English as Second Language Students

Have you ever failed a student who is not English speaking and during a transition period from a physician role to a nurse role and from another culture to America culture? Do you think it is reasonable based on the communication skills and culture shock to fail a straight "A" student?

most ESL (English as a second language) students do not do well in accelerated programs. Most ESL students need LONGER time to complete a nursing program. Our college of nursing adviser often suggests to ESL students that they go through our program part-time, to ease the transition.

Have you ever failed a student who is not English speaking and during a transition period from a physician role to a nurse role and from another culture to America culture? Do you think it is reasonable based on the communication skills and culture shock to fail a straight "A" student?

CONTENT
When projecting who will be the students entering basic nursing education programs during the next twenty-five years, our attention turns to the growing English language learning (ELL) population. Yet many nursing students who identify as English language learners today continue to falter academically signaling the need for further exploration of student experience and faculty and classroom practices. This audioweb conference will explore research findings of the lived experiences of students as English language learners in the nursing classroom from interpretive perspectives. Themes which emerged will be shared as foundational understanding for considering strategies and resources to address and proactively respond to the myriad concerns encountered by ELL students everyday.
JoAnn Mulready-Shick, EdD, RN, CNE

... I have an ESL student ... I too found that sending her to student services to gt a read aloud for testing helped tremendously. She went from scoring in the 60s to in the 80s. She is bright, charming and highly motivated,...