Challenges and motivators influencing the academic performance of english as an additional language (EAL) nursing students: The perspectives of the students

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 130-150

  Donnelly, Tarn Truong ^a   McKiel, Elaine ^a   Hwang, Jihye Jasmine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

English as a second language (ESL) nursing students; English as an additional language (EAL) nursing students; Nursing education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MOTIVATION; NURSING STUDENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MOTIVATION; PREJUDICE; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 79958161594     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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