Unit 4: Special education
Reading
A Teacher in
a special class

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Before you read
Do you know what special education means?



In what way is it special?
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Vocabulary
The blind
The deaf
The dumb/ mute
Mentally retarded
(slowly developed in mentality)

disabled people
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Vocabulary
Braille alphabet: bảng chữ nổi
Louis Braille (1809 - 1852)

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Vocabulary
Proper schooling(np):
Add: (+) > < subtract: (-)
Time-consuming (adj):
Demonstration (n):
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While you read

Task 1: Matching
1 – c

2 – e

3 – a

4 – b

5 - d
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Task 2: A, B, C or D:
1. Thuy’s class is different from other class because the children_________

are from large families
are less mentally develoed
love Maths very much
are disabled

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Task 2: 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
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Task 2: A, B, C or D:
3. It can be inferred from the paragraph of the reading passage that there has been______

A change in the parents’ attitude towards the class
A lot of protest from the parents against the class
A feeling of doubt in the teacher’s ability
A belief in the parents’ opposition
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Task 2: A, B, C or D:
4. The writer describes how Thuy teaches the children to add and subtract in order 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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Task 2: A, B, C or D:
5. The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as_____
humorous
angry
suspicious
admiring
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After you read
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.
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Homework
Learn by heart the new words in this lesson

Prepare for the Speaking period
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Thank you for your attention!

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After you read
Twenty-five disabled 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.

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After you read
Twenty-five disabled children have the chance of learning how to read and write 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.

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After you read
Twenty-five disabled children have the chance of learning how to read and write thanks to the efforts 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.

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After you read
Twenty-five disabled children have the chance of learning how to read and write thanks to the efforts of a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy. Although her idea, at first, met with opposition 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.

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After you read
Twenty-five disabled children have the chance of learning how to read and write thanks to the efforts of a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy. Although her idea, at first, met with opposition from the parents of the disabled children, more children attended her class later. The teaching work in the special class is time-consuming. 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.
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After you read
Twenty-five disabled children have the chance of learning how to read and write thanks to the efforts of a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy. Although her idea, at first, met with opposition from the parents of the disabled children, more children attended her class later. The teaching work in the special class is time-consuming. For example, in a maths 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.

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After you read
Twenty-five disabled children have the chance of learning how to read and write thanks to the efforts of a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy. Although her idea, at first, met with opposition from the parents of the disabled children, more children attended her class later. The teaching work in the special class is time-consuming. For example, in a maths lesson, the teacher has to use her arms and fingers to teach the children how to add and subtract. The children are now…(10)…and happy.
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After you read
Twenty-five disabled children have the chance of learning how to read and write thanks to the efforts of a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy. Although her idea, at first, met with opposition from the parents of the disabled children, more children attended her class later. The teaching work in the special class is time-consuming. For example, in a maths lesson, the teacher has to use her arms and fingers to teach the children how to add and subtract. The children are now proud and happy.