About
My name is Mark J. Oliver. I come from Gloucestershire, England. After Graduating from Cardiff University and a brief spell working in London, Brighton and Gloucester, I left the UK to start teaching English as a foreign language.
Over the last sixteen years, I have worked in Australia, Japan, Brazil, Portugal, Thailand, Singapore, Lebanon, Borneo, Taiwan and Sri Lanka. I have a Cambridge Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults and an MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. I currently work as a corporate trainer in Singapore. I enjoy developing skills in others, especially in the areas of interpersonal and written communication.
Inspired by my travels and the cast of incredible characters I met along the way, I set out to write my first novel, The Rift Rider, in 2013. I followed this up with my second novel, The Alliance of Remarkable Landlords, in 2015. They are both available, exclusively on Amazon.
In addition to my novels, I have created a range of English language learning and teaching materials. These include the blended learning teacher's resource book, Text Chat Activities: A Resource Book for Language Teachers, four graded readers, three essay-writing guides and a business emails guide.
I have also made a number of English Chat Podcasts, which you can listen to on this website and on Soundcloud. On the podcast I chat about different topics, discuss grammar, introduce useful vocabulary and read my graded readers aloud.
In my free time I enjoy surfing, scuba diving, travelling, watching Gloucester RFC and sipping a fine ale or cider in the comforts of good pub.
Over the last sixteen years, I have worked in Australia, Japan, Brazil, Portugal, Thailand, Singapore, Lebanon, Borneo, Taiwan and Sri Lanka. I have a Cambridge Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults and an MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. I currently work as a corporate trainer in Singapore. I enjoy developing skills in others, especially in the areas of interpersonal and written communication.
Inspired by my travels and the cast of incredible characters I met along the way, I set out to write my first novel, The Rift Rider, in 2013. I followed this up with my second novel, The Alliance of Remarkable Landlords, in 2015. They are both available, exclusively on Amazon.
In addition to my novels, I have created a range of English language learning and teaching materials. These include the blended learning teacher's resource book, Text Chat Activities: A Resource Book for Language Teachers, four graded readers, three essay-writing guides and a business emails guide.
I have also made a number of English Chat Podcasts, which you can listen to on this website and on Soundcloud. On the podcast I chat about different topics, discuss grammar, introduce useful vocabulary and read my graded readers aloud.
In my free time I enjoy surfing, scuba diving, travelling, watching Gloucester RFC and sipping a fine ale or cider in the comforts of good pub.
