Dia a Dia Language life and culture

The Author: Edinaldo do Esprito Santo was born in So Paulo - Brazil in April, 1970. He got a degree in Languages in 1994, but started teaching Portuguese and English at the age of 23 in 1993. In 1996 he went to the USA to study at Florida International University and in 1998 he came to England for the first time, living in London for five months. He came back to England in 2000, where he did several teaching training courses, such as the City & Guilds 7307 stage 1, the OCR Diploma for teaching languages to foreigners, the Health & Safety awareness certificate course, amongst others. He started teaching Portuguese in London in October 2000, when he worked at International House in Green Park. From 2001 he taught for several colleges around London such as North Kingston Centre, Cranford Adult Education and Lambeth College, to mention a few and has worked and works for big organizations as translator, proof-reader, interpreter or teacher for their employees. 'Foreign & Commonwealth Office, The French Embassy, Total, Flamingo, Aldelia, Gramafilm, BBC, Petrobrs, The Brazilian Defence Forces and many others'. In june 2011, at the age of 41, he founded his own company called London Lessons Ltd, where he teaches Brazilian Portuguese to English and foreigners. Apart from teaching at his classroom in Shepherds Bush - West 12, he also conducts the OCR GCSE oral exams in Portuguese for several secondary schools around London. He also prepares students for the OCR GCSE and A level exams in Portuguese and the CELPE-Bras.