Unit 4. Special education

WELCOME TO CLASS
Teacher: Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy
Watch a video and answer the questions
Can the father speak?
2. What is he using to communicate with her daughter?
No, he can’t
Body language/ sign language (hand, face,….)
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Louis Braille (1809 – 1852)
Thầy giáo: Nguyễn Ngọc Ký
Nguyễn Phương Anh
Đỗ Thúy Hà
Nick Fujicic
Lê Văn Công
Answer the questions
1. How do you feel if you can’t hear and see anything?
2. How can blind people read?
3. What activities would be difficult for people who can’t talk, hear?
Unit 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION

A. READING
Pre-reading
What do you call people who can’t say?
They are dumb = mute ( câm)
Ex: We call the men in 2 pictures are .....(?)
Mentally retarded
- Disabled people /dis`eibld /
Người tàn tật
What do you call people in the pictures?
- to oppose to Sb/st (v):
 opposition (n):
Phản đối ai/ điều gỡ
Sự phản đối
Example: They don’t agree with each other. They oppose to others’ ideas.
Eg.: A teacher takes a lot of time to prepare the lesson plan
The teacher is giving a demonstration to help her students understand the lesson

demonstration (n) [deməns`trei∫n] sự thể hiện, sự thuyết minh
Gradually/`grædjuəlli/ (adv)

dumb [dʌm] (adj)
deaf [def] (adj)
mentally retarded [`mentəlɪ] [rɪ`tɑ:rdɪd] (adj)

disabled [dɪs`eɪbld] (adj)

opposition [, pə`zɪ∫n] (n)
prevent from [prɪ`vent] (v)
time-consuming [taɪm] [kən`sju:mɪŋ] (adj)

demonstration [demən`streɪ∫n] (n)
proud of [prɑʊd] (adj)
Gradually (adv) /`grædjuəlli/
* Vocabulary:
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tàn tật
câm
điếc
thiểu năng trí tuệ
sự chống đối
ngăn chặn
tốn thời gian
sự minh họa
tự hào
dần dần
blind/blaind (a)
mù
Checking vo cabulary: Matching
Match the words in A with their definitions in B.
While-reading
Question 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
Question 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
Activity 1: Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by circling the letter A, B, C or D
Question 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
Question 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
Question 5: The writers attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as________ .
A. humorous
B. angry
C. suspicious
D. admiring
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LUCKY PERSONS
GAME
Score
Nguyễn Ngọc Ký
Beethoven
Đỗ Thúy Hà
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Lê Văn Công
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Phương Anh
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Nick Fujicic
Braille
Activity 2: Read the text again and anwer the questions
Who is the teacher of the special class in the text?
4. Why didn’t the parents take their children to attend the class at first?
5. How did the teacher teach the children how to add and subtract?
2. How many children attended the class in the first week?
3. How many children are there in Thuy’s class? Who are they?
Who is the teacher of the special class in the text?
 Pham Thu Thuy is the teacher of the special class.
2. How many children attended the class in the first week?
 Only five children attended the class in the first week.
3. How many children are there in Thuy’s class? Who are they?
 There are twenty-five children. They are disabled children. (Some are deaf, dumb and mentally retarded.)
 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
 Because they used to believe that their children couldn’t learn anything at all.
4. Why didn’t the parents take their children to attend the class at first?
5. How did the teacher teach the children how to add and subtract?
Post-reading
Fill each the blanks of the summary below with a suitable word from the box.
write disabled opposition
time- consuming efforts fingers
Twenty-five(1) _________children have the chance of learning how to read and (2)_______ thanks to the (3)_______ of a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy.
Although her idea, at first, met with(4)__________from the parents of the disabled children, more children attended her class later.
The teaching work in the special class is (5)_____________. For example, in a Maths lesson, the teacher has to use her arm and (6)_______ to teach the children how to add and subtract. The children are now proud and happy.
disabled
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opposition
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fingers
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HOMEWORK
- Learn by heart vocabulary
Read the text and do the taks again
Prepare the next lesson: “UNIT 4: B. SPEAKING”: find out new words, their meaning, put the questions into the passage, answer the questions about their school using the questions in task 1
NGƯT Nguyễn Ngọc Ký viết bằng chân và kể chuyện với học sinh về ý chí, rèn luyện để trở thành người có ích cho xã hội.
DEAF
MUTE
BLIND
SEE YOU AGAIN

Question 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
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(P1, L3&L4)
Question 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
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(P2, L1)
Question 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
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(P2, L8,9,10)
Question 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
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(P3, L1)
Question 5: The writers attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as________ .
A. humorous
B. angry
C. suspicious
D. admiring
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(content of the passage)
Congratulation
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Statements
1. In 1995, Sally joined the Star Sports Club.
2. There are five people in her family.
4. She likes not only sports but also reading.
3. She has a lot of free time.
5. She wants to be a writer.
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Activity 1:
doesn’t have lots of free time
a sports teacher
(I live with my family, my parents and two brothers)
(I was born in 1980, …when she was 15, I joined the Star Sports Club)
I like different sports,….. – just sitting at home and reading
Task 3: Ask and answer the questions
4. What did Miss Thuy use to teach the children to add and subtract?
3. What prevents the children from having proper schooling?
6. Does Miss Thuy like her teaching job?
5. How do the children feel after attending the class?
 They live in a poor family.
Task 3: Ask and answer the questions
1. How many children attended the class in the first week?
2. How many children are there in Thuy’s class? Who are they?
3. What prevents the children from having proper schooling?
4. What did Miss Thuy use to teach the children to add and subtract?
 She used her arms and fingers.
 They feel proud.
5. How do the children feel after attending the class?
Task 3: Ask and answer the questions
6. Does Miss Thuy like her teaching job?
 Yes, she does.
Look at the pictures and say what he/she/ they is / are doing
He is reading books
She is listening to music
He is watching TV
They are playing sports
Which one do you think the blind and deaf have difficulty doing?
He can’t see anything
He can’t hear anything
Congratulation
Warm up:
MATCHING
Match the name of Olympic athletes with the right picture.
Dicussion:
1. What would happen to the disabled children if a special class was not organised for them?
2. Why couldn’t the parents give their disabled children an education?