explicit focus
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexplicitandfocus
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explicit
adjective
uk/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/us/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/
clear ...
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focus
noun
uk/ˈfəʊ.kəs/us/ˈfoʊ.kəs/
the main or central point of something, especially of attention ...
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(Definition ofexplicitandfocusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofexplicit focus
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In this context, it is important to recall that neither production nor comprehension tasks involved anexplicitfocuson gender.
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There was littleexplicitfocuson for m or metalinguistic commentar y in either classroom.
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To do so requires anexplicitfocuson the potential for cost-savings coupled with improved quality of care.
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Another recommendation for future developmental psychopathology research is to evaluate gender, even in studies in which it is not anexplicitfocus.
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Do we stand to lose all that if anexplicitfocuson units of retention is added to the radical behaviorist position?
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It contains objects and events related to the elements inexplicitfocusbut not directly mentioned in the discourse.
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Moreover, although theexplicitfocusis on foreign policy, much of the discussion deals with domestic affairs.
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To date, only one interlanguage pragmatic study has been carried out with anexplicitfocuson transferability.
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Thisexplicitfocuson "disorder" emphasizes the use of diagnostic outcomes.
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Ourexplicitfocuson the role of external finance in the relationship between financial development and economic growth has implications for empirical research.
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Strategies for institutionalising civilian control of the military were hardly theexplicitfocusof research.
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Itsexplicitfocuson consensus formation instigates these actors to broaden their perspectives and to remove sources of misunderstanding.
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Theexplicitfocuson the historical process of urbanization in the section on ' migration ' lends itself to insights into how and why gender issues interact with urban environments.
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The analyses would also have benefitted from a moreexplicitfocuson the multiple dimensions of the parenting context which have been implicated in adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems.
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The omission of this popular and often controversial area of discussion was deliberate, as the editor explains in the preface, given theexplicitfocusof the symposium.
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Another way in which the present work was intended to extend previous research was in itsexplicitfocus on emotional elements of parenting in predicting child outcomes.
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Therefore, if policy decisions are to reflect consumer preferences, studies with thisexplicitfocus are needed and preferences from a representative sample of the population should be used.
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With anexplicitfocuson their everyday social geographies, the authors provide a useful summary of the ' community ' life for older people.
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Focus on form through design is deliberate and is achieved through designing tasks which have deliberateexplicitfocus.
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