For more than ten years now I have had the great privilege of teaching English to students all over Taiwan. I am very grateful for their patience in allowing me to experiment with every technique I had learned and many more that I created myself. I have discovered again and again that the best resources for teaching English are a group of interested, motivated students working creatively together and that the best textbooks are direct and straightforward. This book is designed as a resource to be kept in the pocket or on the desktop of all nurses, doctors and healthcare professionals who use English as a second language and may come in contact with the English speaking public. It contains many sample sentences commonly used in hospitals so that it will be consulted often. Please read it over and practice repeating the sentences as often as you can.
My great adventure in teaching English to the wonderful students of Taiwan was made so much more fulfilling by the nurses and staff at McKay Memorial Hospital in Hsinchu. I am very grateful to the hard work and dedicated support of my coauthor Wendy Sung who compiled the essential sentences found in this book. Many hours have been spent going over every word with my other coauthor, Sylvia Cheng, to ensure that every phrase and sentence is at the same time grammatically correct and common colloquial English. Without their dedication and hard work this book would not have been possible. Along with every copy of this book goes our sincere hope that every reader will find it valuable!
