Unit 4. Special education

Period 21.Unit 4: Special Education
Lesson 1: Reading
I. Before you read
Period 21.UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING

Try to make a list of your daily activities and Do you think which ones are difficult for the dumb, the blind and the deaf people ?
I. Before you read
routines
listening to music
playing volleyball
playing football
talking
watching TV
studying
doing exercises
going shopping
playing games
singing
reading
newspapers
The message is: We are the world
Work in pairs, look at the Braille Alphabet, work out the message that follows
II. While you read
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 fingers one by one. She continued the demonstration until the children realized they had learned how to add and subtract. The children have every reason to be proud of their efforts. They know a new world is opening up for them.
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Vocabulary
- disabled (adj) [dis`eibld] : khuyết tật
- time-consuming (adj): tốn thời gian
- demonstration(n)[deməns`trei∫n]:sự thể hiện, sự thuyết minh
- mentally retarded: chậm phát triển về trí tuệ
- opposition (n) [,ɔpə`zi∫n] : sự phản đối
- make an effort: cố gắng, nỗ lực
Task 1:The words in A appear in the reading passage.
Match them with their definitions in B

II. While you read
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2.Task 2:
Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
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1. Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children…….
A. are from large families.
B. are less mentally developed.
C. love Maths very much
D. are disabled.
*The evidence
(Line 2 to 4 in paragraph 1)
“Thuy’s class is different from other classes.
The twenty-five children, who are learning how to read
and write in her clas, are disabled”
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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*The evidence
(Line 1 to 5 in paragraph 2)
“At first, there was a lot of opposition from the parents
of the disabled children. They used to believed that
Their children couldn’t learn anything at all”
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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
*The evidence
(Line 4 to 9 in paragraph 2)
“In the first week, only five children attended the class.
Gradually more children arrived. Their parents realised
that the young teacher was making great efforts to help
their poor kids”
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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.
The evidence
(Line 1 to 5 in paragraph 3)
“Watching Thuy taking a class, one can see how
time-consuming the work is. During the 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”
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5. The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as.......
A. humorous.
B. angry.
C. suspicious.
D. admiring


III. After you read
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING
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
Homework
Learn by heart all the new words
Read the passage fluently and translate it into Vietnamese.
Prepare lesson 2: Speaking

How many children are there in her class?

2. How are they ?

3. Do they live in poor or rich families?

4. What does the teacher use to teach the children maths?

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Task 3: Read the passage again and answer the following questions
There are 25 children in her class.
They are disabled.
They live in poor families.
The teacher uses her arms and fingers to teach the
children maths
Thanks for your attention!