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本期嘉宾：来自秘鲁的Erick

‘I’ve been teaching for 22 years now and watching people grow is what motivates me.’

“我投入教学生涯已经22年了，看着人们成长已经成为我的动力。”

Erick remembers being a young inexperienced English teacher in a primary school in Peru 20 years ago, where he had to rely on the support of the older teachers around him. Two decades later he has come a long way and now teaches Cambridge English Qualifications at all levels. He also trains new teachers in a language school in Mexico, which he finds very rewarding.

Erick依然记得，20年前，他还是秘鲁一所小学的英语教师，年轻的他教学经验不足，不得不依靠身边资深教师们的支持。20年后，他已经取得了很大的进步，现在他正在帮助学生学习剑桥英语证书。他还在墨西哥一所语言学校帮助培训新教师，他觉得这很有意义。

Looking back on his English journey, he says his very first experience of English came from an unlikely source.

回顾他的英语之旅，他说他第一次接触英语，是一件听起来不太可能的事情。

The first time I really heard English was listening to Michael Jackson. Yes, Michael Jackson was my connection to English! I used to sit on the floor in my room with a cassette tape when I was about 11 years old. I’d listen to the songs, write down what I’d heard, rewind the tape and play again just to check that I got the words right! I also used to watch every movie that came out in English and two that stick in my mind wereRoboCopandRocky.

我第一次真正听到英语，是在听Michael Jackson的歌。没错，Michael Jackson就是我与英语之间的联系。在我11岁的时候，我经常拿着一盒磁带坐在房间的地板上。我会听着音乐，写下我听到的歌词，然后倒带再次播放，只为了检查我写的歌词是否正确。我也看过每一部上映的英文电影，对我来说印象最深的是《RoboCop》和《Rocky》。

I’m from Lima and my native language is Spanish. I started learning English in school in Peru, but what I learned was very basic. I got really interested in learning English more deeply when I left high school. I went to a language school in Lima and the last part of the course was teaching methodology. At this point I realised that teaching is what really made me happy. I learned the basics of how to teach and the possibility of helping people, all kinds of people of different ages, was my motivation.

我来自利马，我的母语是西班牙语。尽管我在秘鲁的学校开始学习英语，但那些都是非常基础的。高中毕业后，我对深入学习英语产生了更加浓厚的兴趣。我去了利马一家语言学校学习，课程的最后一部分教授的是教学方法。在那个时候，我突然意识到，教学是真正能让我感到愉悦的事情。我学到了教学的基本知识，以及帮助各种各样、不同年龄段的人的可能性，这些都是我的动力。

"When I think of the job I’m doing now, I see I’ve come a long way."

“当我审视当下的工作，我能够看到自己已经取得了很大的进步。”

My first job was in a primary school in Peru teaching English to fourth graders. All the other teachers around me were older and I was the inexperienced teacher. In fact, I was the only English teacher in the school, but the other teachers gave me lots of support, which was a big help. When I think of the job I’m doing now, I see I’ve come a long way. I’ve been doing lots of teacher training in Mexico, giving support not just in the language but also in teaching approaches such as frameworks and dealing with students’ parents. So right now, I’m on the other side helping teachers!

我的第一份工作是在秘鲁的一所小学，教四年级的学生学习英语。我周围我老师们教学经验都比我资深，而我只是一个毫无经验的新教师。实际上，我是学校里唯一的英语教师，但其他教师都给了我很多支持，他们帮了我很多。当我审视当下的工作，我能够看到自己已经取得了很大的进步。我一直在墨西哥进行大量的教师培训工作，除了语言方面，我还在教学方法上为教师们提供支持，例如教学框架、如何与学生家长沟通等等。所以从另一方面来说，我现在也在为教师们提供帮助。

I later moved into teaching at language schools and the turning point for my career was a few years ago when I took the teaching qualification CELTA. I was in an international class, in a different country and the other teachers and my trainers were really good. It changed my life. It was the single thing that made me want more. After the course was over I went back to Peru and started applying for jobs with schools from all over the world. I got a lot of ‘no, thank yous’, mostly from Europe. I then got two ‘yeses’ from IH Monterrey and IH Russia. I did interviews and got job offers for both! I then had to decide where I wanted to go, and I eventually took the job in Mexico. In two weeks, I went to the interviews, accepted a job, quit my job in Lima and bought my plane tickets!

