
Chris Wright was born to a British
father who has lived in Thailand for over thirty years, and to a
Thai mother who speaks fluent English. Ever since he was born, he
has had the great opportunity of mastering both English and Thai, as
his father is an English teacher, and his mother taught him his
Thai. Not only is he completely bilingual in both English and Thai,
Chris’s upbringing has given him the chance to live and learn both
the Western culture and the Thai culture because he has lived in
Thailand as well as abroad (England). His parents encouraged him to
embrace both
cultures from when he was still very young, and he studied in top
international schools in Thailand from kindergarten to university
(Bangkok Patana School, Ruamrudee International School, and earned a
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Mahidol
International University) which enabled him to meet and study with
children and teachers from around the world in a multi-cultural
environment. This lifelong experience has also gave him an interest
to learn cross-culture principles.
Chris started teaching English as a
part-time teacher at language schools around Bangkok during the weekends
when he was still a student at University. After graduation, he decided
to be a full-time teacher. Chris has been an English lecturer and
teacher at several private universities in Bangkok, teaching courses
such as Business Communication, Translation and Interpretation, English
for Hotels and Tourism, and General English Listening and Speaking.
He has also conducted various training
programs for many Multi-National companies in courses such as Effective
English Business Presentations, Team Building in International
Companies, Cross Cultural Management and Effective Business English
Communication for Thais. Another role that he plays is the organizer and
MC of Nation Junior’s (Nation Newspaper) Road show and Nation Junior’s
Spelling Bee, edutainment programs that visits Thai high schools and
teaches and encourages students to like and see the importance of
English. 
Not only is he a teacher, trainer, and
MC, he is also an author. He wrote 5 books in all namely, edutainment
books called “Farang Kao Jai, Kon Thai Get” part 1 and part 2 (only in
Thai unfortunately), Cross-Culture – “Farang Mai Kao Jai, Kon Thai Mai
Get”, Me, Myself and the Movies, and Chris Delivery 1 and 2. These books are
about the problems of Thai people with learning and speaking English,
basically answering a question that most people, both Thai and Farangs
love to ask, “Why can’t Thais speak English after all their years of
learning it in school and at college?”. Chris has also authored an
English speaking and listening textbook with a listening CD, designed
especially for Thais to better learn English both in class and on their
own.
In 2006, producers from JSL, one of
Thailand’s biggest production house, read Chris’s first and second books
and was interested in getting Chris on their prime time TV show, “Joh
Jai”. Chris received overwhelming response from the viewers who were
interested in learning with him. This made JSL interested in bringing
Chris to host a TV show dedicated to English Edutainment. After many
meetings, the idea of “Chris Delivery” was conceived and the rest, as
they say, is history.
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