Embedded academic writing support for nursing students with English as a second language

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 413-421

  Salamonson, Yenna ^a   Koch, Jane ^a   Weaver, Roslyn ^a   Everett, Bronwyn ^b   Jackson, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Embedded writing support; Nursing students; Randomized controlled trial; Second language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; WRITING;

ADULT; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649132816     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05158.x     Document Type: Article

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