core skill
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcoreandskill
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core
adjective
uk/kɔːr/us/kɔːr/
most important or ...
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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 ofcoreandskillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We simply ask that music be considered as acoreskillin itself.
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Schools utilise different models to achieve their ends incoreskillinitiatives.
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However, everyone says that the power of communication is acoreskill—what a horrible expression for studying the language—that everyone ought to have.
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The ability to assess cutans is acoreskillin soil morphology and paleopedology.
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The use of haematoxylin and eosin-stained slides to provide specific diagnoses based on morphology is considered to be thecoreskillof anatomic pathology.
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At the moment, a utilitarian philosophy seems to have the upper hand over a wider cultural interpretation of the notion of core skills.
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The core skills associated with rehabilitation are probably goalsetting5 and teamwork.
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Design researchers have hypothesized the existence of core skills and knowledge, such as planning and abstracting, which are transferable across design domains.
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Those core skills which were reviewed were critical thinking and problem solving.
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Service users and carers have a unique contribution to make to training in core skills such as listening, empathy and advocacy.
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It is welcome that the core skills of those aged between 16 and 19 have been identified and are now being stressed.
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Without those professionals, we recognise that we will not have the core skills to present our products effectively.
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The national curriculum has laid the foundation for ensuring that school-leavers are equipped with the core skills needed by business.
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The slimmed-down version of the national curriculum, which has recently come on stream, focuses much more on basic mathematics among the core skills.
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Of these, seven demonstrating the strongest evidence of the core skills for the job, were selected for interview.
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I have already described what is proposed in terms of core skills.
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The report refers also to the core skills needed by the unemployed.
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First, there are what it calls getting the core skills.
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Core skills include communication, problem solving, personal skills, numeracy, information technology and foreign language competence.
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There are also significant developments under way to improve the quality of rehabilitation by developing modules for learning job-search techniques, literacy, numeracy and core skills.
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