1. What is he doing?
2. Is he reading in a normal way?/ Why?
=> He is reading in a special way ( by figures) because he is blind
=> He is reading
3. Do you think it is easy for him to learn?
4. Can he learn in our class?
=>In a special class
No , it isn’t
Unit 4: Special education
Period 22 – Reading
Look at the Braille Alphabet and find out the message that follows.
I
SEE
C A N N O T
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disabled /dɪˈseɪ.bl̩d/ : (adj)
deaf /def/: (adj)
dumb  /dʌm/ : (adj)
blind /blaɪnd/: (adj)
proper schooling:  /ˈprɒp.ər/  (n)
opposition /ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/: (n)
time-consuming /ˈtaɪm.kənˌsjuː.mɪŋ/:(adj)
demonstration /ˌdem.ənˈstreɪ.ʃən/:(n)
to be proud of  /praʊd/ :
mentally retarded:
/ˈmen.təl.i/   /rɪˈtɑː.dɪd/ 
khuyết tật
điếc
câm
mù
học hành đầy đủ
ý kiến phản đối
tốn thời gian
việc minh hoạ
tự hào
thiểu năng trí tuệ
* Vocabulary:
Task 1: Matching
Task 2:
Multiple - choice
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
2. At first the parents were _________the idea of sending their children to the
special class.
interested in B. opposed to C. satisfied with
D. worried about
3. It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the reading passage that there has been__________
a change in 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 their parents’ opposition
D
B
A
4. The writer discribes 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

5. The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as_______
humorous B. angry
C. suspicious D. admiring
C
D
 Only five children attended the class in the first week.
 There are twenty-five children. They are disabled children. (Some are deaf, dumb and mentally retarded).
 They live in a poor family.
Task 3: Answering
1. How many children attended the class in the first week?
2. How many children are there in Thuy’s class? Who are they?
3. What prevents the children from having proper schooling?
4. What did Miss Thuy use to teach the children to add and subtract?
 She used her arms and fingers.
AFTER YOU READ: Filling
read write disabled efforts opposition
time- consuming Maths arms fingers proud
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.
disabled
read
write
efforts
opposition
time-consuming
Maths
arms
fingers
proud
( adj )
( v )
( v )
( n )
( n )
( adj )
( n )
( n )
( n )
( adj )
After you read:
Look at the activities. Which ones do you think would be difficult for blind, deaf, and mute children?
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Goodbye class