Unit 4. Special education

Unit 4 special education
checking
Look at The Braille Cell Alphabet.
Then work out message that follow
We
are
the
world
Eg.
I. New words
- deaf (adj)
- dumb (adj)
- mentally retarded
- disabled (adj)
- opposition (n)
- time-consuming (adj)
-demonstration (n)
- gradually (adv)
Unit 4 special education
Like others teachers, Pham Thu Thuy enjoys her teaching job. However, her class is different from other classes. The twenty-five chidren, 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 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 the fingers one by one. She continued the demonstration until the children realised they had just learn 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.
A TEACHER IN A SPECIAL CLASS
Unit 4 speccial education
A. READING
Thuy’ class is different from other classes because the children .........

are from large families
are less mentally developed
C. love Maths very much
D. are disabled
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Tast 2. Games: Luckey numbers
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It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the reading passage that there has been......

A. a change in the parents’ attitude toward 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.
Tast 2. Games: Luckey numbers
Unit 4 special education
The writer discribes how Thuy teaches the children to add and subtract in oder 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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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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At first the parents were ........... the ideal
of sending their children to special class.

interested C. satisfied
B. opposed to D. Worried about

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Tast 2. Games: Luckey numbers
Unit 4 special education
Summarising questions

How many children are there in Thuy’s slass? Who are they?
There are twenty - five children.
They are deaf, dumb, and other mentally retarded.

2. Was a lot of opposition from the parents of the disabled chidren?
Yes, they used to believed that their children could not learn anything at all.

3. How did the children teach her children to add and subtract?
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
Home work
Read the reading again
Preapare listening carefully
The end of reading lesson
Good bye class !