functional skills
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffunctionalandskill
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functional
adjective
uk/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/us/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/
designed to be practical and useful rather ...
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skill
noun[C or U]
uk/skɪl/us/skɪl/
an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have ...
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(Definition offunctionalandskillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffunctional skills
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Students benefited from online task-based activities because they had to access different functional skills to construct and negotiate meaning collaboratively.
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In the early 1940s, handwriting was taught twice, once as calligraphy in the art section of school curricula, and then again as afunctionalskillin the language section.
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It therefore stands to reason that teachers "only" teaching conversational/ functional skills need to be equally welltrained.
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Functional skills are the basics on which we build; without a good foundation a building will collapse.
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Employability and functional skills are said to be at the centre of the establishment's drive towards reducing re-offending.
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During the mid-to-late 1970s, the education system shifted to targeting functional skills that were age appropriate for people with special needs.
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Teachers also often emphasize rehearsed reading and repertoire building for successful recitals and auditions to the detriment of sight-reading and other functional skills.
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The team also addresses student behavior and social/functional skills outside of their classroom.
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At the individual-technical intersection, employees in the firm bring functional skills and competencies such as programming, cost accounting, electrical engineering, etc.
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Once focused almost entirely on cognition, the definition now includes both a component relating to mental functioning and one relating to individuals' functional skills in their environments.
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In addition, this training was oriented toward general management, rather than narrowly functional skills, as had largely been the case in many business schools for much of the 20th century.
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