Unit 4. Special education

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Unit 4:
Special education
A - Reading
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 disable. 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 opposition from the parents of the disable 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 raise both arms and opened up her fingers one by one until all ten stood up. She then closed the fingers one by one. She continued the demonstration until the children realized they had learned how to their efforts. They know a new world is opening up for them.
disabled /dɪˈseɪ.bl̩d/ : (adj)
deaf /def/: (adj)
dumb  /dʌm/ : (adj)
blind /blaɪnd/: (adj)
proper schooling:  /ˈprɒp.ər/  (n)
opposition /ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/: (n)
time-consuming /ˈtaɪm.kənˌsjuː.mɪŋ/:(adj)
demonstration /ˌdem.ənˈstreɪ.ʃən/:(n)
to be proud of  /praʊd/ :
mentally retarded:
/ˈmen.təl.i/   /rɪˈtɑː.dɪd/ 
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* Vocabulary:
While you read
Task 1:
Task 2:
Multiple - choice
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 B. opposed to C. satisfied with
D. worried about
3. It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the reading passage that there has been__________
a change in 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 their parents’ opposition
D
B
A
4. The writer discribes how Thuy teaches the children to add and subtract in order to prove that __________
The children like Maths
the teacher is proud of her work
the teaching work takes time
adding and subtracting are important

5. The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as_______
humorous B. angry
C. suspicious D. admiring
C
D
After you read
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.
Fill each of the blanks of the summary below with a suitable
word from the Reading passage.
Maths
disabled
efforts
arms
read
write
time-consuming
opposition
fingers
proud
How many children are there in her class?

2. Who are they ?

3. Do they live in a poor or a rich family?

4. In what way did the teacher teach the children how to read and write?
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING
Read the passage again and answer the following questions
- Learn by heart the form of all the new words.

- Prepare for the next part.