unit 4-E 10

Schools for disabled children are called special schools.. Name some special school you knowNguyen Dinh Chieu special school for the blind... What is the name of the language • The Brail

Warm- up: Miming

One student goes to the black board, do not say anything only using sign language to

express what she/ he means The others try

to guess what he/ she means

1 Eat 6 Read book

2 Brush teeth 7 Swim

3 Walk 8 Play football

4 Sleep 9 Hungry

5 Listen to music 10 Hot

1.Who often uses sign

language or gestures to

express what they

mean?

2 Look at the pictures

and tell me who are

they?

Disabled people

Blind people

Deaf and mute people

Schools for disabled children are called special schools Name some special school you know

Nguyen Dinh Chieu special school for the blind

These dots represent the alphabet of a

language for the blind What is the name of the

language

• The Braille Alphabet

Work in pairs, look at the Braille Alphabet, work out the message that follows

I Before you read

The message: We are the world

Sign language with fingers to communicate

• II While you read: Read the passage in silent in

5 minutes and do the task that follow

Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading

passage Match them with their definitions in B

a Taking or needing a lot of time

b An act of showing or explaining

how to do 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 1: The words in A appear in the reading

passage Match them with their definitions in B

e Less mentally developed than normal

• Taking or needing a lot of time

• An act of showing or explaining

how to do something

• d Slowly , over a long period of

time

Task 2: Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by choosing the best letter A, b, C or D.

1 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

2 At first the parents were…the ideas of sending their children to the special class

A Interested in B opposed to C Satisfied with

Task 2: Multiple choice.

4 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

5 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

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Task 3: Gap filling.

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.

proud

C After you read:

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 lecturer and writer

An American President

Morla Rungan -wearing number

3375, the 1st blind USA Olympic athlete

in 2000 in Sydney

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