About
My name is Mark J. Oliver. I come from Gloucestershire, England. After Graduating from Cardiff University and I worked as a media executive for Zenitih Media.
In 2002 I started a new career in English teaching. Since then, 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 training consultant in Singapore. I enjoy developing skills in others, especially in the area of interpersonal communication. My clients include Singapore Airlines, Vina Concho Y Toro, RB, Lumen technologies, DBS bank and Razer.
Inspired by my travels and the cast of incredible characters I met along the way, I set out to write my first novel, the surf science fiction adventure, The Rift Rider, in 2013. I followed this up with my second novel, The Alliance of Remarkable Landlords, in 2015.
In addition to my novels, I have written 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 email writing 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.
In 2002 I started a new career in English teaching. Since then, 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 training consultant in Singapore. I enjoy developing skills in others, especially in the area of interpersonal communication. My clients include Singapore Airlines, Vina Concho Y Toro, RB, Lumen technologies, DBS bank and Razer.
Inspired by my travels and the cast of incredible characters I met along the way, I set out to write my first novel, the surf science fiction adventure, The Rift Rider, in 2013. I followed this up with my second novel, The Alliance of Remarkable Landlords, in 2015.
In addition to my novels, I have written 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 email writing 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.
