Unit 4. Special education

Can the father speak?
2. How he communicates with his daughter?
No, he can’t
Body language/ sign language (hand, face,….)
Answer questions:
Nguyen Dinh Chieu
Nguyen Ngoc Ky
Beethoveen
Nick Vujicic
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Unit 4:
Special education
Period 21st - Reading
Before you read
Read book
Listen to music
Watch tv
Play sports
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Braille Alphabet
deaf /def/: (adj)
điếc
* Vocabulary:
blind /blaɪnd/: (adj)
mù
dumb  /dʌm/ : (adj)
câm
disabled /dɪˈseɪbl̩d/ : (adj)
khuyết tật
mentally retarded /ˈmentəli/ /rɪˈtɑːdɪd/ :
thiểu năng trí tuệ
opposition /ˌɒpəˈzɪʃən/: (n)
Sự phản đối
Example: They don’t agree with each other. They oppose to others’ ideas.
oppose to Sb/st (v):
Phản đối ai/ điều gỡ
Time consuming /ˈtaɪmkənˌsjuːmɪŋ/:(adj)
tốn thời gian
If you take a lot of time to chat with your friends, gradually, it makes you lazy.
Gradually (adv): /`grædʒuəli/
Dần dần
demonstration /ˌdemənˈstreɪʃən/:(n)
Sự thể hiện
The teacher is giving a demonstration to help her students understand the lesson
Khuyết tật
Bị điếc
Bị câm
Sự phản đối
Tốn thời gian
Sự thể hiện
Thiểu năng trí tuệ
* Vocabulary:
Bị mù
Gradually (adv): /`grædʒuəli/
Dần dần
Deaf /def/: (adj)
Blind /blaɪnd/: (adj)
Dumb  /dʌm/ : (adj)
Disabled /dɪˈseɪbl̩d/ : (adj)
Time-consuming /ˈtaɪmkənˌsjuːmɪŋ/:(adj)
Demonstration /ˌdemənˈstreɪʃən/:(n)
Mentally retarded:/ˈmentəli/   /rɪˈtɑːdɪd/ 
Opposition /ˌɒpəˈzɪʃən/: (n)
Khuyết tật
Bị điếc
Bị câm
Sự phản đối
Tốn thời gian
Sự thể hiện
Thiểu năng trí tuệ
Checking Vocabulary:
Bị mù
Gradually (adv): /`grædʒuəli/
Dần dần
Deaf /def/: (adj)
Blind /blaɪnd/: (adj)
Dumb  /dʌm/ : (adj)
Disabled /dɪˈseɪbl̩d/ : (adj)
Time-consuming /ˈtaɪmkənˌsjuːmɪŋ/:(adj)
Demonstration /ˌdemənˈstreɪʃən/:(n)
Mentally retarded:/ˈmentəli/   /rɪˈtɑːdɪd/ 
Opposition /ˌɒpəˈzɪʃən/: (n)
While you read
A teacher in a special class

Task 1:
Match A with B
Lucky persons





Nguyen Dinh Chieu




Beethoven





Nguyen Ngoc Ky





Nick Vujicic




Nguyen Phuong Anh





Louis Braille





Do Thuy Ha
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.
(Line 2 to 4 in paragraph 1)
“Thuy’s class is different from other classes.
The twenty-five children, who are learning how to read
and write in her clas, are disabled”
Lucky number !
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
(Line 1 to 5 in paragraph 2)
“At first, there was a lot of opposition from the parents
of the disabled children. They used to believed that
Their children couldn’t learn anything at all”
3. It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the reading passage that there 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
(Line 4 to 9 in paragraph 2)
“In the first week, only five children attended the class.
Gradually more children arrived. Their parents realised
that the young teacher was made great efforts to help
their poor kids”
Lucky number !
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.
(Line 1 to 5 in paragraph 3)
“Watching Thuy taking a class, one can see how
time-consuming the work is. During the maths lesson,
she raised both arms and opened up her fingers one by
one until all ten stood up. She then closed the finger
one by one”
5. The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as.......
A. humorous.
B. angry.
C. suspicious.
D. admiring
After you read
Fill each the blanks of the summary below with a suitable word from the box.
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
efforts
opposition
time-consuming
Maths
arms
fingers
proud
listen
poor
- Learn by heart the form of all the new words.

- Prepare for the next part.