nrup sheds some light on the cast system and arranged marriages and, last but not least, elucidates why the cow is so sacred in India.  

   In this episode I talk to Nrup from India. He is a young student who lived in Quatar for a long time and now decided to study medicine in the Czech Republic.  What has been Nrup's journey of learning English and other languages like? What is it like living in Quatar? How is life different from the one in India and the Czech Republic? What were Nrup's first days in the czech Republic like? What was his first impression of this place? did Czech people speak English with him?    We also talk about the overpolation problems in India, people's mentality, food, equality between men and women, Ghándí, and last but not least, the influence of the British on India. 

This is the 10th episode of Road to Civilisation traditionally recorded on New Year's Eve. Expect not less than usual a ramble, some funny language corrections of Honza, and a lot of thematic background noices.

Here is episode 200 of Zdenek's English Podcast. The episode could be divided into three parts. The first part is my never-ending ramble about this podcast (in hindsight, I know I should have made it shorter), the second part is devoted to the messages from the listeners (Zeppers) and my reponses to them, and the last part is my attempt to describe how Czechs celebrate New Year's Eve.

In this episode I talk my former student Petra during one of our last classes together. She was about to leave her job to work as a waitress in Iceland. She speaks about her expatations and gives her motivations behind this bold move.     Next, she also talks about her town Libice nad Cidlinou and how it could have become the capital of the Czech Republic, she mentions her 6 dogs and how she will miss them, and last but not least she descibes her 5 tattoes.     This is one of the episodes which was recorded during an actual English lesson so there are some error corrections as well.    Don't forget, this is your last chance to send me the recordings for 200th episode. You guys have until about Friday for it. 

This episodes is another continuation from the series of my flashcards vocabulary. 

     As you know episode 200 is quickly approaching. I took this as an opportunity to ask you, my listeners, to get involved in the celebration by sending me short messages to which I would then respond. In this episode I also talk about 17 November and explain why it is such an important date in Czech hostory and, last but not least, I tell you about a new podcast I have started. 

This is the final part of my interview with Marija from Macedonia. This time, we play a fun word association game.    If you want more from the two of us, you can become a patron of this podcast, which will grant you access to extra content every month including an extra episode with Marija in which we test each other on 10 English words/expressions.

As you know, these days I don't publish episodes which are over 1 hour long. Unfortunately, I accidentally published the entire episode last time, even though it was meant to be divided into 2 part. It should explain why the jingle was missing.    When I told this to Marija, eager learner of English she is, it was actually herself who suggested meeting up to record part 2 (and part 3 which will be published soon). In this episode Maria reacts to the comments we received from the listeners about part 1, Marija answers the question whether she actually listened to part 1 herself, she talks about her impression of Podebrady, she also mentions her uncle who lives in Detroit, and we end the episode going through adjectives which are associated with the zodiac sign of Aries. 

In this episode I speak to Marija, a proficient student from Macedonia who happens to be a member of my board game meet-up club. We have a pleasant conversation about her life journey and ambitions. Marija is an inspiring English learner with wide range of vocabulary, great fluency and charming accent. 

This episode is pure banter between my cousin and me. It starts off with John rustling his plastic bag trying to sabotage the podcast. During the entire episode I attempt to ask John about the cureent affairs, but I end up teaching English instead. 

   As a response to the mistakes I have made as a podcaster in the last few episodes, I bring you the second sequel to a Flashcards Vocabulary series. I went out of my way with this one because I recorded more than 50 minutes while lying in my bed completely improvising the whole thing. I hope you will like and you won't judge me too harshly for going off on a few tangents, making a few mistakes here and there and trying to fix the blunders by improvising and using other techniques involving humour.     In this episode I explain the latest issues I have had, I thank Luke for is help with redirecting the podcast, I mention my favourite podcasts, I teach some grammar, talk about my lessons and how I ended up teaching English to native speakers, and of course I talk about beer, I also talk about some controversial stuff, I say things that I will probably regret saying later on, and most importantly I attempt to clarify expressions starting from e, f, and g that I currently have in the deck of the flashcard app I use.  Damn, I forgot the jingle. Who cares :) 

   In this epsioe I talk to my intermediate student Marek about his life, especially about an interesting challenge he underwent alone in a forest without any food, and also about what it was like living in Norway.       If you become a patron of the podcast, you will get about 8 more minutes of the interview in which Marek speaks about what was the hardest thing about vision quest and also about  bulding shelters in snow. 

In this episode I go through vocabulary that I collected in the past 2 months. 

In this episode I decided to share with what I have been up to lately, to tell you what fills most of my time these days, and where I will be teaching English this year. More importantly, my host Audioboom.com are changing their policy meaning that from the beginning of October 2017 I can no longer use their service for free. Honestly I don't know what I will do. So in this episode I am basically asking whether you think some sort of donation system would cover the costs or if you could suggest another solution to me.

In this episode I talk to Yusuke from Japan on his last day in the Czech Republic. Yusuke is my former student and a new enthusiastic listener to Luke's English Podcast . He has been to one Lepster meet-up, too. In fact, this is his second appearance on the podcast. This episode is fully improvised. There was no zero prep done for it. In it, we speak about different topics revolving around Yusuke's holiday, future plans, and his language studies. We also touch upon Luke's English Podcast, Greeting people in Japan, hitchhiking, and other things.

In this episode I talk to Dasha, an English teacher who came to my town as an activity leader of 15 Ukrainian kids. She talks about how she became an English teacher and tells us some very interesting stories from her past, but also present time. I think it is apparent that we both had a really great time recording this interview.

This episode is a summary of how I spent July 2017 - working in London for a language school. As I recorded this with little preparation and I speak off the top of my head 99 percent of the time, I sometimes ramble a bit and repeat myself so do not judge me too harshly. This episode is unedited. It seems like I am becoming more ballsy or lazy. Tell me what you think.

It wouldn't be a proper visit of London if I didn't get to see Luke and do some podcasting with him. This time I decided to find out a bit more about his criminal past. Luke was surprisingly open about everything and let the cat out of the bag on several occasions, although to be fair, some of the things he owns up to don't seem to be true. But it might as well be because Luke, as we all know, is the creator and an experienced player of the so called "Lying Game". So who knows. You will be the judge of that. Have fun in this special last episode recorded during my work-related visit of London in July 2017. Oh, and have a pen ready, you might wanna jot down some useful idioms to do with crime while listening.

In this episode I say good-bye to Michaela, my esteemed colleague from England. She tells us about her next work-related move and we also tell you the best moment She and I experienced. It involves an incredibly powerful innuendo. In fact, as of publishing this episode I am leaving London myself, flying back to the Czech Republic. Stay tuned, there is a real gem coming out soon.

In this episode I talk to Marzena, a colleague teacher of mine from Poland. We discuss how this summer school experience has been for us so far, including its positives and negatives. We also tell a few amusing anecdotes. Later in the episode we get a surprising visit. Despite my initial reservation, we go along with it and it turns out to be a wonderful conversation.

In this episode I meet up with my Russian friend who happens to be living in London since he was ten. When you speak to him, you wouldn't really think at all he actually is a non-native. We mostly talk about his experience and challenges of learning English and we also delve into British education system a lot. Mark is one of the best people to have on my podcast because he is an English learner that made it. So if you want to find out more, for instance how we two know each other and what are Mark's further plans, make sure you tune in for this episode. As ever, I appreciate your feedback.

Finally I managed to come out of my comfort zone and accepted an offer to work in Wembley, London for a few weeks teaching kids in a summer school. In this episode I talk to Michaela, my English colleague. She is somewhat a globetrotter and she has been nicknamed Sunshine. It's very interesting to listen to her adventures which lead her to this point.

This is the second part of the interview with Marvin, an English teacher from Great Britain. Following the previous episode, we continue talking about teaching English, but we also go into football a bit.

In this episode I talk to Marvin from England who is an English teacher just like me and who has similar approach in teaching. He is very positive and passionate about teaching and definitely a great guest to have on the podcast. He aims high and I find that very inspirational. Fun fact, he is actually a listener to my podcast, although he is a native speaker himself. Don't forget to tune in for part tune which will be published some time next week.

This is the second part of a 2-part series about how I took the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) exam. In this particular episode I go on about the speaking part of the exam.

In this well prepared double episode I will be telling you how I took the IELTS exam. I will look into what went according to plan, what shocked me, where I lived up to my expectations, how I coped with a lack of sleep, and my overall feelings about the exam experience and how satisfied I am with my score in all 4 parts.

This episode was recorded outside in my garden. I took on a challenge to talk without any prior preperation, without having any notes, or following a script. I also refrained from doing any post-recording editing, keeping in all hesitations, false starts, etc. So if you want to hear me struggle to keep this 30-minute monoluge going, have a listen. As for the topics and themes, I ended up talking about different things such as the weather, my English fluency, my future, my broken computer, ice hockey, Czech political scene, and more.

