Unit 4: Special education Reading A Teacher in a special class 2 Before you read • Do you know what special education means? • In what way is it special? 3 Vocabulary • The blind • The deaf • The dumb/ mute • Mentally retarded (slowly developed in mentality) disabled people 4 Vocabulary Vocabulary • Braille alphabet: b¶ng ch÷ næi • Louis Braille (1809 - 1852) 5 Vocabulary • Proper schooling(np): • Add: (+) > < subtract: (-) • Time-consuming (adj): • Demonstration (n): 6 6 Wh ile you read Wh ile you read  Task 1: Matching Task 1: Matching A A B B 1. disabled 1. disabled a. Taking or needing a lot a. Taking or needing a lot of time of time 2. mentally 2. mentally retarded retarded b. An act of showing or b. An act of showing or explaining how to do sth explaining how to do sth 3. time- 3. time- consuming consuming c. Unabled to use a part of c. Unabled to use a part of the body in the normal way the body in the normal way 4. 4. demonstration demonstration d. Slowly, over a long d. Slowly, over a long period of time period of time 5. gradually 5. gradually e. Less mentally developed e. Less mentally developed than normal than normal • 1 – c 1 – c • 2 – e 2 – e • 3 – a 3 – a • 4 – b 4 – b • 5 - d 5 - d 7 Task 2: A, B, C or D: Task 2: A, B, C or D: 1. Thuy’s class is different from other class because the children_________ A. are from large families B. are less mentally develoed C. love Maths very much D. are disabled 8 Task 2: A, B, C or D: 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 9 9 Task 2: A, B, C or D: Task 2: A, B, C or D: 3. It can be inferred from the paragraph of the 3. It can be inferred from the paragraph of the reading passage that there has been______ reading passage that there has been______ A. A. A change in the parents’ attitude towards the class A change in the parents’ attitude towards the class B. B. A lot of protest from the parents against the class A lot of protest from the parents against the class C. C. A feeling of doubt in the teacher’s ability A feeling of doubt in the teacher’s ability D. D. A belief in the parents’ opposition A belief in the parents’ opposition 10 Task 2: A, B, C or D: 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________ 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 . Unit 4: Special education Reading A Teacher in a special class 2 Before you