language skill

collocation in English

meaningsoflanguageandskill

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language
noun
uk
/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us
/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, ...
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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 oflanguageandskillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflanguage skill

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These results exemplify a potential limit on the extent of transfer of decontextualizedlanguageskillfrom one language to another.
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The four subtypes we identified were reliable and presented coherent patterns of orallanguageskilldevelopment.
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The subtypes represented high average, low average, high narrative, and low overall patterns of orallanguageskill.
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In turn, general orallanguageskillwas related to metalinguistic variables and both were associated with print awareness.
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These analyses, as well as the previous identification procedures, show that the two groups of children differed in relativelanguageskill.
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Several studies bear directly on this issue in that multiple measures oflanguageskillwere assessed and related to reading in normally developing samples.
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Eachlanguageskillwill be assessed separately, so that over time learners will be able to develop a unique profile.
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In this chapter eachlanguageskillis explained and the relationships among the skills are established.
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We tested participants' language skills, specifically their vocabulary knowledge, and asked whether patterns of performance varied as a function oflanguageskill.
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Regression analyses indicated that the background variables were unique predictors of kindergarten general orallanguageskillbut did not predict phonological awareness skills.
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The orallanguageskillof metalinguistic awareness is a component of emergent literacy that has a wellestablished connection to literacy learning.
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Consequently, what might be intended as a listening test could also be assessing anotherlanguageskill.
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Perhaps the gender difference inlanguageskillwill also attenuate over time in this sample.
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One of the factors - language - represented an amalgam of orallanguageskill, including receptive and expressive skill, oral narration, and phonological awareness.
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Listening comprehension is an importantlanguageskillto develop.
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Bilingual working memory span is affected bylanguageskill.
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In summary, this paper highlights the vital role of caregivers' input to their 9-month-old infants and subsequentlanguageskill.
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Is the bilingual in the process of restructuring (maybe even losing) a language orlanguageskillbecause of a change of linguistic environment?
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Alanguageskillshould not be treated as an isolated phenomenon.
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Specifically, both global attention and verbal encouragement of attention were related to greaterlanguageskill.
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