This is the second part of the episode which was recorded during the first Lepster meet-up in Prague. It starts with an arrival of a Japanese Lepster Yusuke. In this episode we discuss what makes Luke's English Podcast so great, we talk about our favourite episodes, and we specualte over possble objectives Luke could achieve in his life. On top of that, I ask everyone a blasphemous question "what the worst episode of LEP is" and why we think that, Jakob ,who is half-French, gets mindblown when he finds out that Luke is living in France and has a French wife, Michale explains why he has listened to the episode Sick in Japan so many times, we also talk about Paul Taylor, and last but not least, we end up speculating about Luke's appearance. The episode includes some banter and also plenty of references to Luke's English Podcast Episodes.

This episode was recorded during the first official Prague Meet-up of Luke's English Podcast listeners. It features listeners Zdenek (Czech), Jakob (French-Czech), Alex (Russian), and Michail (Russian). The entire episode is dedicated to Luke's English Podcast as we discuss numerous questions related to it such as "when did we start listening", "how do we describe a true Lepster", etc.

This episode was recorded during a class with my students from the Middle East. The topic was computer games. My students talked about the impact on children, they explained why there is so much appeal for the latest generation, and even explaining some of the computer gaming slang words. At the start of this episode I included a short invitation message. There is a Lepster meet-up taking place in Prague on Saturday, May 13th. All fans of Luke's English Podcast are welcome to join. Listen to this episode to find out about the details.

In this episode, I meet up again with Monika. Just to remind you, episode 90 called On Shopping with Monika, which I recorded in London a couple years ago, is according to the stats I have at disposal the most popular "non-Luke" episode of all times on this podcast. Monika is my university classmate and a good friend. This time we met up in Pardubice, Czech Republic and we were also accompanied by her co-workers Dovile from Lithuania and Ludovica from Italy. We were drinking alcohol during this episode and it involves some explicit vocabulary as well as a few dirty jokes. Similarly to the episodes, I recorded with Eva and Mark, there is a lot of background noise. The theme of this episode is travelling. The idea is that I ask questions related to our context, let my guests answer and then respond using some pre-selected idioms related to travelling. But often we just end up having fun bantering with each other and occasionally complain about the state of things.

I recorded this episode because I couldn't fall asleep basically. I think it is quite apparent in my voice. first I welcome new Zeppers, I encourage people to vote Luke in British Podcasting Awards, I briefly talk about my future, I introduce you my new videos that I started doing, and finally I mention the episodes I have in the pipeline.

This is the final part of a 5-part series called Luke Back on ZEP. Similarly to the previous episode, in this one I am looking at another 25 interesting features of English Language that come out of my conversation with Luke. Linguistically this involves vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, as well as discourse. It might occasionally get a bit geeky but I tried to go for language diversity so, on the whole, I hope that you find this useful.

This is an extension to the triple episode named Luke Back on ZEP. In this episode I am looking at first 25 of total 50 interesting features of English Language that come out of my conversation with Luke. Linguistically this involves vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, as well as discourse. It might occasionally get a bit geeky but I tried to go for language diversity so, on the whole, I hope that you find this useful.

This is the final part of a chat with Luke Thompson from Luke’s English Podcast. In this episode you can hear about what Luke likes teaching the most, what are some of his favourite teaching techniques, what it was like recording Pink Gorilla Story 2, and also what episodes he enjoys doing the most. Besides, you will find out more about what the secret of Paul Taylor’s rise is and what it would take to do a live LEP meet-up with listeners.

This is part 2 of the Skype call conversation I recorded with Luke right after receiving my module 1 DELTA score. After an introduction in which I try to address the Lepsters to check out ZEP's archive, Luke and I continue with our relaxed free-flowing conversation talking about how our podcasts are doing in general. We mention what kind of episodes we appreciate about each other's podcasts. Luke does impersonations of Obama and Trump as a comical relief and then goes on to revels some cool "behind the scenes" of recording the episodes Sick in Japan, Travelling in Indonesia and California Road Trip. At the end, we also talk about our experiences of teaching English for specific purposes, namely business English and English for engineering.

This series of episodes was recorded a couple of hours after I learnt my result of DELTA module 1. What could possible be a better way for me to celebrate than having Luke Thompson back on the podcast? Honestly, I don't know. As the chat was quite long, I decided to divide it into 3 separate episodes. In part 1, we discuss our experiences of taking the Cambridge DELTA and then we try to break the commonly believed stereotype of a native speaker teacher of English being superior to a non-native one.

I decided to turn my English class with people from Ritual agency into a recorded freestyle conversation. Yet again, I refreshed the good old A-Z game. This was a wise decision as it lead to a very lively debate. We end up discussing some swearwords so do not listen if you are a prude. As ever, don't forget to leave your feedback.

This is the second part of lighthearted and extremely geeky chat with George aka Major or Emperor. In this one we go through all the characters of Kingdoms of Deceit and discuss the game's other various aspects and we end up on a high note arguing about the meaning of the phrase "The Dog's Bullocks". You should not listen to this if you are aged under 18, there is some explicit language in there and a bit of bullying towards me. Anyway, as you know I like to cover different things on this podcast so why not publish something so weird as this :) Anyway, if you are interested in Kingdoms of Deceit and want to support me developing it, why don't you watch the tutorial on Youtube. You can even join Tabletop Simulator and play with us.

This episode of the podcast features another playtester of Kingdoms of Deceit from Nottingham in England who goes by the name of Major, Emperor Zero or simply George. We mostly end up winding each other while trying to talk about Kingdoms of Deceit, the game I have been developing. In this part 1 we talk about the people we play with, the reasons why Major is a great podcast guest, reasons why he likes to play KoD and last but not least Major shows off his infamous God's voice. Also you will be able to find out what expressions "back in the day", "be pissed off with someone" and "ragequit" mean.

In this episode, I ask you to help me select the best jingle for Zdenek's English Podcast future episodes from top 5 tunes which were randomly generated for me on Jukedeck.com . Please listen and then come along to Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group where you can vote for your favourite jingle.

This episode features Clare, a history graduate and currently an English teacher who has lived and studied in both Czech Republic and Russia. We go through various topics, especially teaching English, but also Clare's experience of living abroad. Finally, we touch upon Donald Trump and the radicalism in the society.

This is the second part of a chat with Eva and her boyfriend Mark. This time it focuses on their working experience in a Greek hotel which did not exactly go according to plan. After that we move on to the topic of Brexit. At times, the episode feels like an angry rant of the three of us but is certainly inevitable. We did try to lighten the atmosphere up to end on a positive note so Eva and Mark give some recommendations on how to spend a holiday in Prague. Despite having a negative tone because of the topics we discussed, the episode is a lot of fun and you can hear us laughing a lot.

Do you remember Eva from England whom I met during my Celta course duing summer 2015 and who nailed it with that post-CELTA interview? Well, guess what! She is back. And this time she brought her cool boyfriend, too. It's a pleasure to listen to them because of their clear RP accents. So in a nutshell, this is an interview with two native speakers from England recorded in a pub in Prague. In part one we talked about Mark's dissertation. Mark is a linguist and his mission is to teach computers sarcasm. So we talk about that and also differences between languages, Mark's time teaching English in China, Eva's pet peeve about phonology, I and Eva reminisce about our CELTA course, and last but not least I get a proper insight into binge drinking and lad culture in England. Enjoy and don't forget to send in some feedback! It does help a lot.

good old RTC is back!!! Enjoy I and Honza looking back at the previous year and celebrating the coming of year 2017!

This is the concluding episode of Taking the DELTA series. First, I shall tell you about my impression of the Module 1 Exam. This is followed by my sincere apology. But more importantly this episode is a large chunk of 4 interviews. which was recorded on the last days of the DELTA course. This gives you a unique chance to listen to my 4 classmates who also took the course. Who are they? How do they evaluate the course? Would they recommend it? How did they feel during the course? What was the hardest about it? And most importantly how the hell did we manage to survive this?

In this episode you will find out whether I passed Module 2 of the DELTA Module 2 or not. I also answer couple of questions and address a few topics. How did it feel when I received the email about my result and in what kind of way did I read it? What are my reasons for getting this particular kind of result? Do I have some reservations about the DELTA Course and if so, what are they? What are some of the most important things I learnt about myself thanks to the DELTA course? And lastly I somehow managed to mention Donald Trump and also there was a poor attempt at a bluff.

This is part 4 of "Taking the DELTA" series in which I embark upon a perilous journey of trying to describe my feelings during a super intense full-time course for English teachers which I took in summer 2016. This particular episode is devoted to my remaining assessed lessons. This episode is the core of the whole series. I experienced some unforgettable moments which enabled me to understand my own personality better. This episodes involves some explicit language so I do not recommend it to listener who are under 15 years old. It also includes 3 recordings. One was borrowed from the BBC, one was recorded with help of my DELTA colleague Sanki and one is a song which I borrowed by Aly & Fila vs Roger Shah feat. Adrina Thorpe called Perfect Love. Have fun listening to this.

This is the third part of Taking the DELTA series. How did I did in my first important assessed lesson? What do you have to do to pass an LSA? What does LSA even stand for? Find answers in this episode. As a bonus, I am adding a recording my friend Ethan and his friend custom-recorded to glamorise my lesson plan.

