Unit 4. Special education

This is a special class
This is a normal calss
Braille Alphabet
We
are
the
world
New words
disabled /dis`eibld/ (a)
We are disabled children
dumb /dʌm/ (a)
Oh,Poor me ....I can’t speak because I’m dumb
Deaf /def/ (a)
My god! I can’t hear because I’m deaf
Opposition /ɔpə`zi∫n/ (v)

Make effort (v) = To try

Add /æd/(v) =

Subtract /səb`trækt/ (v) =
Task1 .Match the words in A with their meanings in B
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Task 2. Circle the best answer.
1.Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children.............
A. are from large families
B. are less mentally
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

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3. It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the reading passage that there has been……………..
a change in the parents’ attitude towards the class
a lot of protest from the parents against the class
a feeling of doubt in the teacher’s ability
a belief in the parents’ opposition

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4. The writer describes how Thuy teaches the children to add and subtract in order to prove that………
the children like Maths
the teacher is proud of her work
the teaching work takes time
adding and subtracting are important
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5. The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as ………………
humorous
B. angry
C. suspicious
D. admiring

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Task 3. Complete each blank of the
summary below with a word in the box
disabled, opposition ,efforts ,arms , time-consuming ,fingers, read, proud , write, maths
Twenty-five (1)disabled………children have the chance of learning how to (2)…read……and (3)…write……thanks to the (4)…efforts…... of a young teacher ,Pham Thu Thuy.
Although her idea, at first, met with (5)…opposition……..from the parents of the disable children, more children attended her class later. The teaching work in the special class is (6) time-consuming……….. For example, in a (7)…maths……...lesson, the teacher has to use her(8)…arms…….and (9)…fingers………to teach the children how to add and subtract. The children are now (10) …proud…….and happy.