Unit 4. Special education

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They are mentally retarded
They are dumb
She is blind
Unit 4: Special education
Period 28: Speaking
Sign language: ng«n ng÷ cö chØ
Walking stick: gËy chèng
Hearing aids: thiÕt bÞ trî thÝnh
Unit 4: Special education
Period 28: Speaking
1. Vocabulary:
Visually impaired (adj): khiÕm thÞ
Hearing aids (n): thiÕt bÞ trî thÝnh
Locality (n): ®Þa ph­¬ng
Sign language (n):ng«n ng÷ cö chØ
Have difficulty + ving: gÆp khã kh¨n trong…..
Spoken language (n): ng«n ng÷ nãi
Use (v): dïng c¸i g× ®ã
Overcome ( v) v­ît qua
The woman is using her fingers to read. Guess her disability
Braille, a pattern raised dots that are felt with fingers to help the blind read
Task 1: Practice reading the dialogue:
A: What is wrong with your friend in the picture?
B: Well, she has difficulty seeing things.
She has to use walking stick to go around
A: Does she go to school?
B: Oh, yes. She attends a special school in her locality
A: How can she study if she can not see
B: Well, she learns Braille, a pattern of raised dots that are felt with fingers to help the blind read

1, hearing aids 2, difficulty hearing and speaking 3, hear and speak 4, sign language and gestures that are used to communicate instead of spoken language,

A: What is wrong with your friend in the picture?
B: Well, she has things.
She has to use to listen
A: Does she go to school?
B: Oh, yes. She attends a special school in her locality
A: How can she study if she can not
B: Well, she learns

difficulty hearing and speaking
hearing aids
hear and speak
sign language and gestures that are used to communicate instead of spoken language
Task 2: Work in pairs to talk about a mute and a deaf student in the same way as the dialogue above using given words/ phrases:
Task 3: In groups, discuss the problems of the deaf and the mute in their daily life and how they overcome them by answering the questions
A: What do you think about the problems of the deaf and the mute in their daily life?
B: Well, they must have difficulty hearing and speaking. However, many can use hearing aids to help them with hearing.
A: how can they overcome their problem of speaking?
B: They can use sign language and gestures to communicate instead of spoken language.
American Sign Language ( ASL )
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