Unit 4. Special education

Warm- up: Miming
One student goes to the black board, do not say anything only using sign language to express what you means. The others try to guess what you means.
Eat 6. Read books
Brush teeth 7. Swim
Phone friends 8. Play football
Sleep 9. Sing a song
Listen to music 10. Go to school
Activities you do every day
Who often uses sign language or gestures to
express what they mean?
→ They are blind, dumb or deaf people.
Answer the questions:


- listening to music
- watching television
- singing a song
- playing football
- reading books
- phone friends
Which of these activities would be difficulty for blind , mute and deaf people ?
Activities blind mute deaf
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Disabled(adj) [dis`eibld]:khuyết tật
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They are disabled
- to oppose to Sb/st (v):
Example: They don`t agree with each other. They oppose to others` ideas.
- opposition (n):

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taking a lot of time = ?
time-consuming
Time-consuming [taim] [kən`su:miŋ] (adj) mất thời gian
Ex: We call the children in the picture are …………………..
mentally retarded
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Mentally retarded [`mentəlɪ] [rɪ`tɑ:rdɪd] (adj) Chậm phát triển trí tuệ
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The teacher is giving a demonstration to help her
students understand the lesson


demonstration (n) [deməns`trei∫n] sự thể hiện, sự thuyết minh

How do you say “dần dần” in English?
It’s Gradually
Teaching vocabulary
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Teaching vocabulary
- to oppose to Sb/st (v): Ph?n d?i ai/di?u gỡ
?opposition (n): s? ch?ng d?i
Demonstration (n): [,dem?ns`trei?n]: S? thuy?t minh, s? th? hi?n
- Time- consuming (adj): t?n nhi?u th?i gian
Gradually (adv) : D?n d?n
Mentally retarded: Ch?m phỏt tri?n trớ tu?
- Disabled (adj): [dis`eibld]: Ngu?i khuy?t t?t
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Checking vocabulary: Matching:
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W E ARE THE WORLD
...... ……. …… ………
Look at the Braille Alphabet. Then work out the message that follows
Before you read
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The Braille Alphabet
These dots represent the alphabet of a language for the blind.
What is the name of the language ?

Louis Braille
(1809-1852)
R
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Braille Cell
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A teacher in a special class
Reading passage:
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While you read:
Read the passage in silent in 5 minutes and do the task that follow
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 are 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 realised that the young teacher was making great efforts to help their poor kids.

deaf
dumb
used to
efforts
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 realised they had just 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.

proud of
Task 2: Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by circling the corresponding letter A, B , C, or D.
1. Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children………..
A. are from large family. B. are less mentally developed
C. love Maths very much D. are disabled
At first the parents were ……….the idea of sending their children to the special class.
interested in B. worried about
C. satisfied with D. opposed to
3. It can be inferred from the second paragraph of 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 teacher’s ability.
D. a belief in parents’ opposition
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.
5. The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as………..
A. angry B. suspicious C. humorous
D. admiring
Some new words
infer (v) [in`fə:] : suy ra; luận ra.
change (n) [t∫eindʒ]: sự thay đổi.
protest (n) [`proutest]: sự phản đối.
oppose (v) [ə`pouz] = disagree (v): phản đối.
doubt (n) [daut]: sự nghi ngờ, sự ngờ vực.
belief (n) [bi`li:f]: lòng tin, sự tin tưởng.
describe (v) [dis`kraib]: diễn tả, miêu tả.
humorous (adj) [`hju:mərəs]: khôi hài, hài hước.
suspicious (adj) [sə`spi∫əs]: nghi ngờ.
admiring (adj) [əd`maiəriη]: khâm phục
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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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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”
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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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”
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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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 made great efforts to help
their poor kids”
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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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”
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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Thuy’s class if different from other classes because the children ....................
A. are from large families C. love Maths very much
B. are less mentally developed D. are disabled
2. At first the parents were .................... the idea of sending their children to the special class.
A. interested in C. satisfied with
B. opposed to D. worried about
3. It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the reading passage that there has been ....................
A. a change in their 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.
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
5. The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage cab be decribed as ....................
A. Humorous C. suspicious
B. Angry D. admiring

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Fill each the blanks of the summary below with a suitable word from the box.
read write disabled efforts opposition
time- consuming Maths arms fingers proud
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.
disabled
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EX: Car
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This is the basic English Braille alphabet
consolidation:
Vocabulary concerning special education
The study of disabled children
Special education and Braille Alphabet.
Learn new words by heart
Read the passage again and answer the questions below
Prepare new lesson: Speaking
Read the passage again and answer the following questions
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?

English 10 - UNIT 4 : READING
Thanks for your attention!