저자 Gunther Breaux 교수는 한국외대, 동덕여대, KDI 등 한국 대학교에서 23년간 영어회화 및 비즈니스 English를 가르친 영어교육 전문가입니다. 여러 권의 스테디셀러 영어회화 교재 시리즈의 저자이며, 한국, 중국, 일본, 태국, 미국 등 국제 영어교육 학회에서도 꾸준히 활동하고 있습니다. 영어 학습자의 실질적인 스피킹 능력을 향상시키기 위한 영어회화 교수법 및 효과적인 수업방식으로 영어 교육계에서 정평이 높습니다. Gunther Breaux has an MA in TESOL, an MA in American History and a BA in Advertising Design. He has taught English conversation in Korea for fourteen years, and he is now an associate professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Before that he taught at Dongduk Women’s University for eleven years and at Hoseo University for two years. He has also taught Business English at the Korea Development Institute (KDI) Graduate School of Public Policy and Management. In addition, he has taught computer graphics at the Korea National University of the Arts in Seoul, and at Anyang University. Before coming to Korea, Gunther had an interesting job history. For ten years he was a commercial artist with his own sign and design company. He was also an art director at an advertising agency, and an editor at a publishing company. He has also been a bartender, dancing instructor, swimming instructor, welder and tugboat captain. He has run five full marathons and has a black belt in taekwondo.