noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
analytical method/techniques/approach/skills
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During the course, students will develop their analytical skills.
ball skills
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Practising ball skills helps a child’s coordination.
communication skills
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Most managers in business spend some time learning communication skills, so that they and their staff can understand each other.
coping skills
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We help people learn coping skills to deal with these pressures.
Department For Innovation, Universities, and Skills, the
exceptional talent/ability/skill
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He showed exceptional talent even as a youngster.
honing...skills
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He set about honing his skills as a draughtsman.
Learning and Skills Council, the
people skills
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A doctor needs people skills as well as technical knowledge.
social skills (= the ability to deal with people easily )
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In school, the children also learn social skills.
survival skills
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They learned survival skills from the local Indian tribe.
with consummate skill
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De Gaulle conducted his strategy with consummate skill .
writing skills
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a workshop to develop children's writing skills
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
analytical
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Dealing with capital account problems requires analytical and organisational skills which are very different from policing an overdraft.
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Her superb analytical skills will find a less adversarial niche.
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The emphasis is on the development of critical and analytical skills .
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His excellent analytical skills were clearly apparent.
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Ability to apply sound analytical skills to a creative process.
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Some firms prefer candidates with business backgrounds because business courses emphasize quantitative analytical skills .
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These professional advisers will need statistical and analytical skills as well as expertise in drug therapy.
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Because of their quantitative and analytical skills , the demand for economics graduates is buoyant.
basic
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There is, however, considerable concern amongst employers about basic skills including literacy and numeracy.
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No one expects a newborn baby to go out and get a job before learning the basic life skills and getting schooling.
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If you have followed the advice and tried the exercises you will understand a little better the basic skills of studying History.
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One approach is to teach your child basic fitness skills early.
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The emphasis was rather upon providing children with basic skills .
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It also encourages people to become articulate, especially through group discussion, and places great emphasis upon the basic skills .
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This manifests itself most obviously at the technical level where the same basic skills can be applied in different markets.
different
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They began to see that they would have to develop different approaches and skills for handling relationships with different kinds of people.
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A survey by the Engineering Industry Training Board found that the technology widened the gap between people with different levels of skills .
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If a network is trained rather than programmed, a different set of skills will be required.
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It is important to remember that labour is heterogeneous in the sense that different workers possess different skills and abilities.
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Governing not only requires very different skills , it may also require different personnel.
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The training had been successful, he said, in bringing about alignment of different skills and improving business understanding.
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He or she has to have a very different skill set.
great
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General Leclerc's troops had shown great skill and speed, Gracey said, but much unnecessary brutality.
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They both worked hard and had great skill .
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The tenants gain great skill and experience over the years in serving the public and in running their public houses.
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Much of my great skill with dishes comes from this machine.
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Yet beer - good beer - is a highly complex product and one that arguably needs greater skill to produce than wine.
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Thinking on your feet is a great skill .
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The construction of a written case demands perhaps even greater skills than the preparation of oral argument.
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It's an exciting game that calls for great skill .
interpersonal
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The tutor will provide instruction in methodologies involved in an investigation and in the interpersonal skills which may be required.
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They too need to learn the problem-solving, decision-making, teamwork, and interpersonal skills necessary to both team and individual performance.
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Much of Sue's outreach work is within an education setting, developing drama, music and interpersonal skills .
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Still others claim that they lack the rhetorical or interpersonal skills to communicate honestly and openly.
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Moss Kanter describes the personal and interpersonal skills she found in effective change makers.
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Still, they had been promoted primarily for their technical competence, not their management or interpersonal skill .
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Alongside the factual overview for managers, trainers are concerned to sharpen the managers' interpersonal skills .
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Have I had the kinds of experiences that give conceptual and interpersonal skills ?
necessary
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If we do not provide sufficient places, the necessary skill will not be in the right place at the right time.
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There is a labor force with all the necessary skills , and there are materials.
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Strategically, a commitment to hiring minorities may require special efforts to train people who lack the necessary skills .
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So, as a practising ornithologist, I wished to obtain the necessary skills .
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Both should receive official sanction and both require in-service training opportunities to acquire the necessary skills .
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Extrinsic feedback from the teacher is necessary during skill learning and early practice, until intrinsic feedback takes over.
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What are the necessary skills for partnership?
new
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Their conclusions run counter to any simple proletarianisation thesis about the effects of new technology on skill .
