Collocations withskill
These are words often used in combination withskill.
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academic skill
Furthermore, only the academic skill intervention yielded effects that maintained for a year posttreatment.
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acting skill
But virtually all critics acknowledged his acting skill, as well as the overwhelming power of his sound and his clarion high notes.
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adaptive skills
In early human development two comparable adaptive skills emerge: the abilities to identify and label emotion cues in expressive behavior and in various contexts.
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advanced skill
Children's advanced skill in writing their name may suggest that name writing promotes the development of writing in general.
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advocacy skills
So the guidance encourages authorities to help people express their views either through the development of self advocacy skills or through an independent advocate.
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analytical skill
Would that we could more readily teach that analytical skill to students working with interview data!
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arithmetic skills
These courses include clerical, secretarial and business skills, heavy goods driving, catering and food preparation, computer skills and preparatory courses in communications and basic arithmetic skills.
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artistic skill
Novels and poems, for example, are examined by literary critics for evidences of artistic skill, intelligence, craft, and creativity.
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athletic skill
Along with a general mastery of equitation, the polished horsewoman was judged not merely or even primarily on her athletic skill, but on her appearance.
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aural skills
The educational worth of jazz improvisation cannot be exaggerated, par ticularly in the development of aural skills.
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basic skill
For example, training in the basic skill of maintaining oneself out in the wild is a thing that really gets young boys.
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boxing skill
Klementieff used her boxing skills again in the film, and due to the movie's low budget, she had to do her own make-up and chose her own wardrobe.
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carpentry skills
Domestic carpentry skills were kept alive, within the remnants of a system of apprenticeship.
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clinical skill
Both groups rated clinical teachers who enjoyed nursing, demonstrated clinical skill and judgement, were approachable and fostered mutual respect as the 'best'.
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cognitive skill
Mental rotation, involving visual-spatial representation and the ability to mentally "move" those representations, is a cognitive skill that develops gradually.
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combat skill
The training value of that combat skill degrades rapidly as height increases, and is considered of little value above 500 ft.
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communication skill
He opted for the strategy of redefinition which required a new perspective and communication skill to pull the party's support together.
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complex skill
Simultaneous interpreting is a complex skill in which language comprehension and production take place at the same time in two languages.
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computer skills
That said, both the number of computers and the number of young people with strong computer skills is on the rise in the north.
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considerable skill
But these are very general values that need to be applied with considerable skill and sensitivity to specific rationing scenarios.
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coping skills
Where problems were anticipated, the implementation of existing or potential coping skills was discussed, and assistance was given to participants in rehearsing and implementing these.
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core skill
We simply ask that music be considered as a core skill in itself.
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critical skill
The teacher requires linguistic awareness as much as critical skill.
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culinary skill
The best (the most ' powerful ') chef in the world would have abilities to ruin dinners intentionally far beyond those of persons with less culinary skill.
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decision-making skills
In business education, case methods of teaching are widely used to help students develop their interpersonal, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
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decoding skill
A limitation of many previous studies is that poor decoding skill has been confounded with poor reading comprehension, making it difficult to disentangle causal relations.
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developing skill
It continues to evolve and adapt both to the work of analysis, the developing skill of transcribers, and changes in technology.
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diplomatic skill
That mission was undoubtedly fraught with difficulties, but he overcame the obstacles that were obviously there, with what must be a rare diplomatic skill.
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driving skill
The second is driving skill, and the third is the ability to impart instruction.
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engineering skill
That is not the way in which engineering skill and technology work.
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entrepreneurial skill
Political savvy thus emerged as an additional, key entrepreneurial skill which frequently assisted business success in the post-colonial state.
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excellent skills
They noted that effective music teachers tend to possess excellent skills in delivery and communication as well as in planning.
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exceptional skill
Scarcity of talent, exceptional skill and endeavour, social and scientific significance, hardness of work, should reap special and just rewards.
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extraordinary skill
The dictator himself would ride the waves of change with extraordinary skill.
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fighting skill
Everywhere you heard expressed this high regard in which our troops are held for their fighting skill, courage and discipline.
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functional skills
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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fundamental skill
The ability to communicate clearly in writing is a fundamental skill which should be fostered in all school work and examinations.
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intellectual skill
Willpower can be more important than muscle power and intellectual skill and experience can be most crucial of all.
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interpersonal skill
It also includes psychoeducation about depression, exploration of the relationship between feelings and interpersonal interactions, and communication and interpersonal skill building.
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key skill
Reading and writing musical notation is a key skill in composing.
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keyboard skills
We have observed some very good practice in which the teacher, to help pupils practise basic keyboard skills, has invented backing-tracks.
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language skill
These results exemplify a potential limit on the extent of transfer of decontextualized language skill from one language to another.
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leadership skill
The number of soldiers each party can hold is limited by the leadership skill and the renown of the leader.
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learned skill
The application of any learned skill is extremely sensitive to the context1 in which it was learned.
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limited skill
Well over 900 unemployed young people were given limited skill courses in engineering construction and nearly 500 are currently in training.
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linguistic skill
Any linguistic skill is a candidate for a metalinguistic counterpart in development.
