June 12, 2019
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 talk about English banter and how non-British people find it difficult to get it.
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June 1, 2019
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 episode from Not That Deep podcast is about this popular British TV show.
As for the pronunciation analysis, I will be looking at some individual sounds, stress, elision, and more.
One more thing. I think I mistakenly called Clare's podcast Not That Deep, but it is in fact called It's Not That Deep. My apologies.
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May 28, 2019
This episode was recorded during class while playing a game where we ask each other simple questions. The episode features a lot of guests so there some talking over each other, butr generally speaking it should be well understood. The tone is very light-hearted.
I also have one important disclaimer. during the episode, one of the students keeps mentioning probably the most atrocious man in the history of mankind Hitler in a slightly joking way. I know this is not a laughing matter, but there is a context to this and I would like to explain it.
One of the most popular games we sometimes play during my board game meet-ups is a hidden role game called Secret Hitler (I recommend googling it) and it is the game he was refering to during the episode. We do not promote the condone actions of this individual in any way, shape or form, quite the opposite, we condemn them. I just felt like it was necessary to clarify.
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May 14, 2019
This episode features a high profile guest Martin from a well established Rock 'n Roll English podcast.
After introducing the guest of this episode, we spend some time talking about a football match between England and the Czech Republic which took place a few months ago. Naturally, we also touch on Brexit, admittedly much to Martin's disgust. At the end Martin tells us about his current projects inluding the RnR Family.
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April 27, 2019
This episode is a conversation class with my student Olga. I put her on the spot a bit by coming to our private lesson and asking her to record a podcast interview with me about her profession.
She is a dental hygienist so she explains what her profession involves and gives a lot of valuable advice about how to clean our teeth, etc.
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April 13, 2019
This episode was supposed to be published for patrons only, but I changed my mind about it because it is too funny and cool to have only a few people listen to it.
Why was Rubick almost arrested in his week in the Czech Republic? What is Salem's superpower? How did Rami lose 40 kilos in 2 years? What do the guys think of each another? Which one of them has anger issues? Which one is a history freak? Listen to this episode to out.
April 6, 2019
In this episode I talk to my students Rubick from Lebanon and Salem from Syria about the Middle East. We talk about this world region and its specific problems.
April 3, 2019
In this episode I catch up with my Irish friend Kay who lived in the Czech Republic last year and is now working at a university in Manchester.
As it was recorded on St. Patrick's Day, we naturally talk about this world-famous Irish tradition. We also touch upon accents, Czech Easter, Kay's job, and her future plans.
March 26, 2019
In this episode I talk to my advanced student Honza about bowling. He is a bowler and he knows everything you need to know. Prepare for a lot of vocabulary related to this sport.
March 17, 2019
This is another episode from the series of "Flashcards Vocab". In this particular one I use a lot of examples from British politics, but I also talk about terrorism, and football.
