Unit 4. Special education

Welcome to class 10A1
They are blind people
They are deaf and dumb
Warm-up:
who invented it ?

Louis Braille








Period 21
unit 4: Special education
(Part A: Reading)
1. Daily activities
reading
listening
watching
playing sports
talking
writing
speaking
cooking
I. Before you read
2. Look at the activities. Which ones do you think would be difficult for blind, deaf and dumb people?
* New words:
disabled (adj) /dis’eibld/: bị khuyết tật
dumb (adj) /dΛm/ = mute /mju:t/: bị câm
Deaf (adj) /def/: bị điếc
- blind (adj) /blaind/: bị mù
- mentally retarded (adj) /’mentƏli ri’ta:did/: bị chậm phát triển
- opposition (n) /DpƏ’zi∫n/: sự phản đối
- gradually (adv) /’grædʒuƏli/: dần dần
- poor kids (n) /puƏ kid/: những đứa trẻ tội nghiệp
- time-consuming(adj) /taim kƏn’sju:miη/: tốn thời gian
- demonstration (n) /demƏn’strei∫n/: sự chứng minh
subtract (v) /sƏb’trækt/: trừ
- add (v) /æd/: cộng
3. Vocabulary:
* Structures:
- Be different from: Khác với
- Be proud of: Tự hào về
>< Be ashamed of: Xấu hổ về
- To prevent sb from doing sth:
Ngăn cản ai làm việc gì
- make great efforts = try (v): Cố gắng
- Be opposed to + N/V-ing: Phản đối
II. While you read
A teacher in a special class
Like other teachers, Pham Thu Thuy enjoys her teaching job. However, her class is different from other classes. The twenty five children , who are learning how to read and write in her class, are disabled. Some are deaf, some dumb and others mentally retarded. Most of the children come from large and poor families, which prevents them from having proper schooling.
At first, there were a lot of opposition from the parents of the disabled children.They used to believe that their children could not learn anything at all. In the first week , only five children attended the class. Gradually more children arrived. Their parents realized that the young teacher was making great efforts to help their poor kids.
Watching Thuy taking a class, one can see how time-consuming the work is. During a maths lesson, she raised both arms and opened up her fingers one by one until all ten stood up. She then closed her fingers one by one. She continued the demonstration until the children realized they had just learned how to add and subtract.The children have every reason to be proud of their efforts. They know a new world is opening up for them .

Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B



Task 2: Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, D

1. Thuy’s class is different from other classes because
the children …………………
are from large families
are less mentally developed
love Maths very much
are disabled
2. At first the parents were ………..the idea of sending their children to the special class.
interested in
opposed to
satisfied with
worried about
d
b
3. It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the reading passage that there has been………….
A change in the parents’ attitude towards the class
A lot of protest from the parents against the class
A feeling of doubt in the teacher’s ability
A belief in the parents’ opposition

a
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
c
d
III. AFTER YOU READ
Pairwork:
Describe the teaching and learning in your English lessons (can be based on the reading passage)
Homework
In your own words, write a short passage about teacher Pham Thu Thuy and her special class.
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