Zdenek’s English Podcast

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 t...

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 p...

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 a...

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...

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...

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...

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 t...

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...

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 ta...

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...

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...

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 a...

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...

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...

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...