Amy Gillett is one of the world's leading experts on American English idioms, slang, and expressions and is the author of the bestselling Speak English Like an American series. She has taught business English to executives from ICBC of China, the world's largest bank. She has also taught at Cornell University, University of Michigan, and Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, among other places. Her students are always pleased by her lively teaching style. She majored in Slavic Languages and Literature at Stanford University and holds an MBA from Cornell University.  She has studied and worked in many countries, including Russia, the Czech Republic, and Italy. Having studied eight languages, she is sympathetic to the struggles of the language student!