E10-UNIT4- A.READING

UNIT 4:
SPECIAL EDUCATION
LESSON A:
READING
What is it?
It is the Braille Alphabet which is used for the blind.


SECRET MESSAGES
We
are
the
world
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
Q
R
S
T
P
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
EX: Car
Kid
Finger
Arm
Deaf
This is the basic English Braille alphabet
2. Which schools in Viet Nam are used for disabled students?
Nguyen Dinh Chieu school, Xa Dan school…..
a teacher in a special class
Vocabulary

1. Dumb (adj):
2. Proper schooling (n):
3. Make effort (n):
4. Be proud of (adj):
5. Opposition (n):

câm
học hành đầy đủ
nỗ lực, cố gắng
tự hào
phản đối
True or false
1. Ms Thuy enjoys her teaching job.
2. Disabled children can’t learn how to read and write.
3. Thuy’s class only has 5 children.
T
F
T
F
F
TASK 1:
Matching
The words in A appear in the reading passage.
Match them with their definitions in B
1. Mentally retarded

2. Disabled

3. Time-consuming

4. Demonstration

5. Gradually
a. Taking or needing a lot of time.
b. An act of showing or explaining how to do something.
c. Unable to use a part of the body in the normal way.
d. Slowly, over a long period of time.
e. Less mentally developed than normal.
A
B
TASK 2
Read the passage and complete the
following sentence by circling the corresponding
letter A, B, C or D.
1.Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children…………
A. are from large families
B. are less mentally developed
C. love Maths very much
D. are disabled
2. At first the parents were……the idea of sending their children to the special class.
A. interested in
B. opposed to
C. satisfied with
D. worried about
3. It can be inferred from the second paragraph
of the reading passage that has been……………
A. a change in the parents’ attitude towards the
class.
B. a lot of protest from the parents against the
class.
C. a feeling of doubt in the teacher’s ability.
D. a belief in the parents’ opposition.
4. The writer describes how Thuy teaches the children to add and subtract in order to prove that…
A. the children like Maths.
B. the teacher is proud of her work.
C. the teaching work takes time.
D. adding and subtracting are important.
5. The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as……........
A. humorous
B. angry
C. suspicious
D. admiring
Fill each of the blanks of
the summary below
with a suitable word from
the reading passage
Twenty-five(1)………. children have the chance of learning how to(2)…………and(3)………...thanks to the(4)………of a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy. Although her idea, at first, met with(5)…………from the parents of the disabled children, more children attended her class later. The teaching work in the special class is(6)……………
For example, in a(7)…………… lesson, the teacher has to use her (8)…………...and(9)……………to teach the children how to add and subtract. The children are now(10)……………and happy.
disabled
read
write
opposition
time-consuming
Maths
arms
fingers
proud
efforts
Discussion
1. Who / teacher…..?
2. How many / children….?
3. How / children…..?
4. Where / come from?
5. What / study…?
6. How / feel?