Factors influencing the performance of english as an additional language nursing students: Instructors' perspectives

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-211

  Donnelly, Tam Truong ^a   McKiel, Elaine ^a   Hwang, Jihye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education of EAL nursing students; English as an additional language (EAL); ESL nursing students; Nursing education; Nursing instructors' perspectives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MIGRATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TRUST; MIGRANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CANADA; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; EDUCATION, NURSING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FACULTY, NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LANGUAGE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; TRUST;

EID: 68949128772     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2009.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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