作者
Paul J Glew, Sharon P Hillege, Yenna Salamonson, Kathleen Dixon, Anthony Good, Lien Lombardo
发表日期
2015/12/1
期刊
Nurse Education Today
卷号
35
期号
12
页码范围
1142-1147
出版商
Churchill Livingstone
简介
Background
Nursing students with English as an additional language (EAL) may underperform academically. The post-enrolment English language assessment (PELA) is used in literacy support, but its predictive validity in identifying those at risk of underperformance remains unknown.
Objectives
To validate a PELA, as a predictor of academic performance.
Design
Prospective survey design.
Setting
The study was conducted at a university located in culturally and linguistically diverse areas of western Sydney, Australia.
Participants
Commencing undergraduate nursing students who were Australian-born (n = 1323, 49.6%) and born outside of Australia (n = 1346, 50.4%) were recruited for this study. The 2669 (67% of 3957) participants provided consent and completed a first year nursing unit that focussed on developing literacy skills.
Method
Between 2010 and 2013, commencing students completed the PELA and …
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