[How many years have you been studying English?] "A book that will wake you up from years of failing! Grammar books, vocab books, reading books, academies, 1:1 instruction, apps... How much time and money have you spent on English alone? But when you find yourself speaking with a native speaker, you can only manage broken English with a string of words out of context. You’re speaking according to the grammar you learned in school, but native speakers say that it is awkward. Your English goes round and round in your head but you can’t get them out. What’s the problem? The author of this book dedicated more than 20 years into English, becoming an English speaker whose proficiency impresses even the native speakers despite not setting a foot outside Korea. Using his own trials and tribulations with English and the mistakes he has observed in many learners of English in Korea, he shows you how to get it right in the most objective way possible. This book is also the story of his life and a question that many learners of English in Korea pose to themselves. If you absorb the points presented in this book, you'll find that your anxiety about speaking English, “can I actually improve my English? Is this all a lost cause?” will soon be replaced by a sense of accomplishment: "I'm actually communicating in natural English!"."

A book that will wake you up from years of failing!

Grammar books, vocab books, reading books, academies, 1:1 instruction, apps... How much time and money have you spent on English alone? But when you find yourself speaking with a native speaker, you can only manage broken English with a string of words out of context. You’re speaking according to the grammar you learned in school, but native speakers say that it is awkward. Your English goes round and round in your head but you can’t get them out. What’s the problem?

The author of this book dedicated more than 20 years into English, becoming an English speaker whose proficiency impresses even the native speakers despite not setting a foot outside Korea. Using his own trials and tribulations with English and the mistakes he has observed in many learners of English in Korea, he shows you how to get it right in the most objective way possible.

This book is also the story of his life and a question that many learners of English in Korea pose to themselves. If you absorb the points presented in this book, you'll find that your anxiety about speaking English, “can I actually improve my English? Is this all a lost cause?” will soon be replaced by a sense of accomplishment: "I'm actually communicating in natural English!".

After graduating from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, he worked as an interpreter before becoming an English teacher. For many years, he tutored students entering interpreting programs, producing many successful applicants.

He has worked as an in-house interpreter and consulting coordinator for GS Caltex, a dedicated interpreter for JMJ Consulting in the UK, interpreting for Eastern European leaders, translating for KBS 9 o'clock news videos, and more. He has taught in-house English courses at Hanwha Group and Accenture, as well as conversation courses at Ike English and Byung-Chul Min Education Group, and has led preparatory courses for entrance exams to special high schools at Topia and G1230, as well as English training for public elementary school teachers in the Gyeonggi region.

He is currently the CEO of With English Academy and has developed a program called <Practical Business English> to help people from all walks of life, from university students to working professionals, improve their English skills. He also leads a lecture offered to English native speaker teachers under the theme, <Characteristics of English as a Language>.

Published books include <Kim Jae-woo’s English Conversation 100>.