The effect of language background on teaching and learning in the master of pharmacy degree

Pharmacy Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-52

  Long, Alison J ^a   Ingram, Matthew J ^b   Pugh, W John ^c   Bowes, P ^b   Haigh, S J ^b   Moss, Gary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greek; Language; Latin; MPharm; Second language acquisition; Widening Participation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MASTERS EDUCATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PHARMACY; PHARMACY STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 47149118328     PISSN: 15602214     EISSN: 14772701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15602210801933172     Document Type: Article

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