Unit 4. Special education

Welcome to our class
Look at The Pictures
and Answer the Questions
What is she doing?
She is listening to music.
What is she doing?
She is dancing.
What is she doing?
She is singing.
What is he doing?
He is reading books.
What is he doing?
He is watching TV
Reading books
Singing
Watching TV
Listening to music
Which one is difficult to
the blind, the deaf
or the dumb?
the deaf
the dumb
the blind
the blind & the deaf
Unit 4: Special Education
A. Reading
Look at the Braille Alphabet and find out the message that follows.
I
SEE
C A N N O T
… .………………....... …….....
Before you read
Vocabulary:

dumb [dʌm] (adj) : câm
deaf [def] (adj) : điếc
blind [blaind] (adj) : mù
disabled [dɪs`eɪbld] (adj) : tàn tật
mentally retarded (adj) [`mentəlɪ rɪ`tɑ:rdɪd]
: thiểu năng trí tuệ
opposition [,ɔpə`ziʃn] (n) : sự phản đối
time-consuming (adj) [taɪm kən`su:mɪŋ]
: tốn thời gian
demonstration (n) [demən`streɪ∫n]
: sự trình diễn, thể hiện
to be proud of [prɑʊd] (v) : tự hào
gradually [`grædjuəli] (adv): dần dần
T
F
F
II. While you read
Task 1: Read the passage then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
The children in Thuy’s class are disabled.

2. Most of the children in the class are from rich families.
3. At first, the parents of the disabled children wanted to send their children to the special class.
4. In the first week, fifteen children attended the class.

5. Gradually, the disabled children’s parents understood Thuy’s efforts and more children were sent to her class.
6.Teaching in a special class is very hard and time consuming.
T
T
F
Task 2:
Anwer the questions about Ms Thuy’s special class.
1. How many children are there in her class?

2. Who are they ?

3. Do they live in a poor or a rich family?
Task 2:
Talk about Ms Thuy’s special class.
Anwer the questions:
1. How many children are there in her class?
Twenty-five children
2. Who are they ?
Some are deaf, some dumb and others mentally retarded.
3. Do they live in a poor or a rich family?
They live in a poor family
III. After you read: 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
read
write
efforts
opposition
time-consuming
Maths
arms
fingers
proud
( adj )
( v )
( v )
( n )
( n )
( adj )
( n )
( n )
( n )
( adj )
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