The phrase "a basic orientation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a fundamental understanding or introduction to a subject, concept, or process.
Example: "Before starting the training program, participants will receive a basic orientation to familiarize them with the key concepts."
Alternatives: "a fundamental overview" or "a preliminary introduction."
(A basic orientation for many people is still their group of friends as adolescents).
"A basic orientation for many people is their group of friends as adolescents," he once told me.
These so-called elementary pulses serve as a basic orientation screen; they are two or three times faster than the beat rate, or gross pulse.
This idea of a basic orientation away from or towards God and God's commands becomes in the Patristic period of early Christianity the idea of a will.
That's why it's good early in a relationship to have a serious 'values discussion,' because this basic orientation toward what matters most is unlikely to change".― Karl Pillemer, professor of human development at Cornell University and author of 30 Lessons for Loving.
Boake emphasizes the basics; expensive dynamic windows may not help as much as the basic orientation of a building to the sun, she notes.
Two judges in agreement could reach as extreme a decision as they wanted, the dissenter be damned, but an environment in which everyone shared the same basic orientation seemed to have an accelerating effect, pushing the opinions toward the extreme.
Arguably his most profound influence on analytic philosophy has not been to give us particular philosophical doctrines, but to contribute to the basic shape, the basic orientation of an entire major subdiscipline of philosophy.
"The space for what I'll call 'fusion politics' is at least as much a matter of tone and temper and basic orientation as it is policy specifics," said William A. Galston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
But such a proposition runs counter to the basic orientation of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, which specializes in making harmonically elaborate Arthurian castles out of small-group jazz tunes.
Everything needs to scream: "We've been expecting you!" Business cards printed, desk with supplies, lunch buddy schedule, basic orientation meeting and a thoughtful plan for training and beginning real, useful work.
