noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
communicative
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Being a communicator, having what Hymes calls communicative competence , involves much more.
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Which of the questions below will reveal most about the reader's communicative competence ?
high
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The possibility of progression to modules requiring higher levels of competence should also be borne in mind when designing programmes.
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Mary achieved a high degree of competence in all projects.
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The tapes and scores which they produce come across with real sincerity, and display surprisingly high levels of competence .
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Not surprisingly, therefore, they appear to be reaching a higher level of competence .
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Adults are at least able to acquire, even though this may not be at a sufficiently high level of competence .
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Secondly, instruments tend to dwell on deficits in performance rather than levels of higher competence .
linguistic
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The second solution is to regard linguistic knowledge or competence as a characteristic of the individual child.
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In order to construct an integrated theory of linguistic competence , it is essential to discover the logical ordering of components or levels.
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We are concerned, then, with more than simply linguistic competence .
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Fewer assumptions are made in such dictionaries about the linguistic competence of the user.
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Work should start from the pupils' own linguistic competence .
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This represents a very great pool of linguistic competence .
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Despite extensive research, how humans achieve their linguistic competence has still to be fully explained.
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Only if this latter requirement is met can we begin to talk of linguistic competence .
national
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At first sight, this would appear to be a Community instrument instructing Member States as to how to exercise their national competence .
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Local competence and national competence are, as one would expect, fairly closely related.
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To argue this point is to speculate beyond our data on national and local competence .
professional
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Licentiateship, Graduateship, Membership and Fellowship awards are available as a means of recognising professional competence to the highest levels.
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They need to provide better information and more evidence of courtesy, caring and professional competence , researchers concluded.
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For example, in professional education, professional competence is equally important, if not more so.
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Whom you see depends sometimes on professional competence and journalistic ability.
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All however, share the aim of developing professional competence .
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Voluntary certification can attest to professional competence in a specialized field of accounting and auditing.
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When the pressure is on to respond to an event after it happens, the client will then judge your professional competence .
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Less formally educated people can acquire professional competence .
technical
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The traditional approach to the training and selection of headteachers has been on the basis of technical competence reinforced by practical experience.
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Still, they had been promoted primarily for their technical competence , not their management or interpersonal skill.
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There are certain opportunities that only occur to organisations with the necessary technical competence , market position or trading relationships.
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The managers did come to see that acquiring managerial competence actually meant sacrificing some of their technical competence.
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As a result of increasing specialisations and technical competence , delegation of authority has increased.
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A lack of technical competence shouted from the report, asserted Cook.
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Appointments are rarely made on the basis of professional or technical competence alone.
■ NOUN
language
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In each case, the language competence acquired is additive: it does not replace earlier competencies.
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It is clear, as Chomsky ceaselessly points out, that language competence enables almost infinite variations in language performance.
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It is this which enables language competence and thus also language performance.
■ VERB
achieve
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The trainees will know that they have achieved this competence .
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Those who are privileged achieve the competence with which to shape the future.
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Despite extensive research, how humans achieve their linguistic competence has still to be fully explained.
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Human survival is the final indispensable objective of all efforts to achieve a universal humane competence in 1985.
acquire
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Less formally educated people can acquire professional competence .
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But as they acquired managerial competence , the balance began to shift.
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The two main tasks of acquiring oral/aural competence and achieving basic literacy are dealt with in the course's two parallel streams.
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The managers did come to see that acquiring managerial competence actually meant sacrificing some of their technical competence.
demonstrate
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The managers built up portfolios which enabled them to demonstrate competence in ten specific areas from their day to day work.
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Students will be asked to demonstrate competence with a problem posed in this area. b. Abstract / Scientific Mathematics.
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Few things were more demoralising than to stand uselessly by while other men demonstrated their professional competence .
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Many have demonstrated that professional competence can be acquired quite simply and successfully by less educated people.
develop
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Classroom teaching is therefore important in helping the student to develop confidence and competence .
extend
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We will insist on more effective control over Community spending and will resist pressure to extend Community competence to new areas.
require
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The possibility of progression to modules requiring higher levels of competence should also be borne in mind when designing programmes.
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This will require considerable competence on behalf of the teacher who will need to set the general framework.
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Modern agriculture demands not only scientific and biological knowledge, it also requires managerial competence .
show
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Evidence to show competence is agreed in the personal learning contract.
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This, when once achieved, will show a competence in the area being studied.
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But babysitters who've completed the course can show a certificate of competence to the child's parents to reassure them.
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Much evidence shows that interpersonal competence is a prerequisite for a successful managerial career.
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Plentiful quotations from the Bible and from the Fathers show a competence but nothing more.
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The country, too, needs a government which shows confidence, competence and a sense of purpose.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Players are judged by their competence on the field.
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The level of competence among hospital staff was not as high as expected.
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Understanding the instructions requires a ninth grade reading competence .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All however, share the aim of developing professional competence .
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But we act in these matters not by authority of our competence but by force of our commissions.
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It is the competence to recognize and enact the rules, procedures and forms of understanding of a particular cultural environment.
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It is this which enables language competence and thus also language performance.
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Mastery, absolute competence , is mandatory for a leader.
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There was never any question about his competence .
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Whom you see depends sometimes on professional competence and journalistic ability.