UNIT 4 SPECIAL EDUCATION (HAY)

To study Listen to music Watch tv Play sports Braille Alphabet W e a r e t h e w o r l d 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 * Vocabulary: - disabled /dɪˈseɪ.bl̩d/ : (adj) khuyết tật điếc - deaf /def/: (adj) - dumb  /dʌm/ : (adj) câm - blind /blaɪnd/: (adj) mù - proper schooling:  /ˈprɒp.ər/  (n) học hành đầy đủ - opposition /ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/: (n) ý kiến phản đối -time-consuming /ˈtaɪm.kənˌsjuː.mɪŋ/:(adj) tốn thời gian - demonstration /ˌdem.ənˈstreɪ.ʃən/:(n) việc minh hoạ -to be proud of  /praʊd/ : tự hào - mentally retarded: thiểu trí tuệ /ˈmen.təl.i/   /rɪˈtɑː.dɪd/  Task 1: A B a taking or needing a lot of time disabled b an act of showing or explaining mentally how to something retarded c unable to use a part of the timebody in the normal way consuming 4.demonstration d slowly, over a long period of gradually time e less mentally developed than normal Task 2: Multiple - choice 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 D At first the parents were _the idea of sending their children to the special class B opposed to A interested in B C satisfied with B D worried about It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the reading passage that there has been A A a change in 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 their parents’ opposition The writer discribes 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 C the teaching work takes time D adding and subtracting are important The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as _ A.humorous B angry C suspicious D 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 disabled learning how to (2) _ and (3) _thanks to the read write (4) _of a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy efforts opposition 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 time-consuming (6) _ Maths arms fingers 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 proud Now (10) _ and happy UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING Read the passage again and answer the following questions How many children are there in her class? 2. Who are they ? 3. Do they live in a poor or a rich family? 4. In what way did the teacher teach the children how to  read and write? - Learn by heart the form of all the new words - Prepare for the next part ... teach the children how to add and subtract The children are proud Now (10) _ and happy UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION - LESSON 1: READING Read the passage again and answer the following questions... mentally how to something retarded c unable to use a part of the timebody in the normal way consuming 4. demonstration d slowly, over a long period of gradually time e less mentally developed than normal... much D are disabled D At first the parents were _the idea of sending their children to the special class B opposed to A interested in B C satisfied with B D worried about It can be inferred