writing skill
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwritingandskill
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writing
noun
uk/ˈraɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈraɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
a person's style of writing with a pen on paper that can be recognized as ...
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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 ofwritingandskillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofwriting skill
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Surely enough, all of those whom did the education inspector appreciate and those who thought highly of their ownwritingskillfailed.
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Of necessity, such courses usually include a strong focus on the development of thewritingskill.
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It is a great pity that hiswritingskilland intellectual verve are not always matched by the precision and understanding associated with careful research.
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I had comparatively little need forwritingskill.
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If his schooling had equipped him with hiswritingskill, then his medical studies accidentally awakened his otherworldly pursuits.
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The ability to use the different points of view is one measure of a person'swritingskill.
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She has been able to produce an album that accommodates her songwritingskilland pop ambitions.
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An experiment in the relationship of types of written feedback to the development of second-language writing skills.
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If a subject was rated as a fair reader, the teacher was asked to estimate the child's writing skills using the same categories.
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Subliterature is intrinsically considered inferior to literature in terms ofwritingskill, depth and legacy.
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Some saw it as a way to improve their writing skills, or learn about the publication process.
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Peretti brings considerablewritingskillto this book.
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Though she denied she had anywritingskillwhatsoever, her friend was not to be put off and kept on asking her whenever they saw each other.
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This category includes metalinguistic knowledge of all sorts plus orthography and other aspects of reading/writing skills.
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Logical layout and good writing skills make the flow of knowledge smooth and understandable.
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In this book they focus on 135 children's reading andwritingskill.
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Silko'swritingskillin the novel is deeply rooted in the use of story telling that pass on traditions and understanding from the old to the new.
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Pimsleur suggested auditory skill, learned through hearing and speech, is different from reading andwritingskill.
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A final key area for research must be the potential of automated essay evaluation and computermediated feedback for improving student writing and developing their independent writing skills.
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Writing skills for technical students.
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