Survival English for Travelers, ESL Teachers, and Anyone Passing by Along the Way

By H.L. Dowless and Glenda Dowless

If you are a non English speaking person, have you ever been caught in an English speaking country, and found yourself at the airport, at the hotel complex, at the restaurant, or at the apartment complex where you intend to make home, and didn't exactly know how to respond or what to make of any questions you were being asked? Are you a beginning english student and  on casions find yourself not understanding how to place the exact word into its proper place, needed to convey your intended expression? If this is you, then look no farther. You have found the perfect how-to text to guide you along your way.

 

Read along as Lynn and Glenda Dowless take you by the hand and walk you through each and every difficult moment you are guaranteed to encounter, especially if you backpack or travel internationally for the long term. Lynn and Glenda Dowless have more than thirty years expereince educating speakers of English as their second language. They have covered diverse areas from the Carribean east and west, to Europe north and south, to China from Beijing to Hong Kong, all over the US, Canada, and Mexico. Read, laugh, have fun, and most importantly, learn, as you dare to take that first step. After all, a thousand mile jouney begins with the first single step!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rowdy Living Press
• Release date: Jun 29, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223923701

H.L. Dowless

The author is a national & international academic/ ESL Instructor. He has been a writer for over thirty years. His latest publications have been two books of nonfiction with Algora Publishing, a fictional novel by Atmosphere Press, and fictional publications with combo e-zines and print magazines; Leaves Of Ink, CC&D Magazine, a novel with Atmosphere press, Short Story Lovers, The Fear Of Monkeys, and Frontier Tales. He recently signed three contracts with Pen it Publications. The author has enjoyed a lifetime of outdoor activities from big game hunting, camping, fishing, and trapping, to archaeological field work in various exotic locations. What he enjoys most of all is meeting freedom loving, interesting creative people, who are also regular dedicated fans of his publications. The author is a national & international academic/ ESL Instructor. He has been a writer for over thirty years. His latest publications have been two books of nonfiction with Algora Publishing, a fictional novel by Atmosphere Press, and fictional publications with combo e-zines and print magazines; Leaves Of Ink, CC&D Magazine, a novel with Atmosphere press, Short Story Lovers, The Fear Of Monkeys, and Frontier Tales. He recently signed three contracts with Pen it Publications. The author has enjoyed a lifetime of outdoor activities from big game hunting, camping, fishing, and trapping, to archaeological field work in various exotic locations. What he enjoys most of all is meeting freedom loving, interesting creative people, who are also regular dedicated fans of his publications. The author is a national & international academic/ ESL Instructor. He has been a writer for over thirty years. His latest publications have been two books of nonfiction with Algora Publishing, a fictional novel by Atmosphere Press, and fictional publications with combo e-zines and print magazines; Leaves Of Ink, CC&D Magazine, a novel with Atmosphere press, Short Story Lovers, The Fear Of Monkeys, and Frontier Tales. He recently signed three contracts with Pen it Publications. The author has enjoyed a lifetime of outdoor activities from big game hunting, camping, fishing, and trapping, to archaeological field work in various exotic locations. What he enjoys most of all is meeting freedom loving, interesting creative people, who are also regular dedicated fans of his publications.

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Vocabulary 1

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Hi Sally, nice to meet you! My name is Jane. How are you? asks Jane.

I am fine, replies Sally. Thank you for asking.

This is my friend, Spot, Sally says as she points down toward her happy brown fluffy puppy dog.

Bow-wow!, says Spot, bow-wow-wow!

How are you?, asks Sally.

I’m good, replies Jane.

Bow-wow-wow!, replies Spot.

How are you, Spot?, Jane asks with a laugh.

Spot says he is good too, snaps Sally.

(1) What is the main character’s name?

(2) Who did she meet?

(3) Who did the main character’s new friend bring along with her?

(4) How do you think these character’s meet?

(5) Write your own version of the story in regard to how these characters met in one or two paragraphs.

(6) List the verbs in the story above, and underline them in your story.

(7) List the nouns in the story above, and underline them in your story.

(8) List the adjectives in the story above, and underline them in your story.

(9) Examine the pictures above. Write a short single paragraph about what you see in each picture. Feel free to use your imagination. Send a copy to your instructor.

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Vocabulary 2

The clothing store is big. There are many types of dresses, coats, shoes, and hats. Sally walks inside. She picks up three dresses, two pairs of shoes, and one nice pink beret hat. She walks over to the girl behind the counter, beside the cash machine. She places her new clothes down on the counter by the machine. The girl walks over.

Is this going to be cash?, the girl asks Sally.

No, credit please, Sally cheerfully replies.

Please let me have your credit card then, the girl asks Sally.

Here you are!, Sally smiles and replies as she hands over the American Express card.

Thank you, the girl says as she receives the credit card.

You’re welcome, Sally replies as her face lights up.

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Vocabulary 3

Jane’s big yellow bus pulls up in her concrete driveway. She carefully steps off the bus, and opens the door of her home with the house key. Her mother is already home from work, hanging her car key up on the key holder.

May I have all of your IDs?, her mother asks. I’ll keep them safe and sound right here on the card shelf on the key holder with my driver’s license.

Sure Mother, replies Jane.

Jane reaches inside her backpack to retrieve her smartphone, her Real ID document, her school ID, and her house key.

Mother, this package is filled with all of my important papers, cards, and documents, Jane tells her Mumzie as she wraps all of her documents inside an old orange cloth bandana retrieved from inside her backpack.

That is wonderful!, replies her mother as she receives the package. Everything will be safe and sound for you tomorrow morning when you get up dear, right here on the key chain holder.

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Make sentences with the vocabulary words

Vocabulary # 4

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Hello, my name is John. The sun is shining. Every face is happy today.   I’m going to a birthday party! If it doesn’t rain, tomorrow I am going to Singletary’s lake. I shall walk down the road to speak with Sue. Sue lives in a nice big house in a pleasant neighborhood. I’ll stop here and knock on her door.

Knock! Knock! Knock! Sue opens the door.

When is the birthday party?,  asks John.

What birthday party? replies Sue.

It is not yours?, asks John.

Its Jill’s, the girl in the house beside me here, says Sue.

How old is she?, asks John.

She’s nine, replies Sue.

Wow, that girl’s getting on up there!, replies John.

Are you going to her party?, asks Sue.

Sure am!, fires John with a great big smile.

Can you get me and walk with me over there?, asks Sue.

What date is today?, asks John.

Its April 15, 2023!, replies Sue.

So Jill was born on April 15, 2014, Replies John.

That’s right, Sue says. You are better with months of the year than I am.

And you are better with days of the week, Sue, than I am, says John. What do I need to bring to the party?

Get us some forks, plastic knives, napkins, big spoons and little spoons, and some cups!, replies Sue with a sun-shiny look on her face.

I certainly will, dear Sue, says John. "Mother has a pantry full of paper and plastic ones she never uses. I am sure she will