Unit 4. Special education

Welcome to our class
Look at the pictures and answer the question: What are they doing in these pictures?
Picture 1
She is listening to music.
Picture 2
He is watching TV.
Picture 3
He is using the computer.
Picture 4
She is singing.
Picture 5
They are playing football.
Picture 6
They are reading books.
Look at the pictures again. Then tell the class which activities you think would be difficult for blind and deaf people
Eg: blind people find it difficult to use the computer.
Look at the 2 pictures and find out the differences between them.
Lesson 1: Reading
Monday, October 5th, 2009
W E ARE THE WORLD
...... ……. …… ………
Look at the Braille Alphabet. Then work out the message that follows
I. Before you read
American Sign Language ( ASL )
Vocabulary
1. blind ( a ) [ blaind ]:
2. deaf ( a ) [ def ] :
3. dumb (a) [dʌm]:
4. oppose to ( v) [ə`pouz ]:
5. opposition ( n ) [,ɔpə`zi∫n] :
6. arm ( n ) [ɑ:m ]:
7. finger ( n ) [`fiηgə]:
8. Effort ( n ) [`efət]:
mù
điếc
câm
phản đối
sự phản đối
bàn tay
ngón tay
cố gắng
9. To be proud of ( a ):
tự hào
eg: The children have every reason to be proud of their efforts.
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II. While you read
Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B.
comet
VENUS
mercury
Falling star
Jupiter
mars
Task 2: Choose one of these stars below and answer the questions behind them.
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 )
Learn new words by heart
Think of what you should do to help the disabled
Prepare new lesson
Answer the questions
1. How are the children in Pham Thu Thuy’ class ?
They are disabled children.
2. why did the parents oppose the idea of sending their children to the special class at first
Because they used to believe that their children could not learn anything at all.
3. In what way did Thuy teach the children how to add and subtract?
she raised both arms and open up her fingers one by one until all ten stood up. Then she closed the fingers one by one.
Question 1 : Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children______
are from large families
are less mentally developed
love Maths very much
Are disabled
venus
Question 2: At first the parents were _____the idea of sending their children to the special class.
A. interested in
B. opposed to
C. satisfied with
D. worried about
mercury
Question 3: It can be inferred from the second 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
comet
Question 4: 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 proud of her work
C. the teaching work takes time
D. adding and subtracting are important
jupiter
Question 5: The writers attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as________ .
A. humorous
B. angry
C. suspicious
D. admiring
mars
Lucky Star !
Falling star
Falling star
Eg: deaf and dumb people use finger- language to communicate
She held the baby in her arms
oppose
The blind