My name's Mark Oliver. I'm an English teacher from Gloucester in the UK. I have been teaching English since 2002 and have taught in over ten countries, including, Japan, Brazil, Thailand, Lebanon, Singapore, Portugal and Sri Lanka. I've created these mini podcasts to help students improve their grammar, learn some new words and practise their listening. On the early podcasts, I chat a bit about different things and discuss areas of grammar and vocabulary. I write a summary of each podcast wi ...
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In this podcast I read the final chapter of my elementary-level graded reader, The Dragon ThiefOleh Mark J. Oliver
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In this podcast I read chapter 8 of my elementary-level graded reader, The Dragon ThiefOleh Mark J. Oliver
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In this podcast I read chapter 7 of my elementary-level graded reader, The Dragon Thief.Oleh Mark J. Oliver
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In this podcast I read chapter 6 of my elementary-level graded reader The Dragon ThiefOleh Mark J. Oliver
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In this podcast I read chapter 5 of my elementary-level graded reader, The Dragon Thief.Listening to graded readers is a great way to practise your listening skills in English and improve your grammar.You can also read The Dragon Thief by downloading the book for free at wattpad.com. Reading and listening at the same time will help your English pro…
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In this podcast I read chapter 4 of my elementary-level graded reader, The Dragon Thief.Listening to graded readers is a great way to practise your listening skills in English and improve your grammar.You can also read The Dragon Thief by downloading the book for free at wattpad.com. Reading and listening at the same time will help your English pro…
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In this podcast I read chapter 3 of my elementary-level graded reader, The Dragon Thief.You can read and listen at the same time by downloading the book for free at wattpad.com. This will help your English pronunciation and reading speed.Oleh Mark J. Oliver
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In this podcast I read chapter 2 of my elementary-level graded reader, The Dragon Thief.You can read the Dragon Thief for free at Wattpad.The Dragon Thief is a great way for elementary and pre-intermediate English learners to improve their listening, reading, pronunciation and grammar.Oleh Mark J. Oliver
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In this podcast I read chapter 1 of my elementary-level graded reader, The Dragon Thief.You can read the Dragon Thief for free at Wattpad.The Dragon Thief is a great way for elementary and pre-intermediate English learners to improve their listening, reading, pronunciation and grammar.Oleh Mark J. Oliver
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Brian British: Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time Detective - Chapter 8
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In this podcast I read chapter 8 (the final chapter)of my intermediate-level graded reader,Brian British: Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time Detective.Listening to graded audiobooks is a great way for learners of English to improve their listening skills, pronunciation and grammar. It's also a useful and fun way to prepare from IELTS and TOEFL exams.You …
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Brian British - Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time Detective - Chapter 7
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In this podcast, I read chapter 7 of my intermediate-level graded reader, Brian British - Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time Detective.Listening regularly to graded audiobooks is an excellent way to improve your listening skills and pronunciation and will help you prepare for your ielts or toefl exams.Oleh Mark J. Oliver
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Brian British Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time Detective - Chapter 6
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In this podcast I read chapter 6 of my intermediate graded reader Brian British: Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time Detective. You can read Brian British for free at https://www.wattpad.com/story/94223938-brian-british-part-time-teacher-full-timeOleh Mark J. Oliver
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Brian British - Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time Detective - Chapter 5
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In this podcast, I read chapter 5 of my intermediate-level graded reader, Brian British: Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time DetectiveOleh Mark J. Oliver
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Brian British - Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time Detective - Chapter 4
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In this podcast, I read chapter 4 of my intermediate-level graded reader, Brian British: Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time Detective.Listening to graded audiobooks is a great way for learners of English to improve their listening skills, pronunciation and grammar. It's also a useful and fun way to prepare from IELTS and TOEFL exams.You can also read Bri…
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Brian British - Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time Detective - Chapter 3
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In this podcast, I read chapter 3 of my intermediate-level graded reader, Brian British: Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time Detective.Listening to graded audiobooks is a great way for learners of English to improve their listening skills, pronunciation and grammar. It's also a useful and fun way to prepare from IELTS and TOEFL exams.You can also read Bri…
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Brian British: Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time Detective - Chapter 2
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In this podcast, I read chapter 2 of my intermediate-level graded reader, Brian British: Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time Detective.Listening to graded audiobooks is a great way for learners of English to improve their listening skills, pronunciation and grammar. It's also a useful and fun way to prepare from IELTS and TOEFL exams.You can also read Bri…
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Brian British: Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time Detective - Chapter 1
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In this podcast, I read Chapter 1 of my Intermediate-level graded reader, Brian British: Part-Time Teacher, Full-Time Detective.Listening to graded audiobooks is a great way for learners of English to improve their listening skills, pronunciation and grammar. It's also a useful and fun way to prepare from IELTS and TOEFL exams.You can also read Bri…
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In this week's podcast, I read a poem I wrote about my cat, Tikka and discuss the importance of sentence and syllable stress in English.Oleh Mark J. Oliver
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Podcast 4 - A Movie Review and Movie Vocabulary
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In this week's podcast I chat a little about a movie called the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), introduce some language to talk about movies and answer a question about collective nouns.Oleh Mark J. Oliver
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Podcast 3 - My Hometown, Gloucester, and the Passive Voice
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In this week's podcast, I chat about my hometown, Gloucester, and explain when and how to use the passive voice. I also answer a question about whether to use try + infinitive or try + verb-ing.Oleh Mark J. Oliver
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Podcast 2 - Tikka the cat and personality adjectives
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In today's podcast I chat about my cat, Tikka, and focus on personality adjectives and cat-related vocabulary.Oleh Mark J. Oliver
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Podcast 1 - Welcome to the Pod (past simple and present perfect)
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In today's podcast, I talk about what to expect in future English Chat podcasts. I also chat a little about myself and explain when to use the past simple and the present perfect.Oleh Mark J. Oliver
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