About
My name is Mark J. Oliver. I'm 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 fourteen years, I've lived and taught 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 love teaching and I'm advocate of integrating technology into language learning.
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 teaching and teacher training, I create English language learning and teaching materials. So far, I've published the blended learning teacher's resource book, Text Chat Activities: A Resource Book for Language Teachers, and four digital graded readers including, Brian British: Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time Detective, and The Dragon Thief .
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 fourteen years, I've lived and taught 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 love teaching and I'm advocate of integrating technology into language learning.
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 teaching and teacher training, I create English language learning and teaching materials. So far, I've published the blended learning teacher's resource book, Text Chat Activities: A Resource Book for Language Teachers, and four digital graded readers including, Brian British: Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time Detective, and The Dragon Thief .
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.
