Unit 4. Special education

Unit 4 : SPECIAL EDUCATION
READING
1. Aim
Reading about special education
2. Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be ale to understand the term special education and talk about it through Matching and Multiple Choice exercises.
3. Materials
Textbook, whiteboard markers,…
Pictures about special classes and Braille Alphabet
4. Anticipated problems
Ss may have no ideas about special education and Brille.

CLASS 10
TEACHER IN CHARGE : TRAN NGOC HAI
DATE: 10/13/2006
Educational Aim
Students understand some types of special education
Special education for the disabled
TABLE OF CONTENT
I. Presenting the lesson
II. Checking comprehension
III. Consolidation
IV. Game
Pre - reading
1. What do you call the people who can’t see?
2. What do you call the people who can’t hear?
3. What do you call the people who can’t speak?
4. Have you ever known any special schools for them?
The blind
The deaf
The dumb or the mute
Nguyen Dinh Chieu Special school for the blind
School for the dumb and the deaf at Binh Duong province
Hoa Binh Youth Village for the mentally retarded at Go Vap
Look at the activities. Which ones are difficult for blind, deaf and mute children?
Guess his disability
This is Louis Braille, the great benefactor of human. It was he that invented the Braille Alphabet
BRAILLE
These dots represent the alphabet of a language for the blind – What’s the name of the language?
By touching raised dots, the blind can read what they want
Hellen Keller
(1880-1968)
She became blind and deaf – but she could
read and write at the
age of 6.
She graduated Colleges, gave lectures and traveled to many countries
A disabled sportsman
A DISABLED TEACHER
The paralyzed
The disabled can work in groups
Look at the requirements. Are they necessary for teachers in teaching disabled children?
While - reading
Phrases or new words:
Disabled (a)  Disability (n)








Dumb (a)  Dumbness (n)

SIGN LANGUAGE FOR THE DUMB
Mentally retarded: less developed mentally than normal
Time - consuming  time - saving


Demonstration (n) = show

Opposition : the act of strongly disagreeing with sb/st  oppose (v)

The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B
A
B
a. taking or needing a lot of time
b. An act of showing or explaining low how to do something
c. Unable to use a part of the body in the normal way
d. Slowly, over a long period of time
e. Less mentally developed than normal
1. Disabled
3. Time-consuming
5. Gradually
4. Demonstration
2. Mentally retarded
Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by the corresponding letter A, B, C or D
1. Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children__.
A. are from large families
A. interested in
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.
B. opposed to
C. satisfied with
D. worried about
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
4. The writer describes how Thuy teaches the children to add and subtract in order to prove that _____.
A. the children like Maths
A. humorous
B. the teacher is proud of her work
C. the teaching work takes time
D. adding and subtrating are important
5. The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as ______.
B. angry
C. suspicious
D. admiring
Questions and answers
1. Does Ms Pham Thu Thuy enjoy her teaching?
2. How are the children in her class?
 yes
 They are disabled
3. Why did the parents oppose the idea of sending their children to the special class at first?
 Because they thought their children couldn’t learn anything at all
4. In what way did Ms Thuy teach the children how to add and substract?
 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
Post – reading: Fill each of the blanks of the summary below 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
determination
opposition
time-consuming
maths
arms
fingers
proud
What would happen to the disabled children if a special class was not organized for them?
Why couldn’t the parents give their disabled children an education?
What should local charity society do to help the disabled children?
How can they do everything without seeing hearing or speaking?
Why did the parents oppose the idea of sending their children to the special class at first?
In what way did Thuy teach the children how to add and substract?
Have you ever attended the schools for blind, deaf and mute children? How can the deaf and the mute overcome their difficulty?
Read the text and answer the following questions: