NoLessonPlan: English Language Teaching, Learning, and Research

Ep. 12 - The Mononator (Alonso González)

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Alonso talks to us about:

  • Becoming a translator.
  • The automotive industry's opportunities
  • Mixed age groups
  • Mixed level groups
  • Learning through video games
  • Bringing viral videos into the classroom
  • Rap songs
  • Being a goof in class
  • Using board games
  • Having student explain how to play the board games
  • The perks a job offered
  • Being a tutor for foreign exchange students
  • Working for the International Baccalaureate
  • Working with Japanese children in Mexico
  • Teaching Japanese
  • Curriculum development
  • Being strict
  • Learning Japanese
  • From teaching languages to translation and interpretation
  • Making money in translation and interpretation
  • Freelancing
  • Marketing yourself
  • Learning the jargon of a specific field
  • Learning Japanese through Manga
  • Observing your new work environment
  • Advice on moving from teaching languages to translation
  • Subtitling
  • Plans to travel to Japan
  • Not having to teach during the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Getting shy students to speak
  • Having a Japanese girlfriend
  • Explaining your native language through a foreign language
  • Immersing yourself in the language
  • Using NHK to practice Japanese
    • ...more
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