Edson Luiz Barbosa dos Santos (born January 12 1980) has a BEd Higher Diploma in Education and Pedagogy and a BA in Translation and Interpretation. He is currently living and working in São Paulo, Brazil. He has been an English as a Foreign/Second Language teacher since 2000, he lived and studied in the United Kingdom from 2000-2002, there he prepared for his Cambridge international language certificates; studied a General English Course and also taught English to a multinational class using the EFL/ESL approaches learnt in São Paulo the previous year. He has taken several roles in Higher Education/Pre-K/Primary/Secondary/Middle/High School private institutions in São Paulo: Substitute Interpreting Professor at Universidade São Judas Tadeu; Language Course Coordinator at CEAM – Universidade São Judas Tadeu; English Assessment and Pedagogical Coordinator at Link Assessoria Ltda; Translator at São Judas; Link Assessoria and Freelancer; Interpreter at I Colóquio Internacional Ceticismo e Iluminismo in São Paulo and at George Carey visit to The Anglican Episcopal Church in Santo Amaro. Foreign Exams Prep Teacher at Universidade São Judas and Link Assessoria; Pre-K and Prmary/Secondary English Teacher at Colégio Civitatis and Colégio Ressurreição-SP; and High School English Teacher at Colégio Civitatis. He also teaches Brazilian/English/Irish Culture and Literature, Portuguese as first or second language and has knowledge of linguistics, phonetics, multiple intelligences, language corpora, Translation CAT (computer assisted tools), Translation Memory softwares and programmes. He has designed English Language/Culture projects at Universidade São Judas, ESP material for Airport and Hotel Cuisine staff.