Our philosophy.

▶ Play - English learning should be fun

🌊 Flow - Everyone learns at their own pace

⛰️ Journey - It’s not the destination, it’s the journey

💬 Story - Everyone has a story to tell

Our Japan Story🇯🇵

In 1988, Christopher moved to Japan from Australia to broaden his career in teaching. Despite his initial plan to stay for just a few years, he fell in love with the country and decided to call Japan home. He recently moved back to Australia after living in Japan for over 30 years. Callum and Rhys were both born in Tokyo and lived there until they graduated from the American School in Japan. Christopher is now based in Sydney, Callum in Melbourne, and Rhys in Brisbane. Although we do not live in Tokyo anymore, it will always be our home.


All three of us speak Japanese, have a passion for learning and teaching, and have acquired insights from working across different fields of endeavor. We wanted to combine these experiences and start an ESL (English as a Second Language) tutoring service. Our goal is to use our backgrounds in Japan and a multi-disciplinary approach to provide a fresh perspective to the study of English. 


We are a premium online tutoring service for individuals who are seeking: 

  • an alternative pathway to learning English

  • exclusive English lessons

  • to learn from home

  • personalised lessons

  • choice in learning

  • a friendly family team

  • dedicated mentors

If this matches your goals, please get in touch with us. We look forward to meeting you soon!

The AusSpeak team

  • Christopher Gallagher

    University Lecturer

    Christopher is a former Senior Lecturer, who taught until recently at International Christian University (ICU) in Mitaka City, Tokyo, and also taught as a part-time lecturer at Seikei University in Tokyo, Japan. He has had many teaching experiences in Japan over the course of the 30 years that he lived there, including teaching in the eikaiwa industry, junior colleges, and high schools. He has been a teacher trainer, head of several English departments, and designed the curriculum for one of the largest eikaiwa organizations in Japan. His interests are surfing, travelling off the beaten track, rugby, and Monty Python.

  • Callum Gallagher

    Masters Student

    Callum recently graduated from the University of Queensland with a Law/International Relations degree and is currently pursuing a Masters of History at the University of New England. Like his younger brother, he was born and raised in Tokyo. He has worked as an English and Humanities teacher, a program administrator for a business storytelling firm, and a researcher for an education technology company. His main interests are history, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, soccer, and coffee.

  • Rhys Gallagher

    University Student

    Rhys is currently studying Clinical Health Science at the University of Queensland and worked as an English tutor in Tokyo, Japan. After his early education in the Japanese system, he was educated in international schools in Tokyo. He completed all of his middle school, and graduated from, the American School in Japan, Chofu, Tokyo. His interests are flashy cars, art, gaming, and caring for his beloved garden, in the iconic Australian suburb of Woolloongabba.