Unit 4. Special education

period:17

T: Mai Thi Bich Vuong
Before you read
look at the Braille Alphabet
The message: We are the world
Sign language with fingers to communicate
While you read
New words
Deaf ( n) Điếc
Dumb ( n) Người lùn
Retard ( v) Chậm chạp
Proper ( adj) Thích hợp
Opposition ( n) Sự chống lại
( opposition to St/ Sb)
Realize ( v) Nhận ra
Effort (n) Nỗ lực
Kid (n) Trẻ con


Read the passage in silent in 5 minutes and do the task that follow

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 disable. 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 was a lot opposition from the parents of the disable 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 realized 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 raise 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 realized they had learned how to their efforts. They know a new world is opening up for them.

Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B.

Task 2: Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by choosing the best letter A, b, C or D.
1. Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children…..
Are from large families. B. are less mentally developed.
C. Love Maths very much D.are disabled.
2. At first the parents were…the ideas of sending their children to the special class.
Interested in B. opposed to C. Satisfied with D. worried about.
3. It can be inferred from the 2nd 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.
B The teacher is a 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……
Humorous B. angry
C. Suspicious D. admiring

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After you read: 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
Do more exercises

A………person can’t hear any kind sound
Mute b. deaf c. blind d. dumb
2. There is a lot of ……..to the plan of rebuilding the school
Passion b. determination c. demonstration d. opposition
3. The ………….are those who not have a job
Injured b. unemployed c. retarded d. disabled
4. Bad marks can create a feeling of…………
Humor b. happiness c. passion d. sorrow
5. One can be successful if he marks his great…………….
a. Disability b. effort c. try d. abilities



Name some famous disabled people you know
Discuss the problems of the deaf and the mute and other disabled people in their daily life and how they overcome them
an American lecturer and writer
An American President.
Franklin Deland Roosevelt with disability
Morla Rungan -wearing number 3375, the 1st blind USA Olympic athlete in 2000 in Sydney
A dog can help the blind passing the road
Hearing aids for the deaf
A Wheel chair for the disabled
Walking stick for the Blind
Home work: Do exercises in work book , reading part and prepare for the speaking period