Zdenek’s English Podcast

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 s...

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. ________________________...

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 UA...

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 Faceboo...

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 vie...

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 b...

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...

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...

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...

    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...

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 ta...

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 episo...