A comprehensive and authoritative guide to identifying and supporting teenagers with depression. First symptoms of depression often occur during teenage years, and it can be a disturbing and confusing time for families as well as the teenager themselves. How can you tell whether it's just typical teenage ups and downs that will pass, or something more serious? How can parents, carers and professionals who work with young people best identify and support teenagers with depression?
Testcraft: A Teacher`s Guide to Writing and Using Language Test Specifications
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Only for teachers, Exam Materials | 12 December 2009
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The creation of language tests is--and should be--a craft that is accessible and doable not only by a few language test experts, but also by many others who are involved in second/foreign language education, say the authors of this clear and timely book. Fred Davidson and Brian Lynch offer language educators a how-to guide for creating tests that reliably measure exactly what they are intended to measure.
Added by: tran70 | Karma: 829.77 | Coursebooks, Kids, Only for teachers | 11 December 2009
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Increase Vocabulary through Fun and Challenging Games and Puzzles (Grades 1-2) 4330 - 128 pages - Grades 1 - 2 Word Play - What a fun way for students to increase their vocabularies, sharpen their spelling skills, learn fascinating facts, and more! These books are filled with an exciting variety of games and puzzles, including crossword puzzles, analogies, decoding messages, and more. Students can improve language, vocabulary, and spelling skills.
This book offers innovative ways to use riddles to make reading fun. Many children equate reading with hard or "classic" books and librarians know that the sometimes the best way to entice reluctant readers is to offer books that prove to make them laugh. Riddles are both fun and easy to read, and can help to improve vocabulary, promote the local library as a fun place, encourage peer relations, and enhance oral reading.