The is the second part of the Taking the DELTA series. In this part you hear me fixing a few problems that arose during the last episode. The main content revolves around me talking about the DELTA interview which I needed to pass in order to be accepted for the DELTA course, about what my typical DELTA day looked like, and my feelings of trials and tribulations during the DELTA input sessions and how it contrasted with my university years. There are a lot of put-downs and self-criticism involved. After recording this I realised that I need to change my attitude so remember to take this with a pinch of salt. As a gift to my loyal listeners I have also attached the Luke's English Podcast anecdote competition entry. The legendary "Can I please you story" is back!!!

In the first part of this episode I remind everyone what this podcast is and why I decided to start doing it years ago, as well as explain my long podcasting absence. In the second part I move on to the main subject which is the DELTA Cambridge course which I took this summer. There is only time for the intro in this episode. I will tell you more in the subsequent parts of this series.

Hello listeners, here is one more episode before I embark on a journey of professional development. I should be back after about 2 months. In this particular episode I catch up with my friend Ethan, a native speaker from London. You might have heard some previous episodes we recorded earlier, if not feel free to browse the archive. The topics of this episode are obvious. It's Brexit, football and also generally what Ethan has been up to.

This episode features my very good friend George. In it we give our top 10 lists of our favourite board games. What are our favourite games? Why do we enjoy playing these games? Do we have any crossovers? Can we guess each other's top 5? As well as good recommendations for great games or games you could use in the classroom as a teacher, you can hear some general banter between 2 friends. Listen out for some interesting slips and even grammar mistakes on my part. Feel free to give us feedback on our language or even write down your personal top ten on Audioboom.fm or on Facebook in Zdenek's English Podcast group.

This is the second part of the discussion with Shaun, my native speaker friend who I met through playtesting my board game called Kingdoms of Deceit. In this episode we talk about this game. We explain what it is, and how you play it. Shaun will tell you what he particularly likes about the game as well. We also invite you to join this wonderful community of online board gamers where you can get to know a lot of native speakers and practice your English with them while having fun. If you are up for it, we even encourage you to try out Kingdoms of Deceit with us.

This is a highly requested episode which I recorded with my friend Shaun, a native speaker from England. This particular part is devoted to Brexit, a decision of the UK to leave the EU, which shook up the country and pretty much shocked the whole Europe. What are some possible implications for the UK? How does a member of young adult generation feel about this? Shaun has a lot to say. Don't forget to tune in to part two in which we will talk about my game Kingdoms of Deceit.

This episode is an improvised lesson. It features two students of mine, Valentin from Ukraine and Mina from Serbia. The former is a rising star of tattoo art and the latter a former professional handball player. This episode's theme is therefore tattooing and handball. If you want to know what it is like to become a tattoo artist, how it feels to make your first tattoo, Valentin will provide you with the answers in this episode. There is some occasional ramble such as us when we try to speculate about possibility to implement tattoos as an intricate way to cheat during exams as well. Mina's passion of handball was cut off due to aninjury, however he has a lot of stories to tell. Especially about his life in France. What is it like to grow up in France, to learn French? Mina will tell you. In the end we also managed to find a connection between tattooing and sport to draw this episode to a close in a stylish way. I hope you will like it.

Hello listeners, sometimes I like to improvise my classes and sometimes I improvise episodes of Zdenek's English podcast, too. And sometimes these two happen simultaneously. Yesterday, I was teaching a lesson on gerunds and infinitives. There is one free-style activity I like to do to conclude this grammar chapter. And I asked my students whether they would be up for doing this live for the podcast. They unanimously said yes. So if you want to find out more about verb patterns I suggest that you listen to the episode of this podcast. There is a lot of banter and laughter involved. Get ready for some twist and turns, and revelations, too. The last but not the least, you will find out how you should never pronounce "can't". I suppose I should warn you that there is some explicit content but it is all used for educational purposes. P.S We are not alcoholics and I do not ask my students for bribes before the exams.

It had been a while since the last native speaker on the podcast and that's why about a month ago I took my friend Kevin to a pub in Podebrady (in the photo) to do something about this. The entire conversation was unprepared and we resort to ramble here and there. I made couple of really bad jokes in my attempt to be funny while having conversation with a British person. However, there are some interesting topics we go through as well such as how I met Kevin, board games, Kevin's plans of becoming a doctor and finding himself a Czech bride, the city of Bath and it's mysteries, learning English and much more.

The main course of this podcast episode is me reading out a real life experience of attending a speeddating event. Some time ago I wrote a story to teach conditionals in my upper-intermediate class. For those of you who understand, it's basically a guided discovery. I decided to use the same material to records a ZEP episode. The full package includes a story from my real life, an in-depth grammar analysis in which I look at all types of conditionals, tips for teachers and also a request to test out (by print&play) a cool RPG social deduction card game called Blacksmith which I have been working on for the past few months.

First of all, in a short introduction to this episode I attempt to explain my podcasting absence. And then.... ....I embark on a musing journey with Peter. We continue playing the game. We come across tough choices such as beauty versus brain, snow versus the Sun, and last but no least one night stand versus relationship. Who do you think has won the game? Zdenek or Peter? As a bonus my guest decided to give you a little task. Listen to find out more.

This is another episode with a student of mine. These days I prefer killing more birds with one stone. Petr has actually appeared on the podcast before in the episode called Luke's Roleplays Reborn. We delve into various topics some of which I claim to know nothing about such as women, cars, happiness and also Star Wars. Anyway, see for yourself.

This is the second part of the interview with Zuzka. From the feedback I got from you I deduce that you thoroughly enjoyed part one. In this one we embark upon a simple word game which has already been employed in this podcast before. While going through the words that come to mind, I tried to look at some aspects of the language. such as minimal pairs in pronunciation. I might have said a few things inaccurately in the episode as regards the geography. so I hope you forgive me.

The time has come to test the loyalty of the Zeppers. As you know not long ago Luke launched a cool brand new competition called Luke's English Podcast photo competition. Despite the fiasco in the previous competition in which we were sending in our podcasts, I entered this one as well. I have sent in a photo of me listening to the podcast while cycling to work in rather freezing conditions. I have seen the photos of all the competitors and I have to admit that am up against some tough opposition. That's why I am asking you, my loyal listeners, to vote for my image and help me get a decent place in this prestigious competition. I came up with my top ten reasons (I might have accidentally done just top 9 but nobody needs to know that!) why you should vote for me to help you decide. Even if I don't manage to convince you, I will appreciate if you have a listen to this episode "just for the hell of it". I was drinking beer while recording this episode so it should definitely be taken with a grain of salt. And sugar, too!

What is it like to self-study English through the eyes of a 16-year old these days? Zuzka from the Czech Republic will provide you with some useful and often unique tips this episode. She is going to speak about her dreams , LEP, her favourite TV shows, her voluntary work with German kids and much more. You really get a full package here so why don't you and check it out. Another epsiode (number 140) in which we play the popular A-Z game (already done on this podcast with my cousin) will follow soon.

This year I am teaching a group of Chinese students. From Asia I have only taught some Saudis before. Overall, I have to say that teaching the Chinese is an amazing experience. I thought you might be interested in having people from this country on the podcast, actually hearing their accent and relate to the struggle of learning a foreign language so I kindly asked them if they would be up for recording an episode with me as a part of our lesson and guess what? They gave me a go-ahead. Unfortunately this recording has been marred by a few negatives. First I speak too much in it. I am sure the Cambridge academics wouldn't approve of the way I teach as it undoubtedly doesn't correlate with the vastly recognised communicative approach of teaching. To justify this, the group is predominantly pre-intermediate thus for some of the students to produce a longer stretch of language poses a challenge. I tried to ask loads of questions to make up for this and keep the recording the pace and momentum of the recording. Second, for some reason, every time any of the Chinese students speaks, their voice is considerably quieter than mine. This is probably due to the fact I didn't put the recorder close enough to their mouths and also they are a bit shy and they somewhat behaved in a modest way as well. Despite this I am convinced that this episode is worth listening to as it offers a different outlook on learning English. It also gives you a chance to finally listen to a Chinese accent on my podcast. And last but not least, you can enjoy my struggle of trying to pronounce Chinese names, which I think is particularly hilarious.

Hello everyone, it has been ages since my last episode. In fact, I recorded one on 25 December last year but only managed to get round to the publishing now. I hope you won't be disappointed that this episode is thus slightly out-of -date. In it I am looking at statistics of year 2015, and simply attempting to sum up this year in terms of the podcasting..

This episode is pretty much a coverage of my first attempts of field testing the knowledge I learnt from the books about how to seduce women.. How successful was I with women this week? What did I get from a female hairdresser instead of her phone number? What did I eat that I haven't since the kindergarten? What helps me to bounce back these days? How did I do at a party? What self-help on the topic of seduction book am I reading at the moment? You can find the answers to all these questions in this episode. Enjoy.

In a nutshell, this is a series about my journey of becoming more apt with women upon which I have lately decided to embark. I hope you find it interesting and useful. I'm certain a lot of you may actually relate to this. Let me know what you think.

