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 she/ he means. The others try to guess what he/ she means
Eat 6. Read book
Brush teeth 7. Swim
Walk 8. Play football
Sleep 9. Hungry
Listen to music 10. Hot
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
Blind people
Deaf and mute people
Schools for disabled children are called special schools. Name some special school you know
Nguyen Dinh Chieu special school for the blind
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
I Before you read
The message: We are the world
Sign language with fingers to communicate
II. While you read: Read the passage in silent in 5 minutes and do the task that follow
Unit 4: Special Education
Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B.
Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B.
Task 2: Read the passage again 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
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Task 2: Multiple choice.
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
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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
Unit 4: Special Education
C..After you read:
Name some famous disabled people you know
Discuss the problems of the deaf and the mute and other disabled people in their daily life and how they overcome them
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
Home work: Do exercises in work book , reading part and prepare for the speaking period