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Initially, interviewers evaluate or test new employees' skills to determine their abilities and weaknesses.
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They even took pride in developing new skills which enabled them to use difficult machines which inexperienced people could not use.
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And these changes in context and assignment challenge us to develop new skills , new responses, and develop new views.
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Having the minimum capability required to learn new skills , behaviors, and relationships.
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Was it fear of not being able to perform as well at this new skill as they could with the composing-stick?
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No introduction, training, or assistance in practicing new skills and behaviors in the real-time pursuit of performance.
particular
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The Senator was a gifted demagogue, with particular skill in manipulating press and television.
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A warrant officer is appointed, not commissioned, and specializes in a particular skill .
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The use of particular skills in mining or property development may well yield good returns from abroad.
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And these particular skills , in and of themselves, may not be so important.
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Training in practical and particular ministerial skills is a secondary task.
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But, unless you have a particular skill , it is essential to be flexible on both location and salary.
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Each unit profile will need to describe grades with added information about particular skill needs.
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Hospitals are often composed of groupings based around particular medical skills such as physiotherapy or radiology.
personal
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Demands made on personal computing skills are minimal, and installation is simple.
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General managers and top executives must have highly developed personal skills .
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But its smooth running depended very much upon their personal skill and devotion.
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Instead they hone their personal fighting skills and come in times of need to fight in small warrior bands.
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Moss Kanter describes the personal and interpersonal skills she found in effective change makers.
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Not only may the manager have insufficient personal skills to do everything, but also far too little time.
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The next chapter on personal selling skills considers how to use this preparation in the actual selling situation.
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Others will prefer a curriculum with no evident pattern beyond personal inclination or skills .
political
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Mr Lott learned his political skills as a whip in both houses.
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In short, the conversion process must operate with political skill and political will.
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What happens if there is insufficient political skill or political will?
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It demands considerable political skill , however, to manipulate it.
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Like her husband, she has formidable political skills and impressive recuperative powers.
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Many such leaders were locally well-known, even notorious, but had little political experience or skill , or even interest.
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If Dole figures out how to take his vaunted inside political skills public, watch out.
practical
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Saturday I made a patchwork cot cover by hand, I have good practical skills .
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Both of them possessed the practical skills of ropework and carpentry to look after the raft properly and to teach the others.
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Rather they were with practical home skills and formal qualifications.
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State board licensing examinations vary, but they usually consist of written and oral parts and include a demonstration of practical skills .
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Our research was on teaching pupils practical skills in Biology and Physics.
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She taught People how to use public transportation, how to open a bank account and other practical skills .
professional
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Creativity, employee commitment, investor patience and professional and trade skills are the other essential parts of the brew.
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They lack the professional skills to do it themselves and can not afford to hire lawyers to do it for them.
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This approach can only be created on the basis of managerial trust in the professional skills and attitudes of teachers.
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It also provides professional skills in the use of radio, video and print media for religious, cultural and educational programming.
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Where there are ordinands or members of staff with professional musical skills , they are used for teaching.
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The books demystify language teaching theory, and provide invaluable background knowledge which will extend professional skills .
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And it is an improvement which only they have the requisite professional skills and training to undertake.
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In other words, management must continue to develop their own professional skills and sell them to the best bidder.
social
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All this is quite generally true, it applies equally to motor skills , perceptual skills and social skills.
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But the concern over work inhibition is not language; it is the development of social skills .
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But where could social workers obtain skills which would qualify them to teach social work?
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He went on to say that he believed women did have an advantage in deal making, because of our social skills .
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To develop imagination and learn social skills .
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Health and safety habits must be learned as well as recreational pastimes, social skills , and establishment of interpersonal relations.
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They see individual achievement as rewarding for men, social skills as rewarding for women.
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Her strengths are impressive: her competence in the world, her highly developed social skills , her humor, her warmth.
special
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Walking requires no special skills or equipment.
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FrontPage users can easily give their web sites special features that once required special programming skills .
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You have special skills and experience which will help us to achieve our objective.
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For this effect to occur, the care giver attending a laboring woman needs special skills and insights.
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To climb up to it takes time nine or ten hours to get there and back - but no special skill or nerve.
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After all, Gates has a special skill .
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The Equity rules demand the use of actors unless a special skill or talent is required.
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At its new restaurant, Darden executives vow, nothing in the menu will require special skills or complicated dishes.
specific
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There will be no need to teach specific computer skills .
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Be specific about your skills and experience.