In this episode I talk about the horrific events of terrorist attacks in Paris which happened on 13 November 2015. I mention some common opinions that people I know have shared on FB. Obviously like always this is bound to polarize European society who is increasingly becoming anti-Islamic. I tried to be as objective as possible, taking into consideration as many aspects as I could. I apologize if your views exactly relate to mine. I also tried to reflect the takes of my friends and Czech people in general.

In this episode I spoke to Jirka, the mountain trekker who has already been on the podcast before. This time we attempted to look at the most common English tenses. I employed the didactic method of personalization. The idea is nothing brand-new, I often do this with students in my classes. In this particular case, however, I sometimes I went over the top with my questions and at times made the interview sound somewhat contrived, rather than natural, this applies especially when we are dealing with past perfect tenses.. In addition, we both apologize for making various sorts of errors, ranging from grammar and lexical ones all the way to general knowledge ones. I am sure that my CELTA tutors wouldn't praise me for excessive echoing either. We recorded this off the top of our head(s) - If I may inflect this idiom in this way. I could have done something about the mistakes in post-production but I decided to leave the whole recording as much authentic as possible. I hope you appreciate it and don't give us too much stick.

Well, it's been long time since I did something crazy on this podcast. :) In this episodes I took on a challenge of doing 100 push-ups live while clarifying 10 random items of vocabulary. Obviously I'm not doing this in one go but rather one step at a time. Anyway, have fun and don't forget to send some feedback, I haven't had much of this lately. :)

Long time since I published RTC last time :) I think Honza is at his best in this episode. And he is trying to reach out to you listeners so don't let him him down. Remember to send feedback in form of a comment on Zdenek's English Podcast Facebook group or on my channel at audioboom.fm

In this episode I am catching up with my friend Aarony, a football journalist from Bangladesh. Aarony has appeared on the podcast before and I am glad she provided another exclusive skype interview for Zdenek’s English Podcast. What has happened since I last spoke to Aarony? Well big things in fact. She has moved to Amsterdam, in Europe to study there. What are Dutch stereotypes? How is Aarony blending in? What was Aarony’s biggest shock when she arrived? Has she visited any football matches? What is it like studying for a non-Dutch person? Are there any challenges? What are Aarony’s future plans? What are her thoghts on Arsenal? You will find answers to all these questions in this existing debate with Aarony. And as a bonus we also explain an interesting idiomatic phrase “glass ceiling”.

For this episode I used a programme which created random questions for me to answer. Admittedly, I wasn't at my best regarding my language abilities and when I listened back to it, I personally found the recording boring. The idea was excellent but it didn't work as I planned it. Perhaps I had bad luck with the questions as well. It was hard for me to record something worthwhile partly because I was not feeling well and was a bit drunk and partly due to its challenge. I had to improvise and thus there was nothing prepared in advance. Apparently, it is still difficult for me to come up with something funny or profound on the spur of the moment under constrain of producing something that would make people interested. So why would you want to listen to my struggle if I claim it is boring and not worth your time? Well maybe you can relate to my experience as a language learner, maybe you just mischievously want to see me give a bad performance, which might ultimately make you feel better or maybe you think I am exaggerating. Be it as it may, I invested some time recording and editing this, so not publishing it would feel wasteful.

This episode was recorded during my last days of CELTA course. It is a light-hearted interview with my classmate, a trilingual speaker called Eva who has a perfect British English accent. In this rather unprepared episode we talk about the experience of taking CELTA, we slander our other classmates and tutors, teach the pronunciation of "should have" and also give a dodgy geography lesson. Later in the episode we are also joined by another CELTA candidate Liisi from Estonia who also makes a great contribution to this interview.

This is the final part of the mini series about CELTA. In this episode I will reveal the secret of the grade I have received in CELTA. Apart from this you are also in for my responses to comments from the listeners who have taken CELTA themselves, a surge of self-pitying moments and a short recording from Luke as a surprise and icing on the cake at the end.

This is the second part of the miniseries about how I did in the CELTA course. In this episode I am going to tell you about what my challenges as a teacher were based on tutors'. I will explain what kind of influence Luke's English podcast had on my teaching. What were/are my weaknesses as a teacher? How was I evaluated during the course tutorials? Was my humorous teaching approach always well received? Find the answers in this episode. Lastly, as an icing on the cake I will read out my original "assignment 4" for you in which I reflect on the course as a whole.

In this mini-series I am going to be telling you about my experience of taking Cambridge CELTA course. In part one I will first explain the long absence from podcasting. And then I will tell you more details such as where, when, why and under what circumstances I took CELTA.

This episode features a young bilingual man, half English half Czech. Although he was born and has been living in the Czech Republic his entire life, due to the fact that he has an English father you can't tell apart his accent from the one of a native speaker of English. Therefore, obviously this was a glorious opportunity for this podcast to have such person interviewed. In the interview we discuss various subjects such as Johny's life here in the Czech Republic, his future, his national identity, the English and what they are like, how they compare to Czechs, Johny's interests and last but not least we talk about judo, games and also coffee making.

I recorded this episode as a response to Luke's English podcast double episode called Bad Haircut Situation. Initially this was not meant to be published as it was just supposed to be an ordinary recorded lesson. However, the outcome turned out to be so funny that I had no option other than to actually publish it. I asked Luke if that would be OK and guess what? He said YES! This episode is putting Luke's roleplay into practice by high level non-native speakers of English. Have fun!

This is the final part of the series with arguably the most interesting and indubitably the smartest class I have ever taught - futue PHD students - what more can I say? I was really lucky to have taught them. In this episode my students shockingly took me aback by giving me an unexpected gift. This is when the podcast recording turned out to become a rather emotional experience for me.

Here is the long awaited part 2. It feels so nostalgic to listen to this already and it was recorded only 14 days ago. Enjoy!

This episode was recorded due to the success of its predecessor. It is a lose sequel to episode 89 which featured my former upper-intermediate students. This year I have taught a similar group full of charming foreign students who already have degree and intend to study PHD or master's in my country. I managed to convince them that this was a long held tradition and they were willing to help me out. We got together in a bar in my town and then I just switched the recorder on and we hammered out about 90 minutes of a truly sponaneous material. While recoding this, we got really excited as the time progressed. In this is the first part of a mini serie, I asked all the guests to introduce themselves. I had to divide the recording into 3 parts not only because it is a long episode but also because I recorded a rather lenghty introduction to it in which I tell you about my current status and also touch upon my future plans. You may be interested in hearing that I am developing a fantasy board game for instance and I am going to update you on my planned English adventure as well.

This is the second part of the episode recorded in the classroom with the students of mine. In this one I asked them to tell us what it was like for them to move to a foreign country and also to give us some information about their own countries. You are going to hear from Khatia, Alona, Tatevik, Konstantin, Anna and Ryan so the coutries which will be spoken about in this episode are Armenia, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and the Philippines. I have to say I really enjoyed being part of this as my students really put their heart into it.

This is a lesson with my high level students which I decided to convert into a podcast episode.

In this episode I took my friend Mirek up on the offer to meet up with Graham from Canada to carry out an improvised interview. It took place in Samer's Kebab right before the Linguistic Circle, which is the event I have been organizing for my students. Graham is an educated young businessman from Canada who has already got some vast travelling experience which he is willing to share with us. He will also tell us a lot about his stay in the Czech Republic and The part 2 will follow. Let me know if you want me to do a language analysis as well.

In this episode we pick up on the light-hearted chat with Alex from the previous edition of the podcast. In this one in particular I try to throw in selected idioms related to "time" but admittedly it does get out of control on couple of occasions.

This is the first part of an interview with Alex, a Czech girl who has lived in Canada for a short time and whose brother was on the team of people responsible for the film Hobbit.

This is my first attempt to record an episode of a podcast in my native tongue. The way I speak speak there is really weird but I hope learners of Czech as a second Language find this interesting and motivating. Kuba is an example of a guy who learnt Czech to a high level in a record time so if you wonder how he managed that, and more, listen to this.

This Episode is the long awaited unveiling of the rap song I have written in order to teach you conditional clauses and wait for it...I HAVE ALSO RAPPED IT! First of all I explain what got me to do this and what kind of challenges I had to face. Then you will have an exclusive chance to listen to the full song (about 7 minutes) and finally I will give you a vocabulary analyses of chosen expressions from it. On balance, a real treat, don't you think? :)

I was interviewed by Mirek who is going to write his thesis on Podcasts in English Language Teaching. I speak about Luke's English Podcast, my podcasting journey and I make an unsuccessful attempt to do a Cockney accent.

And here comes the winner of the competition :) Congratulations!

This is just a short message for you to fill the time before I release the interview with the winner of ZEP competition :)

Here is the interview with the person who finished in the second place in ZEP competition. Congratulations!

Here is the 3rd place in the ZEP competition. Warning: There is a lot of improvised ramble prior to the interview.

The 4th place of the ZEP competition including 3 error corrections as a bonus.

Another competition interview charged with a lot of emotions of various sorts.

