Zdenek’s English Podcast

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" m...

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...

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.  _______________________________________________________________________...

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.  _______________________________________________________________________...

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.  _______________________________________________________________________...

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 a...

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. ___________________________________________________________...

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...

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/jqfMG7f1S...

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): http...

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.  ________________________...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 lat...

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 Membershi...

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: http...

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 loo...

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 occa...

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 -...

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 S...

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 -...

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 d...

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 ab...