CURRENT MISSION

To learn from people, to meet people, to teach people

ABOUT ME

Hello :) My name is Chris, I am on here because I love meeting new people and in particular trying to learn new languages. At the moment I am concentrating on my french which I think is going reasonably well.

Salut, je voudrais vous rencontrer et peut-être on pourra parler en Français. Est-ce que vous voudriez voir Londres? Ça me ferait vraiment plaisir à vous aider particulièrement si vous étés Français.

PHILOSOPHY

Learning is empowerment.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting and coasting!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It has been 100% win so far, everyone I have met has been interesting, helpful, generous and fun!

Interests

I love to learn languages, I am currently focussing on improving my French but I also have Italian going at the same time. I like music and have played drums with a band for a few years now. I am also very interested in my job as a teacher - thinking and talking about how learners learn! I feel that this ties in with my current experience with languages, even though I am a Maths Teacher (BOO! - I hear you cry!).

• socializing
• music
• drums
• surfing
• teaching
• languages
• mathematics
• language exchange

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Withnail and I, Waynes World, A Bout de Souffle

Music: Hex Enduction Hour - The Fall, Substance - New Order, Different Class - Pulp, Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin, This Year's Model - Elvis Costello

Book: Made In Italy - Locatelli, Ulysses - Joyce, Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky, Researching Your Own Practice: The Discipline of Noticing - Mason, Pawana - Le Clézio

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw the Grand Canyon that was pretty amazing. In fact I travelled the US on my own kind of couch surfing as I went (I stayed with old members of college) that was an amazing trip.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am happy to teach people English and Maths. I have had experience teaching english in language exchanges, and I teach maths in a school for a living!

I really want to learn French and Italian.

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom