Unit 4. Special education

Welcome all the teachers
to our class 10C
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
Which one do you think the blind and deaf people have difficulty doing?
Read books
Listen to music
Watch TV
Play sports
Date: 01/10/2014
Period: 20
Unit 4:
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Lesson 1: READING
Look at the Braille Alphabet, and guess who use this and what the words are
Braille Alphabet: Hệ thống chữ nổi cho người mù
The blind people use the Braille Alphabet.
WE
ARE
THE
WORLD
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.
- 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
Chậm phát triển trí tuệ
I. New words:
Dần dần
Cộng
Trừ
Sự phản đối
II. PRACTICE:
Task 1: Match the words or phrases in A with their definition in B
Task 2: Decide the statements are true (T) or false (F)
Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children are disabled.
2. At first the parents were worried about the idea of sending their children to the special class.
3. At the end of the paragraph 2 the parents of the disabled children changed their attitude towards the class.
4. In Thuy’s class, the teaching work takes time
T
F
T
T
Opposed to
Task 3: Ask and answer the questions
4. What did Miss Thuy use to teach the children to add and subtract?
1. How many children attended the class in the first week?
3. What prevents the children from having proper schooling?
6. Does Miss Thuy like her teaching job?
2. How many children are there in Thuy’s class? Who are they?
5. How do the children feel after attending the class?
  Only five children attended the class in the first week.
 There are twenty-five children. They are disabled children. (Some are deaf, dumb and mentally retarded).
 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.
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.
Task 4: Fill in the blanks with the correct words or phrases
efforts
disabled
read
write
Maths
proud
opposition
fingers
arms
time-consuming
Learn new words by heart.
Do task 4.
- Prepare for the next part: Speaking
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