Make up at least two questions for each message.

· What other famous persons with speech impairments do you know?

Practical lesson #7

1. Read the information about Mental retardation / Intellectual disability (ID)

Mental retardation / Intellectual disability (ID) is underdevelopment of mentality. The term “mental retardation” was coined by Emil Krepelin.

Causes mental retardation:

-genetic;

-prenatal damage to foetus;

-prematurity;

-birth trauma;

-cerebral (brain) hypoxia;

-pedagogic abandonment in the first years of child’s life.

Classification of children with mental retardation:

-moronity (moron - );

-imbecility (imbecile - );

-idiocy (idiot - );

1.Moronity (from Ancient Greek μ ω ρ ό ς —dull) is an intellectual retardation of easy degree. " Moron" was coined in 1910 by psychologist Henry H. Goddard.

· IQ (Intelligence quotient) is from 51 to 70.

· Morons can learn and master simple work processes.

· They can speak quite well.

· In behavior they are more independent.

· They can imitate other people.

· They can be trustful.

· They have weak abstract thinking.

· Morons are sluggish and inert.

2.Imbecility (from Ancient Greek imbecillus — weak, insignificant) – intellectual retardation of average degree.

· IQ is from21 to 50.

· Imbeciles can’t learn and disabled.

· They can only eat independently.

· They can say simple phrases.

· They can do simple generalizations.

· They remember some information and have rather good mechanical memory.

· Some imbeciles can count, know letters and can do simple things as cleaning, washing and eating.

· They are extremely dependent.

3.Idiocy (from Greek idiō tē s — person lacking professional skill) – intellectual retardation of heavy degree.

· IQ is 0–20

· They don’t have cognitive abilities.

· They can’t react on surrounding world.

· Idiots can’t recognize a mother, but can distinguish hot and cold.

· They can say some sounds and separate words.

· They can’t understand speech.

· Children can't put on, use a spoon and fork and eat by themselves. They need to be fed.

· Idiots can’t stand and go independently.

· They can’t cry or laugh or be anger.

· In recent decades, the phrases " mental retardation ", " mentally retarded ", and " retarded " used in a medical manner, are politically incorrect much like moron, imbecile, cretin, dolt and idiot, formerly used as scientific terms in the early 20th century.

On October 5, 2010, President Barack Obama signed Senate Bill 2781, known as " Rosa's Law", which changed references in many Federal statutes that referred to " mental retardation " to refer instead to " intellectual disability "

· Explain the meaning of the highlighted words.

2. Read the extract from the Forrest Gump by Winston Groom.

Chapter 1

Let me say this: bein a idiot is no box of chocolates. People laugh, lose patience, treat you shabby. Now they says folks sposed to be kind to the afflicted, but let me tell you—it ain’t always that way. Even so, I got no complaints, cause I reckon I done live a pretty interestin life, so to speak.

I been a idiot since I was born. My IQ is near 70, which qualifies me, so they say. Probly, tho, I’m closer to bein a imbecile or maybe even a moron, but personally, I’d rather think of mysef as like a halfwit, or somethin—an not no idiot—cause when people think of a idiot, more’n likely they be thinkin of one of them Mongolian idiots — the ones with they eyes too close together what look like Chinamen an drool a lot an play with theyselfs.

Now I’m slow—I’ll grant you that, but I’m probly a lot brighter than folks think, cause what goes on in my mind is a sight different than what folks see. For instance, I can think things pretty good, but when I got to try sayin or writin them, it kinda come out like jello or somethin. I’ll show you what I mean.

The other day, I’m walkin down the street an this man was out workin in his yard. He’d got hissef a bunch of shrubs to plant an he say to me, “Forrest, you wanna earn some money? ” an I says, “Uh-huh, ” an so he sets me to movin dirt. Damn near ten or twelve wheelbarrows of dirt, in the heat of the day, truckin it all over creation. When I’m thru he reach in his pocket for a dollar. What I shoulda done was raised Cain about the low wages, but instead, I took the damn dollar an all I could say was “thanks” or somethin dumb-soundin like that, an I went on down the street, waddin an unwaddin that dollar in my hand, feelin like a idiot.

You see what I mean?

Now I know somethin bout idiots. Probly the only thing I do know bout, but I done read up on em—all the way from that Doy-chee-eveskie guy’s idiot, to King Lear’s fool, an Faulkner’s idiot, Benjie, an even ole Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird —now he was a serious idiot. The one I like best tho is ole Lennie in Of Mice an Men. Mos of them writer fellers got it straight—cause their idiots always smarter than people give em credit for. Hell, I’d agree with that. Any idiot would. Hee Hee.

Discuss the following questions:

What can you tell about the narrator of the story?

Are there any mistakes?

What is the name of the main character?

What does he tell about himself? (Read some sentences from the text)

How does people treat him?

What does he tell about idiots from books?

3. “ Video Freeze ” exercise: students watch some video-extracts from the movie “Forrest Gump” by Robert Zemeckis (1986). After each “freeze” they discuss what have happened on the screen.

4. Complete the table “Types of intellectual disability”:

5. Complete the table “Classifications of mental retardation”

Practical lessons # 8

Complete the star-gram: