Edward Alden

I remember exactly where you are now and how you’re feeling. It’s March 2000 and you’ve recently moved to Goiania, in Brazil, having spent the last years working in tourism in the north-east of the country. After leaving your CV at lots of travel agencies to no avail, you’re standing in front of a language school, located above a video rental store, pondering whether to try your luck there. ‘Why would they want you?,’ you’re asking yourself. Yeah, you’re a Brit on paper, but you’ve lived most of your life in Brazil. You’re not formally trained and your only...

Edward Alden looks at ways of monitoring your tasks and time to better manage your workload.

Edward Alden adapts activities to align with his students’ Zone of Mutual Development.

Edward Alden ponders the predicament of pairing students.