Here is the 5th place of ZEP competition.

Lyrics by Zdenek Lukas Music downloaded from http://www.killatune.com/freenonexbeats/freebeats1.mp3

The person who finished in the shared sixth/ seventh place of the competition is revealed in this episode. I also take a brief look at the genitive case.

Finally the competition results are here!!! Thanks everyone for the participation :)

This quick message is mainly a call on Ben from Algeria to get back to me so that we can record his competition entry. I also outline what kind of blunder I made with Daniele's contribution. In addition, I shortly talk about how I featured on the Chatcast as a host with 7 more people.

In this episode I decided to give a chance to two young Czech teenagers to have a say on the podcast. The first ten minutes are the introduction to this episode. I basically explain the context in which this recording was made. After that I start shooting loads of questions at Michal and Bart to keep the conversation going. We talk about their attitude to English, their interests such as bodybuilding, handball, and so on and then we plunge into the animal world with a series of questions about animals. I have to apologize for several errors. I made a number of them in this episode. First I mistook Michael Phelps for Ian Thorpe, second I said "strike" but what I meant was "stroke", and last I missed the definite article in the expression "outside the classroom".

I and my cousin Honza in a New Year's Eve Road to Civilization episode :)

This is the final part of the interview with Ethan recorded in the second largest city in the Czech Republic Brno. For this one I prepared idioms related to music. At the end there is another piece of music from Ethan.

This is the second part of the interview with Ethan I recorded in Brno. This time we focus on Ethan’s music and his DJ career. Ethan exclusively provided some pieces of his music for the podcast. I selected the one I liked the best and played it at the end of this episode. This is where you can listen to his music or even download for free: https://soundcloud.com/ethane.

This is the 100th episode of Zdenek‘s English Podcast. Naturally, I used this milestone episode as an opportunity to review my podcasting history, but also to greet all my listeners and thank them for being with me. A special tribute was paid to Luke’s English Podcast and shootouts sent to people who run other podcasts of Leppers’ production. I once again made it clear what my future plans and ambitions are. Admittedly there are some obstacles in my way but I tried to give a motivation speech to myself which should help to put some pressure on me in order to be brave and attempt to achieve my main goal no matter what it takes. How has the podcast helped me? I tried to look at some strong points as well as downsides of recording this podcast. At the end I announced all the registered competitors of the competition which I am launching to celebrate this podcast jubilee.

This episode was recorded in Brno. It features an interview with my English friend Ethan (at the time of the recording slightly under the weather) who has come to live to the Czech Republic for a term as a part of his university programme. I ask him about his experiences living here, about the encounters with Czechs. Ethan explains what it is like to study Czech and tries to compare his university city Bristol to Brno. He also foreshadows what we will talk about in the second part of this interview - his music and gigs. Ethan happens to be a DJ - Ethane, which should well explain the name of this episode. While recording this edition, I was on an idiom spree which does not always happen, and because Ethan also naturally uses loads of fixed phrases himself, the result is that this episode is full of idiomatic language. Besides English, we also speak a bit Czech and also Russian but don't worry it is non-impeding to the whole interview. There is also a short introduction to this episode located at the beginning in which I try to once again elucidate the rules of the competition which I am launching to celebrate the 100th episode of the podcast.

In this episode I am going to tell you about a competition which I have decided to launch for you, i.e. the listeners of this podcast. I hope you will all understand my instructions and at least some of you will take part, if not with the ambition to win, at least just for the hell of it. So this episode is about me kind of laying out the rules of the competition and also giving you reasons as to why you should enter it. Don't forget the registration deadline is 24th December. If you are interested, just contact me somehow and I promise will get back to you.

This is an improvised episode, recorded in an ice rink, which I produced with a friend of mine who has recently come back from a working holiday in the USA where he worked as a lifeguard.

In this episode I called on skype Gabriela from Brazil, my favourite contestant of Luke's English Podcast competition. She is only 13 and has already wonderful English. Especially her accent and pronunciation are truly admirable. I tried to present a theory as to how she managed to do that. We discuss various topics, such as learning English, Luke's English Podcast, Doctor Who, and more. Don't forget to listen to the very end. Gabriela made an icing in the cake for you - a recording in which she impersonates different accents.

This is the last episode from a mini-series featuring the American pastor Bill. In this one I scrutinize the interesting items of vocabulary for you. I hope you find it useful and I apologize for slight deviation to the correct pronunciation of the words dissect and dissection. If you want to know about the cut-throat competitions of other podcasters that I am facing these days, my attitude to it and how jealous I was that the triumvirate of Leppers had Luke on their brand new podcast called Chatcast, you should pay the attention from the beginning of this episode. I this episode I explained the following bits of language: high school, to raise sb., take take a career path, a vein, to define sb., travelling itinerary preacher, accredit st. to st. (not sb. as I repeated several times on the podcast wrongly), somewhat skeptical, oh boy!, figure st. out, humility, ingrained, work one's way up, puff one's chest out, whine, st. along these lines, it ties into that, present continuous for present habits.

This episode of the podcast is a direct continuation of the intriguing dialogue I had with the American pastor Bill in episode no.92. This part is basically Bill’s interaction with the podcast fans whom I asked prior to the interview to come up with some interesting questions. What temperature is there in hell? What brought Bill to faith? In Bill’s opinion, toward whom is there the largest religious intolerance in the USA? What does Bill say to my obstinate animosity towards anyone trying to have me convert to their religion? Is Bill a technology maniac? In addition, what does the label on the coke we ordered say and what is the question Bill asks me at the end of our interview and how do I respond to it? (hint: I have been asked exactly the same questions by Luke) I show my true colours in this episode by the extensive usage of “hm hm hm language phenomenon”, just as I was warning you at the beginning of the previous episode with Bill. This bad habit probably has its roots in my tiredness after a demanding work day. If you thought it was not so bad in the previous episode, well, in this one, I can assure you that you will get more than enough of it.

This is a brand new improvised episode in which I decided to go through some of the sticky notes found in my room and explain the bits of vocab written on them. I have recorded and uploaded it in a record time = in less than 2 hours, which has never happened on this podcast. For this reason this episode is a ground-breaking one. It will certainly give you a taste of what it is like when I record myself without editing. don't forget that it is an improvised episode. Hence it brings a lot of hesitations, false starts as well as mistakes but on the other hand you can rest assured that this episode is authentic, and not at all artificial. I am planning to make a list of corrections of the most serious errors I made in this edition. For this, please, watch the podcast facebook group. If you find this interesting I might be tempted to record a sequel to this as there are still loads more sticky notes in my room. Just let me know what you think.

This edition of the podcast features a native speaker Bill, a pastor from the USA. He came to visit a friend of his in the Czech Republic. We met in the school where I am teaching at the moment. He agreed to record an episode of Zdenek's English Podcast. In this interview we talk about Bill's job, religion, and history. We try to confront common American stereotypes. The last but not least, Bill also tells us what it feels like to be visiting the Czech Republic. If you listen carefully, you will hear the answer to questions such as: Why can't Bill stand chicken? Does Bill's faith order celibacy? What does Bill think about how Czech teens are dressed? What sport did Bill use to play? Why do Americans eat so much? Don't forget that part two of this interview, where we'll deal with the questions from the listeners, will follow in due course.

For this episode I decided to skypecall my colleague José from Chile. I call him my colleague for two reasons. First, he is a teacher by profession just like me and second, he has his own podcast in English in which he often interviews native speakers. We immerse ourselves in a debate about various topics. At the beginning I ask José to give us some geographical awareness of Chile and then we continue discussing education, learning languages, and teaching in general. José also tells us a bit about his podcast and we end this pleasant debate by exchanging compliments of mutual respect. In this episode you may also find the answers to the following questions: What came first Chile – the plant or country? What does José teach? What kind of teacher is José? Why do students cheat? What does José think about the jingle of ZEP?

Do you remember Monika from the episode A Word with a Future Manager Living in London? And do you remember how Monika invited me to visit her in th UK? Well guess what? I took her up on it this summer. Obviously I couldn't let the opportunity to do some podcasting with her slip through my fingers. We did this episode in the nick of time right before my departure. So what can you expect from this one? First of all, you will have a chance to catch up with latest news about Monika and her promotion in Café Nero. Besides we will try to discuss some interesting idioms, phrases and phrasal verbs related to shopping. As ever Monika has a spot-on pronunciation and it is a real pleasure to have a conversation with her as he is such a cheerful person with wonderful sense of humour. Don't forget to leave comments (can be very short), messages in the facebook group or here ( you can even record an audio comment). Remember that any sort of feedback is highly appreciated and makes me want to do more and more episodes and interviews for you.

This episode was recorded on the day I took the final test with my foreign students. In the evening, we went to a bar and drank a bit and I used the opportunity to introduce my students to my podcast. The conversation we had was totally unscripted so everything was recorded on the spur of the moment. The occasional ramble which was, however, at times mixed with profound debate was inevitable. In a nutshell, we touch upon about various topics such as aliens, languages,parallel universes, literature, relationship anniversaries, studying for tests, babel and much more in a slightly random way. Incidentally, the first African on the podcast ever made an appearance. In addition, the immortal Eduard from the episode called "Beer with Cyberman" made his podcast comeback. After publishing this one, I realized how much I miss all these guys. Hopefully we will hear from some of them gain in the future.

