Unit 4. Special education

UNIT 4

SPECIAL EDUCATION
Monday, October 12, 2009
READING
QUESTIONS
Do the blind/deaf /dumb have difficuties with their daily activities?
Which activities can be difficult for the blind/deaf /dumb to do?
Playing
Using
Reading
Writing
Should we help them?
Yes. … whenever we can.
How can we help the blind to read while they cannot see?
BRAILLE ALPHABET
Study the Braille Alphabet (Book)
Read the Braille sentence
WE ARE THE WORLD
Braille texts are ______ with _____ dots that are read by _____.
wrtitten
printed
raised
touch
VOCABULARY
deaf: not being able to ____
dumb: not being able to _____
hear.
speak.
Mentally retarded:
Slow at l______
earning
Many mentally retarded children are d____ victims
ioxin
Proper schooling:
enough & good education.
______d children do not have proper schooling.
Disable
Opposition:
disagreeing viewpoints.
Public opposition __ deadly dioxin is growing.
to
Make effort:
Try, attempt
He makes no effort in his ______ this year.
studies
Kids:
children.
YOUR NOTEBOOKS!
OPEN
CLOSE
TASK 1
MATCHING:
A: new words
B: definitions
Individual work:
(1 minute)
Then compare with a friend.
Read A + B
Example:
Blind means ___________.
Who wants to read TASK 1?
unable to see
BOOKS CLOSED
Slowly, over a long period
gradually
Taking a lot of time
time-
consuming
Unable to use an arm or a leg or the eyes, etc.
disabled
An act showing or explaining how to do something
demonstration
Less mentally developed than normal
mentally
retarded
BOOKS CLOSED
A work that takes a lot of time is ____________
time-consuming
A _______ _______ person lives in another world
mentally
retarded
Disabled children needs a lot of time to develop _______
gradually
She did the ___________ of the calculations with her arms and fingers.
demonstration
TASK 2
MULTIPLE CHOICE: (1mn)
1. __
2. __
3. __
4. __
D
B
A
C
5.
D
BOOKS CLOSED
1.Thuy’s __ is
__ from other classes because the children ___.
2.At first the parents were __ the idea of sending their __ to the ___ class
3.Parents’ ___ towards the class has ____.
4.Teaching with parts of the body takes ___ time. It is ___.
4.The writer described Thuy’s work with an attitude of _________.
admiration
AFTER YOU READ
Study the summary in the book and try to
fill in the blanks with a suitable word (3mns).
Who wants to read aloud?
1. _______
2. _______
3. _______
4. _______
5. _______
disabled
read
write
efforts
opposition
6. _______
7. _______
8. _______
9. _______
10. _______
time-consuming
maths
arms
fingers
proud
Who can read the summary again?
A GAME?
Read this:
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LOUIS BRAILLE
(1809 – 1852)
D.O.B.:Jan.04
POB:near Paris
Father: harness maker, workshop
4: accident - blind
Rich education
Bright student,
studied with normal students.
10: went to
Royal Institution for the Blind Youth, Paris.
Large, heavy books in raised-print system invented by
Valentin Hauy, the founder of the Royal Institution
Very good student. Piano, organ.
Got the idea
from an army captain Charles Barbier:
12-dot alphabet for soldiers to read in the dark.
Louis:6-dot alphabet
Dots representing music notes.
Louis:6-dot alphabet
Dots representing music notes.
Wrote “Method of
Writing Words, Music and Plain Song by Means of Dots, for Use by the Blind and
Arranged by Them”.
Died Jan.6,1852 several years before his system
was officially accepted.
Perfect system.
Now blind people
can read almost as ___ as we ___ thanks to the _____ system.
fast
can
Braille
HOMEWORK
Write people’s names, place names in Braille alphabet.
HOMEWORK
Review the lesson.
Prepare SPEAKING