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