In this episode I and my cousin go for a beer and we made an amazing decision to play a spontaneous game in which we profoundly ramble, ramble and ramble...and we recorded it all of course :) If you wonder why we got to T and the podcast ends there without saying "Bye", it is because my recorder ran out of memory and switched off without giving me any warning. We actually did finish playing the game and my last word was Zombie :)

This brand new episode partially reveals the truth behind how I managed to get hold of my master's degree. I will be reading you selected chapters from my diploma thesis so brace yourselves for a high level academic language of linguistics. Should you prefer my more human side, in this edition of the podcast you can also hear about my latest experiences, plans, relationship updates and drug addiction relapses.

This episode features a native speaker - Kevin from the USA, an English teacher working in Brazil. He can, in my opinion, be considered an inspirational figure for all English teachers around the world as he developed his own unique teaching style. I basically agree with his approach and most of his ideas about teaching. In this episode Kevin serves a lot of valuable advice to all learners of English as a second language. If you struggle to motivate yourself or don't exactly know how to take your English to another level, I suggest that you do not miss this episode. Incidentally, make sure you listen to the very end as you are in for a great finale - a short conversation which preceded the main interview.

This is another interview of the series I recorded in England. This time it features my good friend Franta. Franta, a former radio Dj and football player in the Czech Republic, describes his fascinating experiences of moving over to London and later to Brighton ultimately becoming a hotel manager in the latter city. Since when he first came to the UK, he had zero English and worked as a kitchen porter, his story, which is full of hard-work, skill and positive attitude is worthy of respect. The whole interview is awash with motivating words and tips on how to go about coming out of one's comfort zone and learning a foreign language. Franta's success story, which I had a chance (about 8 years ago) to observe myself firsthand since our paths crossed in London back in the days, still serves as a my huge inspiration.

This episode was recorded in Bristol (England). It features my friend John who settled down there. As a part of my English holiday I visited him and we recorded this episode. We talk about various things such John’s previous and possible future job. As part of this, I learnt the word lollipopman by the way. We also touch upon solar panel energy, guinea pigs and last but not the least we think had about the position of Czech immigrants in British society. There is also a brief lesson into Czech history and I do the impression of a seagull.

This double episode is devoted my listeners. In each part you can listen to an audio message I received from a listener of the podcast. In this (second part) I'm answering namely to 2 questions which a long-time listener Daniel from Italy sent me. If you want to know more about my hometown Podebrady and also the Czech comedy group Jára Cimrman, this is episode is exactly for you.

This double episode is devoted my listeners. In each part you can listen to an audio message I received from a listener of the podcast. In this particular one, I am responding to questions sent by a listener from Hungary called Gabor. He asks more or less about DOTA, the computer game I was hooked on for a long time.

In this podcast episode you will have chance to listen to Roman, my countryman who happened to have passed the CPE exam at grade A. In our interview we discuss various topics because Roman is an inspiring guy in various aspects. He is a passionate fisherman, a up-and-coming table tennis player and his spoken English is for a non-native spekaer abolutely brilliant. If you want to learn some useful English idioms and expressions, if you want to find out what the difference between table tennis and pingpong ism and if you want to know how Roman managed to learn English to such a level and why he is now possibily wasting his talent, have a listen to this episode. He is also looking for an opportunity to practice his English with high level speakers, ideally females as he claims to be single :).

This edition is a direct continuation of the previous one. I and Vika keep chatting about relationships. We attempt to divide types of relationships, we touch upon the questions such as "Does the best friend exist?", "Is it possible to be a friend with woman if you are a man?" Is one night stand more for men?" "Should men cry?" and a lot more.

This episode features a recorded discussion which I had with my former private Ukrainian student called Victoria about 2 months. The theme was centred upon the popular subject of relationships, differences between men and women and picking up routines. Vika is an interesting young girl who has a lot to say on this topic and since her English is at advanced level, she is also very enjoyable to listen to. What kind of person is Vika and why on earth did she collect my notes from our lesson even though they were clearly illegible? Which person already interviewed on the podcast does Vika have a connection to? Who do we look in men and women when we look around for a potential partner? How are men and women different as for their preferences? What is some of our personal experience? You will definitely find the answers to these questions and much more such as useful or less useful tips on how to pick up girls. I may have talked too much in this episode at times. I promise you will get more of Vika in part 2, though.

This edition of the podcast is an indirect sequel to the interview with Luke Thompson, namely episode 75 - part 1. I took out bits and pieces from our conversation, focusing on interesting vocabulary as well as the mistakes I commited and decided to analyse them. Besides giving you my own examples and throwing in more items of vocabulary which I have recently learnt, I am trying to respond to my critics who to a certain extent rightly suggested that I may have gone too far as to my emotions surrounding this for me important moment of meeting Luke.

At the beginning Luke will tell you what his friends think about him putting so much time into doing his podcast. After that we change roles on Luke starts asking me questions such as: What is my favourite thing about doing the podcast and what kind of episode I like doing most. Arguably, the icing on the cake of the whole interview is when Luke outlines a situation of a zombie attack in the park. I am asked to consider my first course of action and then we both speculate about the whole scenario. We keep enjoying discussing our possible options until we get interrupted by a stranger who asks us to mind a suspicious bag for him. I am also called upon to answer the question how it feels to meet Luke from Luke’s English Podcast and rate my nervousity level on the scale from 1 to 10. Another point of discussion is Luke’s experience of learning French. The debate then moves to a more general level of learning process. This amazing experience of meeting and interviewing Luke ends in a stylish way when Luke generously thanks me for the alcoholic gifts I brought him from the Czech Republic and says goodbye in his customary style.

This is the second part of the interview with Luke Thompson, the author of Luke's English Podcast. What was Luke's initial reaction when I told him about my idea of starting my own podcast? What would have Luke said to me if had been a lawyer? Where is Luke rightly drawing the line and what kind of advice is he giving me? What kind of motivating words does Luke give me and in what way does he think my podcast can become unique? We also spend some time talking about Guillaume, the Swiss guy whom I interviewed in episodes 69 and 70, aplauding him for his courage and setting him as a great example to all English learners. What did Luke learn from doing his podcast? Has Luke's English Podcast changed his life? When will Luke be completely satisfied doing the podcast? Can Luke imagine his life without the podcast? Which one would Luke give up, if he was forced to do it, the podcast or stand-up? Luke also speaks about power and what it is like to do stand-up comedy. There is also a visitor in a form of a duck.

This is by far the greatest moment for this podcast so far. For this interview I travelled to Great Britain to meet up with Luke Thompson, a stand-up comedian, English teacher and most importantly the person who made Luke’s English Podcast – the best English podcast for English learners on the internet. Just to remind everyone, he also happens to be the reason I started doing my own podcast. This is the first part of a three-part interview with him. The whole interview was recorded in St. James’s Park in London. How does it feel to meet your idol? How badly can it affect your English? How and why did I come across Luke’s English Podcast and which was the first episode I heard? Which specific TV series do we talk about? How should language teachers teach today? How does Luke do the impression of the announcer that I recorded on a ferry? Who was the first weird character Luke and I saw in the park during recording this interview and what was he doing? If you wish like to hear Luke at his best and know the answers to the questions above, don’t hesitate and press the play button. Note that the whole episode is unedited and I published it as it was originally recorded.

In this 4-part series I am gonna be telling you all about my holiday in England which I went on in July 2014. So if you want to know what friends and other people I visited there, what experiences I had, and how it all made me feel, this is the right episode for you. In this final episode of this series, I will sum up my whole holiday in England. I will tell what kind of impact it had on me. I did publicly set myself an aim, which feels slightly binding now. The plan is ambitious and it is not going to be easy but there is no gain without pain. We will see what future brings and I can never know unless I really try to go for it.

In this 4-part series I am gonna be telling you all about my holiday in England which I went on in July 2014. So if you want to know what friends and other people I visited there, what experiences I had, and how it all made me feel, this is the right episode for you. In this particular episode, I will be speaking about how I met Luke Thompson in London. It was an emotional moment for me since I felt completely starstruck. The first entry is recorded just about 15 minutes after the end of our meeting. You can clearly tell how jumbled up my thoughts were. By the way, this was the most edited entry of all entries of this 4-part holiday series as I found myself to be unable to speak fluently. The meeting with Luke has clearly taken its toll. I did, however, try to fix it with a similarly ponderous reflection entry which I recorded the following day. Besides this predominant theme of meeting Luke, I also speak about my other experiences such as shopping, getting dehydrated, and visiting my friends, and as the icing on the cake, you can enjoy my fail of trying to convince my favourite kebab seller to say hi to the listeners of the podcast.

