Name 1 Read the text and match the columns to make sentences.
0. People who don’t hear a. many other schools.
1. Deaf people can go b. music lessons. 2. Deaf schools are like c. are deaf. 3. Deaf students can take d. learn sign language. 4. Most deaf students e. to typical schools.
Schools for the Deaf
Deaf students don’t have the ability to hear. They can go to typical schools or deaf schools. Deaf schools are similar to many other schools. They have classrooms, computer labs and libraries. Their students take science, art, math, history, P.E. and music lessons. They also learn to read and write in English using sign language.
2 Read the text again and answer the questions.
0. Do deaf students have the ability to hear? No, they don’t. 1. Do most deaf schools teach sign language?
2. Does a deaf school have computer labs, libraries and classrooms?
G lossary hear: to perceive 3. Do deaf students write in sign language? sound sign language: a language of gestures for people who can’t speak or Stop and Think! How can you communicate with deaf people? hear
Unit 11 Let's Hear !, Unit 12 My Best Friend Claire, Unit 13 Zure is Sick, Unit 14 The mermaid's Tail Sounds Row k: ɪә/ (ear), /eә/ (air), /ʊә/ (ure), /ɜ:/ (er)