Perfect Phrases for ESL Everyday Situations: With 1,000 Phrases

How do you ask for directions? What questions should you ask a potential babysitter? How do you explain your allergies to a healthcare professional? This handy reference is your guide to surviving and thriving in the United States, whether as a visitor or as a long-term resident. Hundreds of ready-to-use English phrases will help you converse with people you meet, speak withbusiness owners and their employees, and become engaged in U.S. society. Inside find examples of Perfect Phrases for . . .

. . . the doctor: Are there any side effects with this medication?
. . . the library: Do you have audiobooks?
. . . the service station: My insurance company wants the estimate in writing.
. . . the bank: I'd like to talk to someone about a home equity loan.
. . . the dentist: This is where it hurts.

Natalie Gast is the founder and principal of Customized Language Skills Training, a full-service language training company established in 1986. CLST, among other services, provides tailor-made onsite programs--such as English as a Second Language (ESL), accent modification, and presentation skills and writing skills for the foreign born--in business and industry. Her company also "trains the trainer" in ESL subjects and on supervising and coaching multicultural work forces. Gast has a master's degree in TESOL and had previously been a college instructor.