Unit 4. Special education

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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.
PASSAGE
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Unit 4: Special education
Part A: Reading
I. Vocabulary
disabled (adj):
deaf (adj):
điếc
tàn tật
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dumb (adj):
to make effort (V.p)
to be proud of (V.p)
oppose (v)
 opposed to (adj)
 opposition (n)
câm
cố gắng
tự hào
phản đối
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blind (adj):
mù
TASK 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B
While reading
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Task 2: Choose one of these stars below and answer the questions behind them.
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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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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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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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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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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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 )
Learn new words by heart
Think of what you should do to help the disabled
Prepare new lesson
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