Language discordance can limit nursing professionals' (NP) ability to use patient-centred communication (PCC). Adequate research should underpin the design of applied linguistic solutions to this problem. Thus, this article reports on some of the potential language and communication learning needs of NPs in language discordant contexts. Communication Accommodation Theory is used to analyse observation and interview data with the aim of investigating the factors that influence patients' evaluative responses to NPs' limited linguistic competence. The results indicate that, depending on context, attributed motives and willingness to accommodate can influence patient evaluative reactions more than cultural stereotypes or comprehension problems. Thus, NPs need to develop not only their linguistic and accommodative resources to decrease comprehension problems, but also the ability to attend to affect.

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护患互动的沟通适应理论分析：对课程设计的启示

语言不一致会限制护理专业人员 (NP) 使用以患者为中心的交流 (PCC) 的能力。充分的研究应该支持针对这个问题的应用语言解决方案的设计。因此，本文报告了 NP 在语言不一致的情况下的一些潜在的语言和交流学习需求。沟通调节理论用于分析观察和访谈数据，目的是调查影响患者对 NP 有限语言能力的评价反应的因素。结果表明，根据上下文，归因动机和适应意愿比文化刻板印象或理解问题更能影响患者的评价反应。因此，