specific instruction

collocation in English

meaningsofspecificandinstruction

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specific
adjective
uk
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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instruction
noun
uk
/ɪnˈstrʌk.ʃən/us
/ɪnˈstrʌk.ʃən/
something that someone tells you ...
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(Definition ofspecificandinstructionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspecific instruction

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Additionally, teachers may needspecificinstructionon how to implement strategy training more effectively.
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In those days aspecificinstruction, firmly expressed, meant exactly what it said, to the letter.
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In the first of these studies, two groups of second language learners were givenspecificinstructionon relative clauses.
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They were not given anyspecificinstructionregarding the phrasing.
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We attribute this improvement to the teacher's use of interactive elicitation of vocabulary and a writing frame, andspecificinstructionto learners to use target vocabulary.
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There is aspecificinstructionthat they should be so informed.
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Nospecificinstructionwas transmitted on this occasion to any of our representatives in the region.
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Of course there are hours set aside forspecificinstructionin workshops and there are specialist instructors in carpentry, basket making, and so on.
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The officers having these powers are given, as part of their general training,specificinstructionand guidance on the extent and limitations of their powers.
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In addition, classified workers were givenspecificinstructionappropriate to the nature of their work.
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This is a clear andspecificinstruction.
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Given its nature, the advice will need to be flexible and will be for guidance rather than aspecificinstruction.
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But they do not include anyspecificinstructionin the treatment of fish diseases.
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I should have thought that that was not aspecificinstructionbut a general instruction.
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I cannot say whether there has been anyspecificinstructionto the committees.
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In the code of practice there will be thatspecificinstruction.
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I can only tell him that that is my veryspecificinstructionin this matter.
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I am not aware of anyspecificinstruction.
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So, in addition to the forms, there was aspecificinstructionto visa officers as well.
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