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English as a Second Language

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Abstract

English as a second language (ESL) students are defined as students who attend grade school outside the United States and use language other than English on a daily basis (Scheele, Pruitt, Johnson, & Xu, 2011). ESL nursing students are a subpopulation group of minority students who are bilingual and immigrant with different cultural backgrounds.
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationEncyclopedia of Nursing Education
StatePublished - 2015

Disciplines

  • Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Nursing

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