Unit 4. Special education

Warm up :
One student goes to the black board, do not say anything only using sign language to express what she/ he means. The others try to guess what he/ she means
1.Who often uses sign language or
gestures to express what they mean?
2.Look at the pictures and tell me
who are they?
Disabled people
Schools for disabled children are called special schools. Name some special school you know
Nguyen Dinh Chieu special school for the blind
Unit 4:Special education
Lesson: Reading
New words:
Disabled (a)
Tàn tật
Mentally retarded
Kém phát triển
trí tuệ
Sự thể hiện
Mất thời gian
Gradually (adv)
Dần dần
Demonstration (n)
time-consuming (n)
A person who are less mentally developed than normal
Slowly, over a long period of time
Checking technique: Match them with their definitions in B.
Blind people
Deaf and mute people
Sign language with fingers to communicate
These dots represent the alphabet of a language for the blind. What is the name of the language
The Braille Alphabet
Work in pairs, look at the Braille Alphabet, work out the message that follows
Unit 4 special education
checking
Look at The Braille Cell Alphabet.
Then work out message that follow
We
are
the
world
Eg.
Welcome to reading
Task 1: Read the passage and complete the following sentences by choosing the best letter A, B, C or D.
1. Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children…..
Are from large families. B..are less mentally developed.
C.Love Maths very much D.are disabled.
2. At first the parents were…the ideas of sending their children to the special class.
Interested in B. opposed to C. Satisfied with
D. worried about.
3. The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as……
Humorous B. angry
C. Suspicious D. admiring
Task 1: Multiple choice.(cont)
4. It can be inferred from the 2nd 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.
5. 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 a proud of her work.
C. The teaching work takes time.
D. Adding and subtracting are important
Lucky
numbers
Each team will choose the number
which you like.If you choose the number
having the lucky number, you will get
10 marks without answering the question
And you have a chance to choose another
number.In addition, if you choose the
number having the statement, you
will get 10marks when you give right
answer
Lucky
numbers
Task 3: Gap filling.
Twenty-five ……………children have the chance of learning how to …………and………thanks to the………….. of a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy. Although her idea, at first, met with………….…from the parents of the disabled children, more children attended her class later. The teaching work in the special class is………. ………….. For example, in a………..lesson, the teacher has to use her…………...and …………..to teach the children how to add and subtract. The children are now ………..and happy.
disabled
read
write
efforts
opposition
time-consuming
Maths
arms
fingers
proud
you get 10 marks
Thuy’ class is different from other classes because the children …….

are from large families
are less mentally developed
C. love Maths very much
D. are disabled
Unit 4 special education
Tast 1. Games: Luckey numbers
Unit 4 special education
It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the reading passage that there has been
......

A. a change in the parents’ attitude toward 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.
Tast 1. Games: Luckey numbers
At first the parents were ........... the idea
of sending their children to special class.

interested
B. opposed to
C. satisfied
D. worried about
Unit 4 special education
Tast 1. Games: Luckey numbers
Unit 4 special education
The writer discribes how Thuy teaches the children to add and subtract in oder to prove that ..........

the children like Maths
the teacher is proud of her work
the teaching work takes time
adding and subtracting are important
Tast 1. Games: Luckey numbers
Unit 4 special education
The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as ............
humorous
B. angry
C. suspicious
D. admiring
Tast 1. Games: Luckey numbers
Tell some difficulties of the disabled
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After you read
Some famous disabled people
Tell some difficulties of disabled people and how to help them
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an American lecturer and writer
An American President.
Franklin Deland Roosevelt with disability
Morla Rungan -wearing number 3375, the 1st blind USA Olympic athlete in 2000 in Sydney
A dog can help the blind passing the road
Hearing aids for the deaf
A Wheel chair for the disabled
Walking stick for the Blind