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listening skill
Finally, while the interpersonal mode plays out primarily as a speaking/listening skill set, it also encompasses reading/writing when parties use these skills to interact.
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literacy skills
It has become evident that the literacy skills taught in schools may not be relevant to everyday literacy tasks.
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living skills
Standard scores were obtained for each of the four domains (communication, daily living skills, socialization, and motor skills), as well as for the total adaptive behavior score.
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management skill
The increased size and use of machinery introduced soil problems, such as compaction, and required greater management skill.
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managerial skill
She was said to be too "theoretical" and lacking the managerial skill required for a regular full professorship.
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manual skill
This is not infrequently done by people who have part professional skill and part manual skill.
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marketable skill
Many of them had few qualifications, and found that their language abilities were their most marketable skill.
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marketing skill
All the marketing skill in the world will not make an inherently expensive service attractive to the private sector.
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martial skill
The people of that country praise her (martial skill).
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math skills
Whether children are playing, or learning language or math skills, they are also receiving training in executive function skills at the same time.
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mathematical skill
They require considerable mathematical skill, intense intellectual discipline and a great deal of very hard work.
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mechanical skill
His control of its movements seems to go beyond the mechanical skill acquired through long years of discipline.
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mental skill
When a man who works with his hands, is injured, even if that work is directed by considerable mental skill, the whole future of his economic life is at stake.
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metacognitive skill
This was construed as an indication of low metacognitive skill, but it is hardly a parsimonious account.
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motor skill
By contrast, learning a complex motor skill induces plasticity in motor areas of the brain such as the motor and cerebellar cortices.
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musical skill
That was musical skill and, in particular, the skill of performing composed polyphony.
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narrative skill
Telling two kinds of stories : sources of narrative skill.
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navigation skill
Although there are no technical difficulties, the summits are often shrouded in mist, through which navigation skill may be required.
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negotiating skill
This is a major convention, and a great deal of effort and negotiating skill on both sides has gone into getting its terms right.
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numeracy skills
All establishments provide an induction programme and initial assessment of each offender's literacy and numeracy skills.
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oral skills
One might wonder how children's pronunciation is influenced by the teachers' nonnative oral skills.
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organizational skills
Home visitors have a challenging role, requiring personal warmth, problem-solving and organizational skills, and crisis management abilities, and must work alone and with challenging recipients.
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outdoor skills
Using the outdoors, they practice learning activities, games, and outdoor skills required to live in a camping environment.
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parenting skill
The third feature is discovery-based, insightoriented parenting skill facilitation.
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particular skill
Moreover, these kinds of acts typically require agents with a particular skill or facility.
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perceptual skills
In summary, we find late development of global perceptual skills in the macaque monkey, as exemplified by contour integration.
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phonological skill
Such a finding would have ruled out the possibility that the phonological skill develops as a consequence of spelling skills.
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practical skill
Formal training rather than practical skill and reputation now defined the good midwife.
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problem-solving skills
Effective teachers help to develop problem-solving skills, enhance pupils' independence, stimulate their motivation and provide positive learning experiences.
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reasoning skills
This may induce her to use her game-theoretical reasoning skills for decision-making where others may rely on intuition.
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required skill
Moreover, both games required skill, if only skills utilized by an individual and not by the team as a whole.
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requisite skill
Literacy is both a requisite skill for waging war and, finally, an inadequate one.
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social skill
The depressed mothers in our sample who showed more maintenance and repairs, and hence greater social skill, had more compliant children.
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sophisticated skill
Playing an instrument at the highest level requires extremely sophisticated skills on the part of a performer.
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spatial skills
Another possibility is that the necessary spatial skills were already present, but using them for innovations in tool use required greater frontal lobe capacities.
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specialized skill
This made the device extremely flexible, but such programming was difficult and it became a highly specialized skill known by few.
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specific skill
The second tendency consists of developing through practice a specific skill in a technique, such as loop making or sound-sample extraction.
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superior skill
That competition did not derive its effectiveness from any superior skill on the part of its operatives or management.
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surgical skill
Their clinical and surgical skill is the backbone of the hospital service.
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survival skill
From the beginning of humanity it has been our most important survival skill to be able to stay away from or dodge danger.
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technical skill
The exercise of a technical skill requires a very narrow sort of judgment, which identifies an end and applies well-defined techniques towards its realization.
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technological skill
Again, mate selection is a possibility, this time by way of technological skill.
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thinking skills
In music, the development of critical thinking skills can demonstrably be achieved via question and answer sessions involving pupils and the teacher.
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unique skill
The architect's unique skill has been described as that of design.
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verbal skills
This enabled understanding of the procedure to be examined independently of verbal skills.
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vocal skills
Caldwell was known for his considerable vocal skills as well as his unassuming stage manner and refusal to banter with audiences.
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vocational skill
The employees in the retail trade not only learned a vocational skill, but they also learned a specific social behaviour which excluded the idea of trade union organisation.
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writing skill
Surely enough, all of those whom did the education inspector appreciate and those who thought highly of their own writing skill failed.
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