Unit 4. Special education

Lesson 20 unit 4
Special education
A – Reading (page 44)
I- Before you read: Work with a partner. Look at the Braille Alphabet. Then work out the massage that follows.
We are the world
*New words:
mù
điếc
câm
khuyết tật
- blind:(a)
- deaf: (a)
- dumb: (a)
- disabled: (a)
- mentally: (adv) về mặt trí tuệ
- retarded: (a) chậm phát triển
- opposition: (n) sự phản đối
- subtract: (v) trừ
- add : (v) cộng
- effort: (n) cố gắng
II- While you read:
Read the passage and then do the tasks 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 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 was 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 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 Math lesson, she raised 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 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 to them.
Task 1:
The words in A appear in the reading passage, match them with their definitions in B
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 chance of leaning 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.
Keys:
1-disabled
2-read
3-write
4-effort
5-opposition
6-time-consuming
7-maths
8-arms
9-fingers
10-proud
*Keys:
Twenty-five (1) disabled children have the chance of leaning how to (2) read and (3) write thanks to the (4) effort of a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy. Although her idea, at first, met with (5) opposition from the parents of the disabled 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.
Retell about Nguyen Thu Thuy’s class, basing on the sections
“ reading” and “ after you read ”
*Homework:
- Learn by heart the new words.
- Retell about Thuy’s class.
- Write a passage about what we should do to help the disabled people.
Goodbye and
see you again !