Unit 4. Special education

Disabled people

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UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Lesson 1: Reading
I/ Vocabulary:
Disabled people (n)
Blind (a)
= Can’t see
The Braille Alphabet
Deaf (a)
= Can’t hear
Dumb (adj)
= Can’t speak
Mentally retarded (adj)
I/ Vocabulary
Add (v)

Subtract (v)

Demonstration (n)

Time-consuming (a)

Oppose (v)
opposition (n)

* Gradually (adv)
* Effort (n)
+
-
= an act of explaining s.t
= taking more time
= slowly
=disagree
I/ Vocabulary
- Disabled people (n)
- Blind (a)
- Deaf (a)
- Add (v) >< Subtract (v)
- Demonstration (n)
- Time-consuming (a)
- Oppose (v)
opposition (n)
- Gradually (adv)
- Effort (n)
- Mentally retarded (adj)
- Dumb (adj)
- Disabled people (n)
- Blind (a)
- Deaf (a)
- Add (v) >< Subtract (v)
- Demonstration (n)
- Time-consuming (a)
- Oppose (v)
opposition (n)
- Gradually (adv)
- Effort (n)
- Mentally retarded (adj)
- Dumb (adj)
- Add (v) >< Subtract (v)
- Demonstration (n)
- Time-consuming (a)
- Oppose (v)
opposition (n)
- Gradually (adv)
- Effort (n)
- Mentally retarded (adj)
- Disabled people (n)
- Blind (a)
- Deaf (a)
- Dumb (adj)
- Add (v) >< Subtract (v)
- Demonstration (n)
- Time-consuming (a)
- Oppose (v)
opposition (n)
- Gradually (adv)
- Effort (n)
- Mentally retarded (adj)
I/ Vocabulary
- Disabled people (n)
- Blind (a)
- Deaf (a)
- Dumb (adj)
- Add (v) >< Subtract (v)
- Demonstration (n)
- Time-consuming (a)
- Oppose (v)
opposition (n)
- Gradually (adv)
- Effort (n)
- Mentally retarded (adj)
A TEACHER IN A SPECIAL CLASS
Like other teachers, Pham Thu Thuy enjoys her teaching job. However, her class is different from other classes. The twenty-five children, who are learning how to read and write in her class, are disabled. Some are deaf, some dumb and others mentally retarded. Most of the children come from large and poor families, which prevents them from having proper schooling.
At first, there was a lot of opposition from the parents of the disabled children. They used to believe that their children could not learn anything at all. In the first week, only five children attended the class. Gradually more children arrived. Their parents realised that the young teacher was making great efforts to help their poor kids.

Watching Thuy taking the class, one can see how time-consuming the work is. During a maths lesson, she raised both arms and opened up her fingers one by one until all ten stood up. She then closed the fingers one by one. She continued the demonstration until the children realised they had just learned how to add and subtract. The children have every reason to be proud of their efforts. They know a new world is opening up for them.
Read the text the match the words in column A with the definitions in column B suitably
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Read the text again and complete the following sentences:
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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 - LESSON 1: READING
The Braille Alphabet
The massage: WE ARE THE WORLD
Homework
Learn by heart the new words and read the text fluently
Prepare “Speaking”