后来我开始进入语言学校任教，几年前我获得了CELTA证书，这成为了我职业生涯的转折点。尽管是在不同的国家学习课程，但国际班里其他教师和我的培训师都非常好。这段课程学习之旅改变了我的生活，我想要获得更多体验。课程结束后，我回到秘鲁，开始向世界各地的学校投递简历应聘。我收到了许多“no, thank you”的回复，大部分是来自欧洲。不过我也收到了两个“yes”的回复，来自IH Monterrey和IH Russia。于是我参加了这两家公司的面试，两家公司都录用了我。我不得不开始决定我想要去哪家公司，最后我选择了能在墨西哥工作的那家。在两周的时间内，我经历了面试、接收工作、辞掉在利马的工作，然后又买了我的机票。

I’ve been teaching for 22 years now and watching people grow is what motivates me. I teach business English to top executives who say ‘thank you, I can now do something with English I couldn’t do before!’ That’s a big motivation. During the course of my life I got the chance to go to the US, which was great because I have a lot of family there. It was a programme that gives Latin American companies the chance to showcase their businesses and I got the chance to represent a friend’s company. It was a big test for me as it was my first time in an English-speaking country. When I was there, I visited Philadelphia. I also took the opportunity to run up the famous Rocky steps from the movie – so yes, I really did climb the ladder!

我投入教学生涯已经22年了，看着人们成长已经成为我的动力。当我向高层管理人员教授商务英语时，他们会跟我说“谢谢你，我现在可以用英语做以前做不到的事情了”。这对我而言是一个莫大的动力。在我的人生中，我也有机会去美国，这对我而言很赞，因为我有很多家人在那里。那个项目能够让拉丁美洲的公司有机会展示他们的业务，而我也有机会代表朋友的公司出席。这对我而言是一个很大的考验，因为这是我第一次去到英语母语者的国家。在美国期间，我参观了费城，还借此机会爬上了电影中著名的“Rocky steps”——是的，我真的爬上了这些台阶。

Next, I would like to travel the world. I have family in Japan, I’m half Japanese on my mother’s side. I feel I need to go, not just to visit relatives but to learn from that side of the family too.

接下来我想环游世界。我在日本也有家人，因为我在母亲那里继承了一半的日本血统。我觉得我有必要去那里，不只是拜访亲戚，也要向那里的家人学习。

My journey hasn’t been easy at times, not everything has been a bed of roses. There were times where I was unemployed and did not really know what to do or where to turn. However, I always knew I had to do my very best if I wanted to achieve something in life. I never really had the chance to go to university because my parents couldn’t afford it. I know lots of people who have that financial support, but do not enjoy what they do. So, I would say my greatest achievement is being where I am now as a teacher, because right now I have the life I want to have as a result of all the effort I’ve made throughout my life.

我的人生旅途有时候并不是一帆风顺，不是所有事情都按照我想要的发展。在失业的那段日子，我也不知道该做什么。但是，我一直都很清楚，如果想在生活中有所成就，就必须尽自己最大的努力。我其实没有机会去上大学，因为我的父母负担不起支出。我也认识很多人，尽管他们有经济支持，但他们并不喜欢自己的工作。幸好，我最大的成就就是成为了一名教师，因为我拥有了我自己想要的生活，而这也是我人生中所有努力带来的硕果。

About Erick Alexis Maguiño Matusaki

Erick obtainedCELTAin 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina andTrain the Trainerin 2020. He now works at IH Monterrey as Director of International Exams and Teacher Trainer.

Erick在2016年在阿根廷的首都布宜诺斯艾利斯获得了CELTA证书，并在2020年成为了培训教师。他现在在IH Monterrey担任国际测评主任和教师培训师。