10A11
UNIT 4:
Special Education
Lesson: Reading
Look at The Pictures
and Answer the Questions
I. Before you read
What is she doing?
She is listening to music.
What is she doing?
She is singing.
What is he doing?
He is reading books.
What is he doing?
He is watching TV
Reading books
Singing
Watching TV
Listening to music
Which one is difficult to
the blind, the deaf
or the dumb?
the deaf
the dumb
the blind
the blind & the deaf
WE
ARE
THE
WORLD
Unit 4 : SPECIAL EDUCATION
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 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 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 for them
Vocabulary:
1. blind ( a ) [ blaind ]:
mù
2. deaf ( a ) [ def ] :
điếc
3. dumb (a) [dʌm]:
câm
4. oppose to ( v) [ə`pouz ]:
phản đối
5. opposition ( n ) [,ɔpə`zi∫n] :
sự phản đối
6. arm ( n ) [ɑ:m ]:
bàn tay
7. finger ( n ) [`fiηgə]:
ngón tay
8. Effort ( n ) [`efət]:
cố gắng
9. To be proud of ( a ):
tự hào
Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B.
II. While you read
Read the passage silently.
UNIT4 : SPECIAL EDUCATION
A. READING
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 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 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 for them
Task 2: Choose one of these stars below and answer the questions behind them.
Question 1 : Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children______
are from large families
are less mentally developed
love Maths very much
Are disabled
D
P1
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.
Question 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
B
P 2: At first, there was a lot of opposition from the parents of the disabled children.
Question 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
A
P 2: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.
Question 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
C
P 3: 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 learned how to add and subtract.
Question 5: The writers attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as________ .
A. humorous
B. angry
C. suspicious
D. admiring
D
UNIT4 : SPECIAL EDUCATION
A. READING
III. After you read

Fill each the blanks of the summary below with a suitable word from the box
read write disabled efforts opposition
time- consuming Maths arms fingers proud
Twenty-five ……………children have the chance of learning how to ………….and ……………. thanks to the …………….of a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy.
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 special class is ……………………For example, in a ………………lesson, the teacher has to use her…………….and ………….to teach the children how to add and subtract. The children are now ……………and happy.
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disabled
read
write
efforts
opposition
time-consuming
Maths
arms
fingers
proud
Learn new words by heart
Think of what you should do to help the disabled
Prepare new lesson
Homework:
Your Attention
Thank for