Evaluating an academic writing program for nursing students who have English as a second language

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 130-138

  Weaver, Roslyn ^a   Jackson, Debra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic style; Academic writing; English as a second language; Nurse education; Nursing; Teaching evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959714907     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2011.38.1-2.130     Document Type: Article

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