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 week's podcast, I read a poem I wrote about my cat, Tikka and discuss the importance of sentence and syllable stress in English.By 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.By 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.By 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.By 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.By Mark J. Oliver
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