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Zdenek’s English Podcast

Are you studying English alone? Are you at B1, B2, or C1 level? Do you need more listening practice? If so, I might be your guy!!! 😇.I’m a university and DELTA-qualified English teacher from the Czech Republic with almost 15 years of experience teaching English to foreigners in the Czech Republic, UK, Ireland and Vietnam. Come along for the ride!

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Episode 163 - A bit of Banter with Major (part 1)

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2017/02/03

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

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Episode 162 - The Jingle Poll

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2017/01/21

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.

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Episode 161 - Teacher Talk with Clare

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2017/01/19

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.

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Episode 160 - Eva and Mark in Prague (part 2)

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2017/01/04

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

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Episode 159 - Eva and Mark in Prague (part 1)

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2017/01/02

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

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Episode 158 - Road to Civilisation (instalment 8)

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2017/01/01

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

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Episode 157 - Taking the DELTA (part 6 - The Interviews)

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2016/12/17

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

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Episode 156 - Taking the DELTA (part 5 - The Verdict)

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2016/11/20

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

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Episode 155 - Taking the DELTA (part 4 - the Rest of...

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2016/11/13

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

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Episode 154 - Taking the DELTA (part 3 - LSA1)

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2016/11/04

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.

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Episode 153 - Taking the DELTA (part 2 - Input Sessions)

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2016/10/17

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

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Episode 152 - Taking the Delta (part 1- Introduction)

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2016/10/03

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.

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Episode 151 - Ethan Back on the Podcast

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2016/07/03

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.

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Episode 150 - Top 10 Board Games

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2016/07/02

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

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Episode 149 - A Chat with Shaun (part 2 - Kingdoms of...

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2016/07/01

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

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Episode 148 - A Chat with Shaun (part 1 - Brexit)

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2016/07/01

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.

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Episode 147 - Tattooing & Handball

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2016/06/10

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

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Episode 146 - Hexagonal Talk (Infinitive vs. Gerund)

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2016/04/29

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

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Episode 145 - Hanging out with Kevin in Podebrady

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2016/04/18

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

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Episode 144 - The Speed-dating Story & Clarifying...

Zdenek’s English Podcast ·

2016/03/25

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

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