Unit 4. Special education

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY
Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Cường
Class 10A
These people are using their hands to express what they want to say because they can not speak. Can you guess their disability?
They are the dumb.
WARM UP
The woman is using her fingers to read because she can not see. Can you guess her disability?
She is blind.
He is deaf.
The boy can not hear. Can you guess his disability?
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BEFORE YOU READ
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We can call them…
The dumb
The blind
The deaf
The disabled
Lesson 1: Reading
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Unit 4
A TEACHER IN A SPECIAL CLASS
WHILE YOU READ
disabled (adj) : khuyết tật
deaf (adj) : điếc
dumb (adj) : câm
mentally retarded (adj) : thiểu năng trí tuệ
blind (adj) : mù
schooling (n) : việc giáo dục trong nhà trường
prevent…from doing…(v): ngăn (ai) làm việc (gì)
opposition (n) : sự phản đối
to oppose : phản đối
effort (n) : sự nỗ lực, sự cố gắng
time- consuming (adj) : tốn thời gian
demonstration (n) : sự thuyết minh, sự thể hiện
to add : cộng
to subtract : trừ
to be proud (of) : tự hào (về)
Vocabulary
Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B.
Practice
1.c
2.e
3.a
5.d
4.b
Keys 1
Task 2: Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children __________.
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B
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D
are from large families
are less mentally developed
love math very much
are disabled
Practice
2. At first the parents were ___ the idea of sending their children to the special class.
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B
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D
interested in
opposed to
satisfied with
worried about
Practice
Task 2: Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
3. It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the reading passage that there has been ___.
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B
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D
a change in the parents’ attitude towards the class
a lot of protest from the parents against the class
a feeling of doubt in the teacher’s ability
a belief in the parents’ opposition
Practice
Task 2: Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
4. The writer describes how Thuy teaches the children to add and subtract in oder to prove that ___.
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B
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D
the children like Maths
the teacher is proud of her work
the teaching work takes time
adding and subtracting are important
Practice
Task 2: Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
5. The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as ___.
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B
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D
humorous
angry
suspicious
admiring
Practice
Task 2: Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
Keys 2
1.d
2.b
3.a
5.d
4.c
AFTER YOU READ
Fill each of the blanks of the summary bellow with a suitable word from the reading passage.
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
math
arms
fingers
proud
1. What would happen to the disabled children if a special class was not organized for them?
2. Why did the parents oppose the idea of sending their children to the special class?
3. In what way did Thuy teach the children how to add and subtract?
Read the passage then answer these questions:
HOMEWORK
Goodbye Everybody
THANK YOU VERY MUCH