Hi everyone
I’m Mark and I come from Australia 
, but I now live in the UK 
. I live in the beautiful seaside city of Brighton. I grew up in Melbourne and visited London in 1996 for a holiday. I never went home!
I’ve been trying to learn languages for a long time. I started learning German 13 years ago, and Spanish 10 years ago but didn’t learn very much until I started using Chatterbug.
I loved Chatterburg 
so much that I decided to be a tutor 
, to help other people on their language learning journey. I love being able to chat with people all over the world 
.
In my life I have travelled a lot of the world 
, and everywhere I travelled I would spend months learning the language before I went.
I spent three months learning Spanish before travelling to Colombia in 2009 
, and I kept going by learning a little bit of Greek 
, French 
, Bulgarian 
, Khmer 
, and I even learnt Bahasa Indonesia 
when I was at school.
I am a teacher in a school, and teach Digital Media 
, Science 
and also Business Studies 
. I am a senior manager, so I also manage our Careers Programme, our 6th form (in the UK that’s the older students aged 16-19), and all the IT systems 
.
I love bike riding 
, and there is lots of beautiful countryside near Brighton where I can spend hours with my friends riding (and drinking coffee 
)
I love music 
, and learning a language has been a great way to find out about music from around the world. I love finding out about the newest bands and Brighton is a great city for seeing “The Next Big Thing” in a small venue.
I completely love learning languages 
and I understand the stress and difficulties of trying to learn a new language, particularly having the confidence to speak. The Chatterbug 
live lessons are a great place to build confidence speaking and being able to make mistakes and get better and better each time. I know how hard it is to go from learning some grammar and vocabulary to being able to speak, so the lessons with me are always supportive and a safe place to learn at your own speed.
I have been teaching for over 20 years, so hopefully I know what I’m doing!
Hey Mark,
my name is Leyla, I am from germany and I would like to learn better english. I speak fluent english but I would like to express myself better and more precised because sometimes I get a bit insecure when it comes to pronouncing certain words well and getting a better accent (between I love the Australian accent so much, so when I read that you are from Australia, I knew I had to write you :)) I would like to get in contact with you and may you could give me some information, because I´d love if you could teach me. 
Thanks in advance!
Sincerely yours Leyla
Hi @Leyla2307, welcome to the Chatterbug community! If you favorite Mark you can check on his individual schedule and book a lesson with him. Here you can find out how to favorite a tutor.
Did you see that @madelynlines is from Australia, too? Have a look at her profile: Madelyn aus Australien
I’m sure you’ll love working with Mark and Madelyn, they’re both amazing and experienced tutors
Hi @Leyla2307,
Thanks for your message. @kjanina beat me to it!
If you favourite me on this page: MarkyM73 you can favourite me and book a lesson with me.
And I am sure I can teach you some great Australian expressions too!
I hope to see you on Chatterbug.
Mark