Unit 4. Special education

Look at these pictures and answer questions:
1- Who are they?
2- What are they doing?
They are talking, reading and listening
They are dumb, blind and deaf people
Do you think they can read, write, add or subtract ?
How can they read, write, add or subtract ?
Unit 4 - special education
period 20
1- Make a list of the activities you usually do every day.
For example: - play football
- listen to music
2- Ask your friends which activities he/she thinks would be difficult for dumb, blind and deaf people.
- dumb ( people can`t speak)
- blind ( people can`t see)
- deaf ( people can`t listen)
Example: Which activities would be difficult for dumb, deaf and blind people ?
Answer: I think the activities would be difficult for dumb, deaf and blind people are listening to music...
I/ before you read
Lesson 1- reading
disabled people
less mentally developed than normal
3- Look at the Braille Alphabet, then work out the message that follows.
W E
A R E
T H E
W O R L D
Unit 4 - special education
period 20
Lesson 1- reading
4- Before you read, note some new words.
- disabled (adj ; n) tàn tật/ người tàn tật
mentally (adv) tinh thần/ thần kinh/ trí tuệ
retarded (adj) chậm phát triển thể chất/tinh thần
opposition (n) oppose to (v) sự phản đối/ phản đối
gradually ( adv) dần dần/ từ từ
efforts (n) nỗ lực/ cố ngắng
time-consuming (adj) mất nhiều thời gian
demonstration (n) chứng tổ
add (n, v) phép cộng/ cộng
subtract (n, v) phép trừ/ trừ
thanks to sth: nhờ vào cái gì
to be proud of sth/sbd : tự hào về cái gì/ về ai
Unit 4 - special education
period 20
Lesson 1- reading
II/ while you read
1- Listen and read in silent after the tape to take main ideas of the Reading.
Task 1. The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B
B
a- taking or needing a lot of time
b- an act of showing or explaining how to do something
c- unable to use part of the body in the normal way
d- slowly, over along time period of time
e- less mentally developed than normal
c- unable to use part of the body in the normal way
e- less mentally developed than normal
a- taking or needing a lot of time
b- an act of showing or explaining how to do something
d- slowly, over along time period of time
2- Read the passage again and then do the tasks that follows.( 3`)
Unit 4 - special education
period 20
Lesson 1- reading
Task 2: Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by circling the corresponding letter A,B,C or D. ( text book - page 45,46)
1- Thuy`s class is different from other classes the children...
a- are from large families b- are less mentally developed
c- love Maths very much d- are disabled
3- It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the reading passage that have 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
2- At first the parents were.....the ideas sending their children to the special class.
a- interested in b- opposed to
c- satisfied with d- worried about
Unit 4 - special education
period 20
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
5- The writer`s attitude towards Thuy`s work in the passage can be described as.......
a- humorous
b- angry
c- suspicious
d- admiring
Unit 4 - special education
period 20
Lesson 1- reading
III/ after you read
Fill each of the blanks of the summary below with a suitable word from the reading passage.
Twenty-five (1) children have the change 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
Pham Thu Thuy is a teacher, but she is different from other teachers, she teaches 25 disabled children. Some of them are dumb, some blind and others deaf. They are less mentally developed children than normal. They come from large and poor families.
In the first week, only 5 children attended her class. Gradually, more children arrived. To teach these disabled children, Thuy has to take a lot of time and has many difficulties in teaching them how to read, write. She has to use her arms and fingers to teach them how to add, subtract. They are very proud of her efforts and they realise that a new world is opening up for them.
Say about Pham Thu Thuy`s special class
Answer some questions bellow.
Consolidation:
Home work:
2- How can the dumb talk ?
3- How can the blind read ?
4- How can the deaf listen ?
They can talk by raising their arms and fingers
They can read by touching the Braille Alphabet
They can listen by signs or using earphones
Do the exercises in the workbook
1- What are the dumb, blind and deaf called ?
They are called disabled people, they are less mentally developed than normal
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