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This may be because no formal teaching sessions took place, and no specific assessment of skills occurred.
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You must identify which jobs have to change and what specific new skills and behaviors the people in those jobs must learn.
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Expert instruction for children in specific skill areas such as cookery, craft, sport?
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This strategic transition required many people throughout the company to change specific skills , behaviors, and working relationships.
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We don't ask for specific skills or qualifications - just commitment and initiative.
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The focus on performance and work yielded additional insights about specific behavior and skill changes.
technical
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Worm-lions, however, also demonstrate another technical skill .
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Sometimes technical skills are more important than investigative ones.
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Gasifiers require considerable technical skills for operation and maintenance.
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They emphasized the technical knowledge and skills they had to impart to these people.
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Some of the finest examples of technical skill are to be found among birds.
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It would use new methods to teach traditional academic subjects and equip young people with technical skills .
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However, those with serious technical and programming skills are always in big demand.
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Recruiters also are targeting community college graduates with technical skills .
■ NOUN
communication
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Fortunately, in the eighties we have begun to recognise that modern communication skills go far beyond the concept of advertising.
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The city hired a consulting firm to rank the candidates on management and communication skills .
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Voice over A course in communication skills at the force's training college in Berkshire.
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Tact, diplomacy, flexibility, and communication skills are essential.
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Many doctors feel that medical students still do not receive enough training in communication skills .
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The Rams acted as facilitators, helping the Niners' offense work on its communication skills .
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The absence of media chauvinism is testimony, Morris Matthews believes, to the women's communication skills .
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Early on they amazed us with their valuable ideas and communication skills .
core
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In designing the programme, we have tried to emphasise the vocational aspects of the core skills modules wherever possible.
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They had a solid foundation in reading, writing, math, and other core skills .
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In the school system, aspects of core skills were present in the Munn curriculum, introduced in the late 1970s.
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This year, we've not had time to integrate teaching and assessment of core skills into vocational areas.
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Learning activities have been designed to develop core skills such as analysing sources, recording evidence, and understanding chronology.
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Next year, we will cover all of the core skills in two option columns, rather than three.
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The schools would deliver core skills modules in the morning, and the college would deliver the other modules.
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The core skill is the identifying and reducing these obstacles, freeing the group to reach its potential.
language
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Mathematical and language skills unite in the understanding of logic and reasoning, an essential component of mature intelligence.
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Children develop their language skills with reading and writing.
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It aims to improve teacher effectiveness and emphasises the development of language skills and awareness through the co-operative exploration of teaching/learning problems.
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Frustrated educators search for dramatic new ways to get at one root of the problem: language skills .
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Foreign language skills would also be an asset.
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Instead, he said, almost every child subjected to the computer animation and sound games rapidly learned normal language skills .
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A recent job advert for travel representatives abroad asked for language skills and included signing in the list of useful languages.
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They kept to themselves, however, and you could never be sure of either their language skills or their motives.
level
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Her whole body does have the capacity for arousal-but bringing it all to the boil relies on your skill level .
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Thus, Joe can increase his base pay by mastering more skill levels .
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You will learn about your own individual fitness and skill levels and how you can improve these.
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Cost of membership and instruction range from $ 100 to $ 250, depending on initial skill level .
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You play against the computer which operates at a chosen skill level so you could have a chance of winning.
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To change skill levels select the appropriate characteristic and press fire.
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As our skill level increased over the days, so did the challenges.
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Alongside a programme of raising skill levels is the need to dovetail an investment programme.
management
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These management skills had been learnt through observation of other sisters rather than from formal management courses.
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Changing consumer shopping patterns and lack of food management skills at the company subsequently led to below-expected results.
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If it comes with the appropriate management skills it's a lot easier to raise the capital.
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Manion had brought excellent project management skills to the organization along with his marketing expertise.
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However sources at Next claim Tribble lacked management skills and suffered a vote of no confidence prior to his departure.
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Career advancement and annual bonuses depended more on developing and deploying strategy skills than change management skills.
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You may also be responsible for the supervision of staff and develop management skills .
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And any opportunity to practice their people management skills was especially appreciated.
study
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Enhance study skills in preparation for tertiary education 3.
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In addition to counselling on particular personal problems, advice is available on aspects such as accommodation, study skills and careers.
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Tuition in study skills and information retrieval methods especially electronic.
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Much use will be made of the School Library where study skills will be learnt.
