UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION
LESSON 1. READING
I. Objectives:
1. Education aims: - Students know more about the study of disabled children
2. Knowledge: a. General knowledge: Special education and the Braille Alphabet.
b. Language: - The past simple tense, the present simple tense.
Vocabulary concerning special education.
3. Skills: Speaking: talk in pairs and in groups. Reading comprehension: to match
words
II. Anticipated problems: - no ideas about special education and Braille.
III. Teaching aids: board, textbook, chalk.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
1. Warm-up:( 2 mins)
- Aims: Sts get used to the topic.
- Ask sts to match an adjective in A with its meaning in B:
A B
1. deaf a. unable to see.
2. dumb b. unable to hear.
3. blind c. unable to use a part of
of their body normally.
4. disabled d. unable to speak
- Ask sts to work in groups to match the items.
- Ask one st from one group to present the ideas.
- Ask other sts to give remarks.
- Check and ask sts to read the adjectives in A aloud.
2. Before you read (13 mins)
- Aims: to prepare information and vocabularies for the
topic.
- Ask sts to work in groups of three or four to list out their
daily activities.
- Introduce some new words:
+ retarded (adj) : less developed than normal.
+ Proper schooling(phr): enough and good study at
schooling.
+ Opposition(n): opposing ideas/ disagreeing
ideas(viewpoints).
Opposed to (adj)
+ Make efforts (v): try, attempt.
+ To be proud of..... (phr): = To take pride in.....
+ add( v): + ; subtract (v): -
+ finger (n) (demonstration)
- Ask sts to listen and read the words again then ask some
sts to read again.
- Listen and check.
3.While you read: (20 mins)
- Aims: Read the passage for information to do the tasks.
+ Task 1: Matching.
- Ask the sts to read the passage individually and do Task 1:
the words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them
- Look at the board and listen to
the teacher.
- Work in groups to match an
adjective in A with its meaning in
B.
- One st presents the ideas.
1 - b; 2 - d; 3 - a; 4 - c
- Listen to the teacher's remarks.
- Listen and repeat.
- Work in groups to list out.
Eg: get up, wash my face, have
breakfast, go to school by bike,
listen to the teachers, write the
lessons, talk to friends, play
soccer, watch TV , etc.
- Point out some activities.
Eg: go to school by bike, listen to
the teachers, write the lessons, talk
to friends, play soccer, watch TV,
etc.
- The message:
" We are the world"
- Copy the words into their
notebooks.
- listen and repeat.
- some sts stand up to read the
words again.