Unit 4. Special education

WELCOME TO OUR CLASS
Teacher: Tu Ngoc Dinh
Revision
Dùng các động từ cho dưới đây ở dạng phù hợp vào các câu sau: watch, go, wait, lend, find, live(-ing, to + infinitive)
to find
living
to go
waiting
to lend
SPECIAL EDUCATION
READING
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Before you read

Make a list of the activities you do everyday.Then ask your partner which ones he/ she thinks would be difficult for blind and deaf people.
Can you hear if you are deaf?
Can you see if you are blind?
Can deaf and blind people read and write normally?
* Work with a partner. Look at the Braille Alphabet. Then work out the message that follows.

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R
W
E
E
Braille Cell
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
X
Y
Z
V
W
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While you read
Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow.

A TEACHER IN A SPECIAL CLASS
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New words
- to be different from.........
khác với............
eg:Her class..........................................other classes.
is different from
- disabled (adj)
tàn tật
- mentally retarded (adj)
less mentally developed
trí tuệ kém phát triển
- to come from......
xuất thân từ..................
- to prevent............from.......
cản trở...........................
- proper schooling (np)
sự học hành đàng hoàng
- opposition (n)
sự chống đối
- gradually (adv)
dần dần, từ từ
sự cố gắng
- effort (n)
- to make great efforts
cố gắng hết sức
trừ
- to add (v)
cộng
- to subtract (v)
- to be proud of.......
tự hào về
- time-consuming (adj)
tốn nhiều thời gian
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* New words:

chống đối lại.......
- to be inferred from......
- to be opposed to.....
được suy ra từ
- There is.........
- There are.......
- There was.........
- There has been.......
- There can be..........
Có................
Đã có..................
Có thể có..........................
- attitude towards...............(n)
thái độ đối với..............
- protest against........................(n)
sự chống đối lại
- a feeling of doubt in...............
một cảm giác nghi ngờ về.........
- ability (n)
khả năng
- belief (n)
quan điểm
- to describe
diễn tả
- in order to prove that
để mà chứng minh rằng
- humorous (adj)
khôi hài
- suspicious (adj)
hoài nghi
- admiring (adj)
khâm phục
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1Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children ________.
A. are from large families.
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.
A. interested in C. satisfied with
B. opposed to D. worried about
3. It can be inferred from the second paragrah 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


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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
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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
efforts
opposition
time - consuming
Maths
arms
fingers
proud
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tàn tật
trí tuệ kém phát triển
tốn thời gian
sự thể hiện
dần dần
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RUB OUT AND REMEMBER
tàn tật
trí tuệ kém phát triển
tốn thời gian
sự thể hiện
dần dần
disabled
mentally retarded
time - consuming
demonstration
gradually
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Learn new vocabulary by heart.
Prepare for Speaking.
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