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. N...
Jun 24, 2023•49 min•Ep. 767
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 al...
Jun 10, 2023•49 min•Ep. 766
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/C...
May 25, 2023•56 min•Ep. 765
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. _________________________________...
May 15, 2023•50 min•Ep. 764
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-spe...
Apr 07, 2023•35 min•Ep. 763
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, an...
Mar 05, 2023•50 min•Ep. 762
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 ____________________________________________...
Feb 21, 2023•57 min•Ep. 761
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 ___...
Feb 05, 2023•49 min•Ep. 759
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 SOLUTI...
Feb 04, 2023•37 min•Ep. 760
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 liv...
Jan 09, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 758
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 members...
Dec 17, 2022•27 min•Ep. 757
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: h...
Dec 09, 2022•40 min•Ep. 756
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_poAzVzm3vXrQFjgos1tl2exp1Zz...
Dec 06, 2022•23 min•Ep. 755
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 :...
Dec 03, 2022•17 min•Ep. 754
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...
Dec 03, 2022•30 min•Ep. 753
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 NO...
Dec 02, 2022•51 min•Ep. 752
Mexico | England | Argentina | Messi | Learn English with Football: World Cup Special with Marvin video: https://youtu.be/g34gRtTQSVQ #football #advancedvocabulary #qatar2022
Nov 29, 2022•30 min•Ep. 751
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
Nov 25, 2022•41 min•Ep. 750
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
Nov 25, 2022•25 min•Ep. 749
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
Nov 25, 2022•30 min•Ep. 748
England | Spain | Ronaldo | Messi | Learn English with Football World Cup Special with Ben
Nov 25, 2022•24 min•Ep. 747
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 Zde...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 746
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 Leagu...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 745
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 ...
Nov 02, 2022•46 min•Ep. 744
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 Leagu...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 743
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 Leagu...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 742
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 som...
Oct 20, 2022•57 min•Ep. 427
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 Leagu...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 740
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:...
Oct 14, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 739
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:...
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 738