<p>My class is medical but this activity can apply to any area of study. &nbsp;I like to do a class activity to help students appreciate the delicate nature of a language barrier. &nbsp;I ask for two volunteers who can speak another language (other than english) and preferably two different languages, i.e. Korean and Spanish. &nbsp;<br />One of the students is assigned a patient and the other a medical personnel (or other profession). &nbsp;The students then attempt to communicate in their prospective languages. &nbsp;This activity is a fun and interesting lesson as the students must be able to identify the needs of an individual with a language barrier. &nbsp;The student get very involved in this activity and it helps them to build professional interpersonal skills to overcoming obsticles.</p>