Example sentences of "the development of [adj] skills " in BNC.
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| 1 | I emphasise the development of entrepreneurial skills and decentralisation , the importance of business and pragmatic approaches . |
| 2 | The development of listening skills is important for your personal and business life . |
| 3 | Moreover , notwithstanding the different degrees to which individual teachers appeared to have taken on board the implications for progressive pedagogies , we believe that a substantial improvement in teachers ' awareness of the potential of the library as a central resource , and of the development of information-handling skills entailed therein , was a real consequence of the project in this school . |
| 4 | Particular emphasis is placed on the development of interpersonal skills , self awareness , and the ability to seek and use information available in travel and tourism offices . |
| 5 | the development of interpersonal skills and group skills ; |
| 6 | As personal traits and gifts , as the fruits of experience or as the outcome of maturity they remain essentially a private matter , not amenable to management training but open to approaches which might be based on good practice in counselling or on well-handled programmes about the development of interpersonal skills . |
| 7 | In Better Schools ( 1985 ) the Government drew attention to the need to reconsider traditional teaching techniques in order to promote and encourage the development of oral skills : ‘ In the majority of primary and middle schools there is an over-concentration on practising skills in literacy and numeracy … much work is too closely directed by the teacher and there is little chance for oral discussion . ’ |
| 8 | A textbook for the development of oral skills in English for the foreign business professional or student which can be adapted for use with various class sizes , student needs and interests , language levels and time constraints . |
| 9 | The development of oral skills is also encouraged through formal talking tasks , classroom drama and class discussion . |
| 10 | Since bonuses hinge on overall corporate performance and wage increases take into account group performance , the ability to share information , and the development of multiple skills , there are very strong incentives for interaction and cooperation . |
| 11 | It requires the development of advanced skills in order to overcome communication blocks , whether because of deafness , aphasia , educational background , past work experience , class , race , or gender . |
| 12 | Lecturers I spoke to saw the course as chiefly concerned with the development of critical skills combined with promoting an understanding of the vocational areas on which communications has a bearing : |
| 13 | Your syllabus may include slots for the development of certain skills such as listening to lectures or writing reports . |
| 14 | Even in the Coordinating Team , the development of such skills has tended to be accepted as self-evidently a good thing rather than debated or interpreted in a systematic way . |
| 15 | As with the development of all skills , the theoretical approach described in this chapter needs to be supplemented by practical experience . |
| 16 | However , education policy has embodied a constant tension between the pursuit of more democratic forms of education , and a more technocratic approach which emphasized uniformity , discipline and the development of standardized skills to meet economic needs . |
| 17 | While small farmers and part-time farmers have to adapt to a changing agriculture , in exactly the same way as large farming businesses , their options for coping with changed circumstances are fewer and it may be that training and the development of new skills and the reinforcement of old skills are important elements in widening their range of options . |
| 18 | Individual contacts with schools , educator-into-business schemes , industrial secondments , and seminars all provide routes for the development of new skills and techniques and the provision of support and encouragement . |
| 19 | At the same time , the more able-bodied and work-fit patients had already been discharged from hospital , leaving behind a more seriously disabled group , who were unlikely ever to resume open employment , plus new short-term patients who needed assistance to return to their former work rather than the development of new skills . |
| 20 | Marglin suggests that factory owners subdivided tasks way beyond what was necessary to maximise the development of individual skills and minimise time wasted by individual workers having to perform more than one operation . |
| 21 | Archive sources can be used for a wide variety of purposes , not just as illustrative material , and not only for their informational content , but also because of their potential for the development of historical skills and historical questioning . |
| 22 | Although the development of social skills may be somewhat impaired by the degree of mental handicap , this does not generally represent a major problem . |
| 23 | In terms of the development of social skills , Tony undoubtedly was a success story . |
| 24 | Hanko 1985 , 1986 , 1987 ) to centre on the development of interprofessional skills of |
| 25 | Psychomotor : emphasising the development of motor skills . |
| 26 | There is a different form of automatic teaching device called a pacing machine which can facilitate the development of motor skills . |
| 27 | In order to master these skills with a low vision aid , it will be appreciated that the development of perceptual skills ( visual memory , hand-eye co-ordination , spatial perception , matching and sorting visually ) should receive attention prior to its use . |
| 28 | assist in the development of common skills |
| 29 | Talking Turtle ( BBC2 , 14 February ) was Horizon 's thoroughly stimulating presentation of Papert 's work — in particular his invention of LOGO , the first high-level computer language specifically designed for education , and of small robot turtles , programmed by LOGO which encourage the development of mathematical skills . |
| 30 | Currently , we have an exciting opportunity to influence the development of actuarial skills and thinking in the countries of Eastern Europe in particular . |