In this 4-part series I am gonna be telling you all about my holiday in England which I went on in July 2014. So if you want to know what friends and other people I visited there, what experiences I had, and how it all made me feel, this is the right episode for you. In this particular episode, you I can hear me talking in a slightly nostalgic way when crossing the English Channel on a ferry. There are 3 entries from Bristol: 2 in the middle of the Bristol Harbour Festival. John, Pepson and his girlfriend also make a short appearance. The final entry is recorded from Monika's cofee shop in London right beforing meeting my Hero.

In this 4-part series I am gonna be telling you all about my holiday in England which I went on in July 2014. So if you want to know what friends and other people I visited there, what experiences I had, and how it all made me feel, this is the right episode for you. In this particular episode, you will get acquinted with my objectvies for this holiday. You will probably notice that I was in a kind of travel fever mode - excited about the whole trip so to speak. There are 3 entries altogether - one was recorded on a motorway in Germany and the remaining two aboard a ferry somewhere in the English Channel.

In this double episode I called Guillaume, a long-time ZEP podcast fan from Switzerland. It was not his podcasting debut as he has his own Guillaume's English Podcast. Among others we talked about his country Switzerland, his experience of meeting Luke from Luke's English Podcast and also about the benefits of running one's own podcast. Guillaume also made it clear which episodes of Zdenek's English Podcast he considers the best. This file is the second part actually and at the end of this, you will be able to find the language analysis section attached.

In this double episode I called Guillaume, a long-time ZEP podcast fan from Switzerland. It was not his podcasting debut as he has his own Guillaume's English Podcast. Among others we talked about his country Switzerland, his experience of meeting Luke from Luke's English Podcast and also about the benefits of running one's own podcast. Guillaume also made it clear which episodes of Zdenek's English Podcast he considers the best. In the second part of this edition, you will be able to find the language analysis section attached.

This episode was not planned at all. After watching the demolition of the Brazilian national team by Germany, I took the initiative and called a native speaker Ethan (you might know him from previous episodes) to hear his own comments on this amazing match. We spoke about the match, about how both nations’ supporters must feel now and how their feelings can idiomatically be expressed in English. We also briefly touched upon the England national team as well as Luis Suaréz. After the Skype call proper, I played an association game with myself and then actually placed it before the chat with Ethan.

This is the second part of the interview with my cousin about the World Cup. What football teams could we hypotetically play for in the World Cup considering our skills? Why did Lusi Suarez bite the Italian player? What are our theories behind this incident. We also try to answer questions from the listeners and at the end you can listen to a short language analysis.

In this episode we got together with my cousin Honza to talk about the ongoing World Cup in Brazil. In the first part we talk about who we think might win it, who our favourite teams are and we also touch upon the fact that Muslim players didn't drink during the match because of Ramadan. After this there is a language analysis part in which my dog also makes an appearanace.

This is another from the popular series about me and my cousin's journey to civilization. This one was recorded in autumn and there is a language analysis section added, too.

This is a special heart-to-heart episode about my feelings of being betrayed. Basically, you have a unique opportunity to witness me speaking my heart out How exciting! (sarcasm) (I should have been born as Latin American I guess - I have no stiff upper lip whatsoever) More importantly, I will explain some vocabulary connected to the act of betrayal and I will also read out a slighly difficult poem by Walt Whitman.

In this episode I will explain what this podcast is all about. You will learn my aims for doing this and also what my inspiration for this was.

This episode stars my former student and good friend Eduard. Eduard is a well-educated guy with ambitious plans. He intends to do a PHD in artifitial inteligence. His dream is to become a scientist with his own lab and the ultimate goal is nothing less but win a Nobel Prize for making immortality possible. How is going to do it? Does he really think he can become immortal? Is this just a joke or is he really convinced it is possible? What is technological singularity? What are some bitter pills Eduard has had to swallow during his study history? Will I be given the green light to become Eduard's guinea pig in order to join his research? Coincidentally, towards the end of the interview, it was my cousin Honza, whom you might know from the Road to Civilization episodes, who joined us for a pint. What has my cousin been up to?

My university classmate Monika, who is currently living and working in London, came all the way back to our university town Pardubice to meet and record episode 62 of the podcast. Monika's English pronunciation is native-like and her voice is pleasant to listen to. She works in a coffee shop, and trust me, you will find it interesting and fun to find out what kind of position she has there and what it is called. Hopefully, I will be able to visit Monika in London soon to record another interview like this.

Here is the second part of the interview with Jirka about his Himalayan adventure. How do climbers proceed on the summit day ascent? How did Jirka feel having to miss the icing on the cake? Do you want to know what the weather conditions were like? Who was safe on the roads of Lukla? What new words did Jirka pick up? Have a listen to find out the answers. Moreover, a bonus in the form of a short grammar analysis including a slightly awkward explanation of the third conditional follows :)

This episode introduces you to 5 more hopefully amusing idioms. What is Cockney rhyming slang? How does a flirting zombie sound? Why don’t people normally eat butterflies? What’s the common response to praising girl’s breasts at a first date? How did I use to deal with stress before exams? What would a Liverpool manager tell his players if his team were four goals down during the half-time break? How did I make the decision to put off telling you the “Funny Idioms Story” until the next episode? By the way, the recurrent themes in this episodes are singers and dating.

In the first episodes of the year 2014 I take a look at idioms which I consider to be funny. First of all, I wish you all the best and something extra for the new year and then I move on to explaining what idioms are in general and why students as well as teachers tend to either love them or hate them. In the main part I focus on 4 (out of planned 9) idiomatic expressions, explain what they mean, how they are used, and more importantly speculate about their possible literal meaning. It might sometimes result in me getting involved in some kind of a surrealistic polemic in a form of interior monologue. I also give you conventional answers to some interesting questions such as: What insects can easily get into your pants? Does a worm know that you don’t want to eat it? What do zombies and worms have in common? Who was Vincent Van Gogh and how does this figure relate to English language? What would happen to pork meat from the economic viewpoint if pigs could fly? In addition, if you want to hear my Dutchman story from about 8 years ago, I suggest that you listen to this episode :)

This is just a short message to all my Itunes Listeners and everyone who hasn't noticed that I moved the podcast to Audioboo.fm. Listen to this to find out more. Thank you for understanding. :) Zdenek

This is the long awaited episode with Jirka, an estate agent from the Czech Republic, who went to conquer the Himalayas. I interviewed him about his exciting experience after he came back which was about a month ago . Did all the members of the expedition survive the trip? How exciting was this experience for Jirka? Did he reach Mera Peak? What was it like to acclimatize? What hiccups did Jirka have to undergo? If you are all curious, have a listen to this first part of the interview.

This is the last concluding episode of the trilogy about funny idioms (40-42). I have never worked more on a single episode than this one. It is up to you my listeners to decide if my effort was worth it. The episode 42 has two parts. In part No.1 I go through funny idioms that the facebook group members sent me as their favourites. The second part is dedicated to an autobiographical story which I wrote for you to wrap up the funny idioms series. The story is about my university graduation, especially about what preceded and followed. All the idioms that appeared on the previous two episodes will crop up in the story so the task is to pay close attention to how they are used. Massive thanks to Luke Thompson as well as to all those who inspired me to create the story. I would also like to point out that all the music and sounds I used in the story were borrowed with a non-commercial intention.

This is avocabulary analysis based on the previous episode with Aarony. Besides some usual rambling, in this episode I touch upon the topics of brainwashing, my ultimate goal for this podcast, state deficit and pecking order and anatomy. You will also be revealed the truth about which political party I voted in the elections held last week and I will try to pay the tribute to Czech beer by hailing its significance in my country. As a part of the show, somewhere in the middle of it, you will also have a glimpse at Aarony’s podcast about football which she hosts.

Last week I was in the town centre about to go back home. It had been snowing the night before so I thought it was an ideal combination for recording a totally improvised Road from Civilisation episode. If you want to find out what I have been up to, how I am going to be busy from this week on, why I don’t have mudguards, and why am I still single, and what TV series I have been watching, have a listen to this edition. What is trying to mar my professional photos? How does my bike alarm sound?How does a tractor sound? What do the ducks say? What do Czech people usually do in winter? How does the Czech town deal with a snow calamity? In addition, if you want to hear me snivel, struggle not knowing what to say next and stupidly trying to find a appropriate excuses for it, and of course, if you have a hankering for some wildlife animal as well as urban vehicle sounds, this is the right episode for you smiley By the way, if you come to my facebook group Zdenek’s English Podcast, you can expect the photos I took during this recording.

This episode is called “Idiom Game”. The first part of this episode was actually recorded about half a year ago. It features my cousin Honza and my friend Artem from Russia – the photographer from episode 13 called “In a restaurant”. Admittedly,we were a bit drunk while recording this episode so when we bravely embarked on a mission to play an idiom game, consequently, the educational value of the whole recording turned out to be slightly lower than you my listeners would deserve. On the other hand, you will be able to get a glimpse at how we non-native speakers may sometimes struggle understanding not only the meaning of idiomatic expressions but also how the idioms should remain in a fixed form. What’s more, you will also have a unique opportunity to hear us laugh and enjoy ourselves while playing this game. This might serve as a great example of how studying English can be fun if you know how to do it in a an interesting and engaging way. In the second part I try to explain the vast majority of the idioms from the game on a rather stupid situation of not exactly an ideal father and his young reckless daughter. I hope you will find it useful anyway, and take some of the slightly morally questionable and perhaps for some of you condemnable aspects of this episode with discretion.

