The Learning Experiences of Taiwanese Nursing Students Studying in Australia

@article{Wang2008TheLE,
  title={The Learning Experiences of Taiwanese Nursing Students Studying in Australia},
  author={Chiuhua Wang and Charanjit Kaur Swaran Singh and Beverly S. Bird and Glenice Ives},
  journal={Journal of Transcultural Nursing},
  year={2008},
  volume={19},
  pages={140 - 150}
}
Increasing numbers of international students from Asia are attracted to Australian higher education institutions. For many of these students, English is their second language (ESL). This article describes the experiences of 21 Taiwanese baccalaureate and graduate nursing students studying at Australian universities. Using a qualitative framework, semistructured interviews were conducted in the students'first language. The Chinese and English translations of the transcripts were analyzed using… 
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