Unit 04 special education reading

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Look at The Braille Cell Alphabet.
Then work out message that follow



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I. New words
- deaf (adj)
- dumb (adj)
- mentally retarded
- disabled (adj)
- opposition (n)

- time-consuming (adj)
-demonstration (n)
- gradually (adv)


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deaf

disabled
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time-consuming

Mentally
retarded


A TEACHER IN A SPECIAL CLASS
Like others teachers, Pham Thu Thuy enjoys her teaching
job. However, her class is different from other classes.
The twenty-five chidren, 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 timeconsuming 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 learn 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.


Unit
A. READING

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Lucky
number
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Tast 2. Games: Luckey
numbers
Thuy’ 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


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Tast 2. Games: Luckey numbers
It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the
reading passage that there has been
......
A. a change in the parents’ attitude toward
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.


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Tast 2. Games: Luckey numbers
At first the parents were ........... the idea
of sending their children to special class.
A. interested
B. opposed to
C. satisfied
D. worried about


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4 special education

Tast 2. Games: Luckey
numbers

The writer discribes how Thuy teaches the children
to add and subtract in oder to prove that ..........

A.
B.
C.
D.

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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4 special education

Tast 2. Games: Luckey
numbers
The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in
the passage can be described as ............
A. humorous
B. angry
C. suspicious
D. admiring


A TEACHER IN A SPECIAL CLASS
Like others teachers, Pham Thu Thuy enjoys her teaching
job. However, her class is different from other classes.
The twenty-five chidren, 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 timeconsuming 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 learn 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.


A TEACHER IN A SPECIAL CLASS
Like others teachers, Pham Thu Thuy enjoys her teaching
job. However, her class is different from other classes.
The twenty-five chidren, 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 timeconsuming 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 learn 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.

A TEACHER IN A SPECIAL CLASS
Like others teachers, Pham Thu Thuy enjoys her teaching
job. However, her class is different from other classes.
The twenty-five chidren, 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 timeconsuming 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 learn 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.


A TEACHER IN A SPECIAL CLASS
Like others teachers, Pham Thu Thuy enjoys her teaching
job. However, her class is different from other classes.
The twenty-five chidren, 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 timeconsuming 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 learn 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.


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Summarising questions
1. How many children are there in Thuy’s slass? Who
are they?
There are twenty - five children.
They are deaf, dumb, and other mentally
retarded.
2. Was a lot of opposition from the parents of the
disabled chidren?
Yes, they used to believed that their children
could not learn anything at all.

3. How did the children teach her children to add and
subtract?
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


Home work
• Read the reading again
• Preapare listening carefully


The end of reading lesson

Good bye class !