Non- native speakers seeking medical attention may find the experience particularly daunting. They may be limited to nonverbal communication to describe their symptoms, receive their diagnosis, and understand next care steps.

Directions: Ask students to choose a partner. In each pair, designate one person as the doctor and one person as the patient. Present the class with the following scenario:
Pretend that you are visiting Italy and have begun to experience an illness.
You go to the nearest medical facility and try to explain your symptoms to the doctor. Your teacher will provide you with a list of your symptoms.
Teachers, please refer to the textbook’s companion website to see a list of symptoms and share them with the students designated as patients. The patients should explain their symptoms to the students designated as doctors without using English. Instruct the doctors to diagnose and present their patients with instructions for getting better without using English. After Five minutes, facilitate a conversation about the experience.
Questions:
● Describe the experience.
● What frustrations did you encounter?
● What communication strategies did you use to try to communicate with each other?
● As the doctor in this scenario, what concerns did you have?
● As the patient in this scenario, how did you feel?
● How could this scenario change for the better?