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Tonia Crawford


Tonia Crawford

Macquarie University, NSW, Australia.

Biography

Tonia Crawford has worked as a registered nurse since 1988, including 10 years in community nursing with particular interest in wound management. She developed an interest in education and this has ultimately led to teaching undergraduate nurses since 2007. She is currently a lecturer in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Sydney, Australia. Tonia also has an interest in teaching English as a second/other language (ESL), designing and implementing Academic English support workshops. She is currently completing her PhD exploring communication between RNs from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and their patients through the Linguistics Department, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia.

Abstract

Abstract : Tracing the development of rapport in intercultural nurse-patient interactions using discourse analysis