This “Road to Civilization” episode has an introduction which is almost longer than the main part itself. The idea behind this was to correct a few chosen mistakes which would occur throughout the second part of this edition but to be honest it kind of went out of control. So what can you expect in the first part? A lot of rambling, my intricate theory which explains why my English speaking ability is inconsistent in terms of its quality, my attempt to correct some problems from the “Road to Civilization” episode including “the green smurfs” slip. You can also learn different ways to say “shit”, and finally I practice saying “Ukraine” and “Ukrainian”. What are you in for in the second part? Well, a classic “Road to Civilization” episode which this time more or less revolves around the topic of football, Honza’s second attempt to take charge of the recording device, wedding party music, a lot of crickets chirping, slugs on our way, and ultimately a leaf which got stuck to my shoe sole.

In the double episode with Jirka you will be able to find answers to the following questions: Is Jirka a sports person? How much sport does he do and what kind of sports he likes? Why does one need to do a lot of sport nowadays? What is windsurfing? Who is Roman Šeberle? What does one need to have to become a successful sportsman? Do football shoes made from kangaroo leather make you jump high? Do you want to know what extreme sport is appealing to Jirka and what connection this actually has to Pepson, the guy from the Pepson’s Holiday episode? Can sport harm you? What do I and Jirka consider to be boring sports? What is the second meaning of the word “diving”? Are penalties about luck? Are all sports suitable for women? Which sportsman disappointed me? And most importantly, what the hell is offside? – I don’t know if we really managed to explain it.

In this double episode with Jirka you will be able to find answers to the following questions: Is Jirka a sports person? How much sport does he do and what kind of sports he likes? Why does one need to do a lot of sport nowadays? What is windsurfing? Who is Roman Šeberle? What does one need to have to become a successful sportsman? Do football shoes made from kangaroo leather make you jump high? Do you want to know what extreme sport is appealing to Jirka and what connection this actually has to Pepson, the guy from the Pepson’s Holiday episode? Can sport harm you? What do I and Jirka consider to be boring sports? What is the second meaning of the word “diving”? Are penalties about luck? Are all sports suitable for women? Which sportsman disappointed me? And most importantly, what the hell is offside? – I don’t know if we really managed to explain it.

Hello listeners, I am back with the podcast and I am happy to announce that I moved to Audioboo.fm. In this brand new longest episode ever I will tell you more about Crazy English Podcast which was a podcast I did even before discovering Luke's English Podcast. In addition I nostalgically wrote a brand new dialogue between Pat and Mat from which you can hopefully learn some new expressions and idioms and ideally have some laugh, too. And because I look after you, there is a vocabulary analysis which follows. Have fun listening.

This episode is an interview with my student Jirka whom you might know from episodes 45 ad 46. He kindly agreed to let me interview him about his hiking expedition to the Himalayas. It is in fact a two-part series as we recorded two interviews - one before him going to to the Himalayas and one when he comes back. In this first podcast we talk about his expectations, feelings, and the aim of the of the whole expedition. Who is going up the mountain with Jirka? What are some risks of such trip? What weather does he expect? What stuff does Jirka pack in his backpack? Are there any cannibals in Nepal? If you are curious to know the answers, you'd better listen to this information-rich episode.

I this episode I talk via Skype to my friend Aarony from Bangladesh. She is an articulate educated and well-read girl and has a pleasant voice to listen to which I daresay sounds better than voices some native speakers themselves. How do we two know each other? What is it like to live in Bangladesh? What is her job? What are her further ambitions? ¨ Since Aarony uses a lot of interesting vocabulary from which I can learn myself, I will probably do another episode in which I look at selected language bits language.

This episode is unique in a way. Usually I know whom I am going to interview and often I prepare some questions related to the field of my interviewee, however, this is an utterly improvised one. To put it simple I met a guy on a train who turned out not to be shy and able to speak English at an exquisite level. What's more, he had a lot to talk about, namely, his experiences of living and working in Norwich, England. We touch upon various topics including his two jobs, the benefits of living in a foreign country, tips for reading in English and many many more. Since this guy's experience is something I can relate to myself, there was a lot to discuss and we often agreed on many points. We exchanged our experiences and anecdotes.v Incidentally, we explained the difference between a warehouse and whorehouse. I wish I could meet more people like this guy. I will probably never hear from him again because I made a huge mistake not taking his facebook, email or something :(

This episode is the part two of the interview I recorded earlier in February. It features Jorge, a Peruvian student, who is currently living and studying in the Czech Republic and who himself, as the first person in the history of the podcast, requested me to do this interview :). If you haven't listened to the previous episode, I recommend you to do so before listening to this one. In this episode we talk especially about football since football is very important in Peru. What is Jorge's favorite football team and a player? What do we think about the world cup in Brazil? What are some downsides of it? What kind of football fans would possibly travel to Brazil to see the world cup and get shot or killed during a football match? And also some extras: What is the Linguistic Circle? What is my idea behind it? What is Jorge's final word and why does it make me proud and why I nearly cry? Moreover, if you want to hear a Peruvian guy swear in Spanish and for a limited circle of people listening to this including Jorge himself - one "Eapon" :) Don't worry if you don't get it, you can't unless you have live English lessons with me :)

In this podcast episode I interviewed my student Jorge, an interesting and funny guy from Peru. How did Jorge end up in the Czech Republic? Why is he in my country? Where did he use to live and what languages can he speak? How does Jorge perceive the comments his countryman Manuel made in the first podcast episode called "A Word with Future Peruvian Economist?" Why does he stand out everywhere he lives? How does Jorge compare Peruvians to Czechs? What is the difference inthe standards of high education? How does he wind me up during our lessons? What does Jorge think about some South Americans? Have a listen to find out the answers and many many more :)

This is the final part of the three-part series of the interview with Ethan. First of all, I am going to practise using the expressions which I explained in the previous episode. I decided to do this in an authentic way - you will have a chance to take a glimpse at my messy room. Secondly, I am going to analyse selected vocabulary which didn't make it through in the previous episode. If you keep on listening, you might also hear me talking about heavier subjects such as racism. Hopefully you will find this useful and you won't find my opinions offensive in any way. If you do, I am open to a discussion and I might even reconsider what I said. I realize that some things I mused on are a slippery slope&dangerous ground&thin ice.

This is the longest episode I have done so far as it is over 1 hour long. It consists of two sections. The first (shorter) section, is a linear continuation of the skype interview with Ethan, a native speaker from England, from the previous episode number 50. The second section is, in fact, only the first part of the vocabulary analysis of the whole skype interview (episodes 50-51). It is not as complicated as it sounds :) With Ethan we go through several deserve topics, such as girls,English weather, Ethan's football carrier and languages. Famously, Ethan will prove that he can speak Czech and Russian. I also try to speak Russian a bit but I fail, which was not much shocking. In the vocabulary analysis section, I choose several expressions from the interview, which I think deserve more attention and I try to explain them. I give you more examples to show you how they are used. So if you want to know more about expressions like "every little helps", "double entendre", "to frown upon something", "topsy turvy" and more, you had better play this episode now :) At the end I tried to sing a "bye song" but don't take this too seriously. Have a good listen!

For this jubilee episode I decided to skypecall my mate Ethan, a native speaker from England. We first explain how we two got to know each, and reminisce about the last summer when we recorded an episode in Poděbrady. After that, we move on to discussing various aspects of British culture. Does Ethan feel British or English? Why do British compete as one country in the Olympics? What kind of humour do British possess? Do the British always talk about weather? How is it with the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"? If you hang on listening till the end, you will get a reward. Wondering what a "bubble bum" is? The Czech President Miloš Zeman is willing to tell you.

This is the second part of the interview with my friend Pavel which I recorded not long ago. Pavel is an IT expert and his mission for this episode was to clarity selected computer related vocabulary. We were already half way through the recording when the serious tone of the topic gradually started getting out of control. If you press the play button, you will be able to hear us discussing cockroaches, formatting PC, touching software, viruses, noobs, reasons of Pavel's, language improvement and more. Have a good listen!

After years of arduous persuasion, my friend and uni classmate Pavel agreed to record an episode of the podcast with me. since the interview is somewhat long, I divided it traditionally into two parts. Pavel works as an IT technician so the theme for this podcast suggested itself. This show is about computers and the internet. If you happen to notice a skipping music, it is just a mirage :) What's Pavel's cup of tea job-wise? Why does Pavel suggest that I should divide my podcast into two channels? What are some aspects of he Information Age that we are now living in? What is a solar storm and what could it cause? What are some health risks when using computers? Does clicking the mouse and madly pressing the keyboard buttons burn calories? Can playing computer games make people violent? Is Pavel a typical IT geek? What's the plural of a computer mouse? And a lot more :)