Unit 4. Special education

Welcome to our class !
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 activities do you think the blind and deaf have difficulty doing?
He can’t see anything
Blind person
He can’t hear anything
Deaf person
Which activities above do you think would be difficult for people who can’t see
Which of the activities Which of the activities above do you think would be difficult for people who can’t hear
1. What is he doing?
2. Is he reading in a normal way?/ Why?
=> He is reading in a special way because he is blind
=> He is reading
3. Do you think it is easy for him to learn?
4. Can he learn in our class?
=>In a special class
Unit 4: Special Education
A - Reading
Warm up
Today we are going to read a passage about a teacher in a special class whose students can`t speak, can`t see or can`t hear.to know how hard her work is.
Unit 4: Special Education
Warm up
Before you read
Vocabulary

. I. Before you read
Vocabulary
disabled (a)/dis`eibld/
Khuyết tật
- dumb  (a) /dʌm/
Câm
Deaf : điếc
Blind : mù
- disabled (a) /dis`eibld/
- dumb  (a) /dʌm/
- mentally retarded / `mentəli ri`tɑ:did/
- prevent …from (v)  / pri`vent frɔm/
- oppose to (v) / ə`pouz/
opposition (n) / ,ɔpə`zi∫n/
- attend (v) / ə`tend/
- gradually (adv) / `grædʒuəli/
- make effort (n) /meik `efət/
- time-consuming (a) / `taim kən`sju:miη/
- demonstration (n) / ,deməns`trei∫n/
- add (v) /æd/
- subtract (v) / səb`trækt/
-to be proud of  /praʊd/
Khuyết tật
Nổ lực
Câm
Tham dự
Ngăn cản, cản trở
Phản đối
Tốn thời gian
Việc minh hoạ
Tự hào
Thiểu năng trí tuệ
I . Vocabulary
Dần dần
Cộng
Trừ
Sự phản đối
-Deaf : điếc
-Blind : mù
Unit 4: Special Education
Lesson A – Reading

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 was 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 the finger one by one. She continued the demonstration until the children realise they had just learned how to add and subtract. The children have ever reason to be proud of their efforts. They know a new world is opening up for them.
Unit 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION
GAME
LUCKY STAR
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2
5
6
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Task 1: Choose one of these stars below and answer the questions behind them.
GAME
LUCKY STAR
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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1
ĐOẠN 1- DÒNG 2=3
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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Đoạn 2- dòng 1-3
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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ĐOẠN 2- DÒNG 4-9
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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ĐOẠN 3- DÒNG 1=2
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 Star !
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Task 2: 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
write
efforts
opposition
time-consuming
fingers
( adj )
( v )
( n )
( n )
( adj )
( n )
After you read:
Look at the activities. Which ones do you think would be
difficult for blind, deaf, and mute children?
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Learn new words by heart
Think of what you should do to help the disabled
Prepare new lesson
Homework: