Unit 4. Special education

1. Can they see?
No, they can’t.
2. What do you call the
people who can not see?
The blind
Look at the pictures and answer the questions
3. Can she speak?
No, she can’t.
4. What do you call
the people who
can not speak?
The dumb.
5. What are they doing?
6. How do they talk?
They are talking.
They use their hands.
7. Why do they have to
use their hands?
Because they can not
hear.
8. What do you call the people who can not hear?
The deaf.
9. What do you call the people who can not see,
speak or hear?
They are disabled ones.
unit 4
special education
Look at the activities. Which ones do you think would be difficult for blind, deaf and dumb students?
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X
X
X
X
1. What is this?
It is the Braille Alphabet which is used for the blind.



Look at the Braille Alphabet then work out the message that follows.
We
are
the
world
2. Which schools in Viet Nam are used for disabled students?
Nguyen Dinh Chieu school,Xa Dan school…..
a teacher in a special class
Task 1
The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B.

1. .

2. .

3. .

4. .

5. .
c
e
a
b
d
Task 2:

Thuy’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.


Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
2. At first the parents were.........the idea of sending their children to the special class.
A. interested in
B. opposed to
C. satisfied with
D. worried about


3. It can be inferred from the second 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 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

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
Homework
Answer this question.
What would happen to the disabled children if special classes were not organized for them?
the end