Unit 4: special education

period:17 T: Mai Thi Bich Vuong Before you read look at the Braille Alphabet The message: We are the world Sign language with fingers to communicate While you read  New words Deaf ( n) §iÕc Dumb ( n) Ngêi lïn Retard ( v) ChËm ch¹p Proper ( adj) ThÝch hợp Opposition ( n) Sự chống lại ( opposition to St/ Sb) Realize ( v) Nhận Effort (n) Nỗ lùc Kid (n) TrỴ Read the passage in silent in minutes and the task 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 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 Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage Match them with their definitions in B A B Disabled Mentally retarded Time-consuming Demonstration Gradually a Taking or needing a lot of time b An act of showing or explaining how to something c Unable to use a part of the body in the normal way d Slowly, over a long period of time e Less mentally developed than normal Task 2: Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by choosing the best letter A, b, C or D Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children … A Are from large families C Love Maths very much B are less mentally developed  D.are disabled At first the parents were… the ideas of sending their children to the special class  A Interested in B opposed to C Satisfied with D worried about It can be inferred from the 2nd 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 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 a proud of her work 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… … • Humorous C Suspicious B angry  D admiring After you read: Gap filling disabled Twenty-five ……………children have the chance of read write learning how to …………and………thanks to efforts the………… of a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy opposition Although her idea, at first, met with………….…from the parents of the disabled children, more children attended her class later The teaching work in the time-consuming special class is……… ………… For example, in Maths a……… lesson, the teacher has to use arms fingers her………… and ………… to teach the children how proud to add and subtract The children are now ……… and happy Do more exercises A………person can’t hear any kind sound a Mute b deaf c blind There is a lot of …… to the plan of rebuilding the school a Passion b determination c demonstration The ………….are those who not have a job a Injured b unemployed c retarded Bad marks can create a feeling of………… a Humor b happiness c passion One can be successful if he marks his great…………… a Disability b effort c try d dumb d opposition d disabled d sorrow d abilities 1.Name some famous disabled people you know 2.Discuss the problems of the deaf and the mute and other disabled people in their daily life and how they overcome them An American President an American lecturer and writer Franklin Deland Roosevelt with disability Morla Rungan wearing number 3375, the 1st blind USA Olympic athlete in 2000 in Sydney A dog can help the blind passing the road Hearing aids for the deaf A Wheel chair for the disabled Walking stick for the Blind Home work: Do exercises in work book , reading part and prepare for the speaking period ... lực Kid (n) Trẻ Read the passage in silent in minutes and the task that follow  A teacher in a special class Like other teachers, Pham Thu Thuy enjoys her teaching job However, her class is different... developed  D.are disabled At first the parents were… the ideas of sending their children to the special class  A Interested in B opposed to C Satisfied with D worried about It can be inferred... disabled children, more children attended her class later The teaching work in the time-consuming special class is……… ………… For example, in Maths a……… lesson, the teacher has to use arms fingers