Unit 4. Special education

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Unit 4: Special Education
Lesson 1: Reading
I. Before you read
Work in pairs, look at the Braille Alphabet, work out the message that follows
The Braille Alphabet
These dots represent the alphabet of a language for the blind.
What is the name of the language ?
The message: We are the world
Sign language with fingers to communicate
- Disabled:
Người khuyết tật
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING
1. Vocabulary
Ex: It takes me 10 hours to finish my lesson.
It is time-consuming
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING
1. Vocabulary
: sự thể hiện, sự thuyết minh
Demonstration (n)
[,deməns`trei∫n]
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING
1. Vocabulary
Ex: We call the men in these 2 pictures are .....(?)
Mentally retarded
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING
1. Vocabulary
How do you say “dần dần” in English?
It’s Gradually
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING
1. Vocabulary
- disabled (adj): [dis`eibld]: Người khuyết tật
- mentally retarded: [ri`tɑ:did]: Chậm phát triển trí tuệ
- demonstration (n):[,deməns`trei∫n]:Sự thuyết minh,thể hiện
- Time- consuming (adj): tốn nhiều thời gian
- Gradually (adv) : Dần dần
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING
1. Vocabulary
2. Checking vocabulary:
Matching:
II. While you read
Task 2: Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING
1. Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children…….
A. are from large families.
B. are less mentally developed.
C. love Maths very much
D. are disabled.
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
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING
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
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING
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.
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING
5. The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as.......
A. humorous.
B. angry.
C. suspicious.
D. admiring
How many children are there in her class?

2. Who are they ?

3. Do they live in a poor or a rich family?

4. In what way did the teacher teach the children how to read and write?
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING
Read the passage again and answer the following questions
 Read the passage again and answer the following questions
How many children are there in her class?


2. Who are they ?
There are twenty-five children
They are disabled. Some are deaf, some dumb
and others mentally retarded
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING

3. Do they live in a poor or a rich family?


4. In what way did the teacher teach the children how to learn Maths?
Yes, They live in a poor family
The teacher raised both arms and opened up her fingers one by one until all ten stood up. She then closed the fingers one by one.
 Read the passage again and answer the following questions
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING
III. After you read
Speaking and interview
 Imagine that you have a chance to meet Thuy, what will you ask her? Make a short interview between you and Ms.Thuy, use the cues given
Ex: What/ children/ learn/ class?
You: What do the children learn in your class?
Ms. Thuy: They learn how to read and write.

How many/ children/ class?
it/ difficult/ teach / the special class?
you/ meet/ any opposition?
How/ you/ teach/ children?
How/ children/ feel?
After you read
Speaking and interview
Imagine that you have a chance to meet Thuy, what will you ask her? Make a short interview between you and Ms.Thuy, use the cues given
Ex: What/ children/ learn/ class?
You: What do the children learn in your class?
Ms. Thuy: They learn how to read and write.
You: .......
Ms. Thuy: .......
You: ......
Ms. Thuy: .......
After you read
Ex: What/ children/ learn/ class?
You: What do the children learn in your class?
Ms. Thuy: They learn how to read and write.
You: How many/ children/ class?
.......................................................................?
Ms. Thuy: ........................................................
You: it/ difficult/ teach / the special class?
Ms. Thuy: .......................................................
You: you/ meet/ any opposition?
Ms. Thuy:........................................................
You: How/ you/ teach/ children?
Ms. Thuy: ......................................................
You: How/ children/ feel?
Ms. Thuy: ........................................................
After you read
Is it difficult to teach (children) in the special class?
How many children are there in your class?
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
Homework
Do the gap-fill exercise in the English book in your notebook.
Write the dialogue you’ve made in your notebook
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