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Our Skills Centre can help you with any personal study skill from time-management to overcoming dyslexia.
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For some members of staff, study skills was what the ESSE/L Project was really all about.
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In contrast, 4 Colleges and 1 Polytechnic offered language improvement, and 9 Colleges and 6 Polytechnics study skills .
■ VERB
acquire
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You may be a newly appointed manager who needs to acquire management skills quickly.
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Then develop a plan to acquire those skills .
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The best method I have seen for acquiring this skill uses an impact pad.
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Several students who started in January acquired enough skills to land summer jobs, Frezzo said.
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Where training programmes are geared to the needs of older workers it has been demonstrated that they can successfully acquire new skills .
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Both should receive official sanction and both require in-service training opportunities to acquire the necessary skills .
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A general module which enables the student to acquire basic skills in group music making, using instruments and/or voices.
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One does not need to acquire hermeneutical skills to appreciate the significance and personal challenge presented by the great truths of salvation.
develop
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One of the ways in which the children at the school develop their computer skills is by keeping weather and farm records.
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It was during that time that she developed her photography skills , to document conditions in the shops.
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As we have said, you can only develop a skill by practising it.
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Certainly, all children must develop coping and survival skills .
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Many companies have developed technical skills in-house, and no longer rely on dealer backup.
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Gender-specific issues will also be addressed, along with workshops to develop problem-solving skills and to promote equality for women.
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It helped to develop skills of cooperation and communication.
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Now you just have to develop skills to master a 64-team tournament.
hone
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So Jorge Sampaio should have plenty of time to hone his speech-writing skills .
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Mark accepted this and used the waiting period to improve relationships and hone his skills .
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Instead they hone their personal fighting skills and come in times of need to fight in small warrior bands.
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The course is specifically designed to hone their skills to a professional level.
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This will improve your document while helping you hone your skills into professional quality.
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So, out of love For my straight sisters, I want to hone your skills until they're razor-sharp.
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Malkmus and Steve Kannberg, the principal songwriters of Pavement, have honed their skill to razor sharpness.
improve
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Keeping up to date, helping to improve skills for the off-farm job, and making contact with other farmers were other minor responses.
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I came here to improve on my soccer skills .
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Consider whether lawyers need to improve their typing skills .
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Player ratings and statistics change as the players learn and improve their skills with playing experience.
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The main conclusion to be drawn here is that the way to aid slow readers is to improve their word-recognition skills .
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After all, you can correct the problems and improve your skills with a little practice.
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As you complete more games and improve your skills the game gets more difficult, the Klingons get more intelligent.
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Dan was successful in completing his art projects and he consistently worked hard to improve his excellent soccer skills .
learn
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So too is disciplined listening, and those guiding others should learn some of the skills of pastoral counselling.
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To learn new skills , I worked my way from one lab to another over much of a decade.
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Mr Lott learned his political skills as a whip in both houses.
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In the best programs, 3-and 4-year-olds learn social skills , how to share and get along.
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The truth is that learning new skills does take time, and progress may appear to be very slow.
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Workers face a world in which they must continue to learn new skills across a lifetime.
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Yet on very busy days the students will be under stress and unable to concentrate on learning new skills .
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Boyhood pledges and rites of passage, boy pages learning skills of survival from men of iron.
need
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It is you they need , and your skills they must be prepared to help you to adapt and improve.
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You may be a newly appointed manager who needs to acquire management skills quickly.
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Teams do not need all the required skills up front.
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Dealing with people like the dismissed Alexander Korzhakov may, in any case, need skills of a different kind.
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Maybe you need actual job skills , such as better computer training or a course in direct mail marketing.
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Neither the authority nor general practitioners can be efficient purchasers in isolation - they need each other's skills and experience.
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What I need are skills to abate my reactions to her anger.
possess
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She'd never have suspected the Viking of possessing culinary skills .
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Similarly, it is possible for individuals to possess weak skills in reading or math while also being work-inhibited.
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It is important to remember that labour is heterogeneous in the sense that different workers possess different skills and abilities.
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Counselors within school systems and psychotherapist5 in the community possess the knowledge and skills to assist students, parents, and teachers.
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Individuals who possess certain skills may also find their power diminished if those skills are made redundant by developments in new technology.
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The good news is that anyone who possesses information and learning skills is likely to find a job, old-boy networks not withstanding.
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Similarly, professional groups possessing key skills can often rely on employers' dependence upon them.
