Unit 4. Special education

Quiz
1. What do you call the people who can not see ?
2. What do you call the people who can not hear ?
3. What do you call the people who can not speak ?
We call them dumb people.
We call them deaf people .
We call them blind people .
Unit 4: Special education
A. Reading
I. Before you read.
1. Look at the pictures.
……. ………… …….. ……………………
I
AM
A
TEACHER
Can you work out this message ?
2. Look at the activities. Which ones do you think would be difficult for blind, deaf and dumb children ?
II. While you Read.
A teacher in a special class
Like other teachers, Pham Thu Thuy enjoys her teaching job. However, her class is different from other classes. The twenty five children , who are learning how to read and write in her class, are disabled. Some are deaf, some dumb and others mentally retarded. Most of the children come from large and poor families, which prevents them from having proper schooling.
At first, there were a lot of opposition from the parents of the disabled children.They used to believe that their children could not learn anything at all. In the first week , only five children attended the class.Gradually more children arrived. Their parents realised that the young teacher was making great efforts to help their poor kids.
Watching Thuy taking a class, one can see how time – consuming the work is. During a maths lesson, she raised both arms and opened up her fingers one by one until all ten stood up. She then closed her fingers one by one. She continued the demonstration until the children realised they had just learned how to add and subtract.The children have every reason to be proud of their efforts. They know a new world is opening up for them .
II. While you read.
* New words:
schooling (n)
opposition (n)
effort (n)
add (v)
subtract (v)

disabled (adj)
mentally retarded
time – consuming (adj)
demonstration (n)
gradually (adv)

Task 1: Match the words in A with their deffinitions in B
Answer:
1. …….. 2 ……..3…….. 4………. 5……….
c
d
a
b
e
T
F
F
Task 2: Read the passage then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
The children in Thuy’s class are disabled.
2. Most of the children in the class are from rich families.
3. At first, the parents of the disabled children wanted to send their children to the special class.
4. In the first week, fifteen children attended the class.
5. Gradually, the disabled children’s parents understood Thuy’s efforts and more children were sent to her class.
6.Teaching in a special class is very hard and time consuming.
T
T
F
III. After you read.
1. Fill each of the blanks of the summary below with a suitable word from the ones given. (There are more words than needed)
disabled, efforts, schooling, maths, raised, read, write,
time-consuming, attend, opposition, arms, fingers, proud
Twenty-five (1)……….………children have the chance of learning how to (2)…………….….and (3)………………………..thank 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
Consolidation
1.The reading passage about teacher Pham Thu Thuy and her special class.
2.New words.
schooling (n)
opposition (n)
effort (n)
add (v)
subtract (v)
disabled (adj)
mentally retarded
time – consuming (adj)
demonstration (n)
gradually (adv)

Homework
1.Do Task 2 in the textbook. (pages 45,46)
2. In your own words, write a short passage about teacher Pham Thu Thuy and her special class.
Thank you and goodbye
2. Work in groups. Talk about Thuy’s class.