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Both of them possessed the practical skills of ropework and carpentry to look after the raft properly and to teach the others.
require
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Walking requires no special skills or equipment.
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Teams do not need all the required skills up front.
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It is backbreaking, monotonous and requires skill .
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FrontPage users can easily give their web sites special features that once required special programming skills .
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This requires new skills and ideas.
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Dad was to bring Mama her breakfast, since that required a minimum of skill to prepare.
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Using Pharos does not require computing skills .
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Having the minimum capability required to learn new skills , behaviors, and relationships.
show
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The articles show the bravery, skill and commitment that is needed by each of the lifeboat crews.
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He showed the skill during the mayoral campaign.
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Often these activities have given you experience or show you have proven skills in areas other than your paid work.
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He has shown some athletic skills but needs consistency.
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General Leclerc's troops had shown great skill and speed, Gracey said, but much unnecessary brutality.
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Such a very fine performance goes to show that some skills are not redundant.
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He has taken longer than expected to show some of the skills and pace expected.
teach
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We can no longer assume that because some one can do the job they can teach the skill .
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It has added courses in its industrial engineering and automotive divisions that teach more advanced skills .
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He was very keen on travel, and he'd taught himself circus skills .
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Successful programs teach students basic skills to help them say no to drugs.
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One way of doing this is to accuse teachers of failing to teach relevant skills and attitudes.
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Like Sinclair, Tri-County is teaching more advanced skills to students who do arrive on campus better prepared.
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Our research was on teaching pupils practical skills in Biology and Physics.
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Youths are taught nutrition-related skills , enabling them to improve the adequacy of their diets.
use
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He rejected a career in Munich, preferring to use his skill , he hoped, to impress oriental rulers.
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It is of course possible to be an effective manager without coaching but by using this skill you can achieve even better results.
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It would also be helpful to write in the left-hand margin where you used the skills .
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He wanted a quick change into something where he could use his personality and skills .
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This is the power; to use it is the skill .
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Could we redesign companies in a completely new light using the negotiation skills and information-filtering of intelligent agents?
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Because you use these skills automatically you probably will not be aware of the large number of transferable skills you possess.
write
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Because of educational difficulties, many deaf people, though intelligent, have poor reading and writing skills .
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They even helped some of their guards improve their reading and writing skills .
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The Resource Book concentrates on grammar and writing skills .
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Write a paragraph about a teacher who inhibited your writing skill .
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On the other days there is a writing skills class to attend.
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Perhaps he or she was a junior high school teacher who once commented that your writing skills were far below average.
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Why are letters so important and what makes letter writing such a key skill ?
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Workers will need a level of writing skill that will enable them to communicate quickly and effectively.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
core curriculum/subjects/skills etc
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And it was certainly an improvement on my thoughts about the core curriculum.
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Every student must pass through an extensive core curriculum, including courses such as World Humanities 101.
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In designing the programme, we have tried to emphasise the vocational aspects of the core skills modules wherever possible.
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In schools that expect all students to take a core curriculum, students achieve more.
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In the school system, aspects of core skills were present in the Munn curriculum, introduced in the late 1970s.
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Once in the classroom the teacher is restricted by the core curriculum and general workload and lack of equipment.
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This could be construed as a tailor-made curriculum, which can not be developed into a generic or core curriculum.
upgrade your skills
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Admittedly, these subordinates had to show some personal initiative to upgrade their skills.
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They were offered Saturday courses, combined with distance learning materials, to upgrade their skills.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Being a good manager requires a number of highly specialized skills.
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Marcia's computer skills were not good enough for the job.
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Most of us learn the knowledge and skills needed to drive a car fairly easily.
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On the course you will develop skills in business management.
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Price handles the role of the angry wife with great skill .
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The Australians played with great skill and determination.
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These exercises develop the student's reading and writing skills.
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You have to be able to learn new skills quickly.
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You need computer skills for most office jobs.
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You need good communication skills for this job.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At a later stage the study will be extended to differences in office skills.
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He had hoped to repeat his successes of 1985 and 1987, but could not contain the accurate drawing skills of King.
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He honed his pilots' aerial skills to so fine a point that their kill ratio reached ten to one.
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In addition, managers often can build organizational skills by hiring new people instead of getting existing people to learn and change.
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In the primary grades, teachers put emphasis on language and reading skills.
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The bird in this treatment would have the opportunity to learn the skill by imitation.