They started out working on basic skills in noncredit courses.
The number of adults without basic skills in the UK is staggering.
Modern societies depend on high levels of literacy and basic skills in mathematics.
Summoning was a kind of magic, but under normal circumstances, Harry had only basic skills in summoning low-class monsters...
The basic skills, in which England proved so deficient last Sunday, could never be taken for granted, he said.
We practise some basic skills in the car park, then Craig shows us our 17-mile loop on the OS map.
Educators attributed the boredom to the renewed emphasis on basic skills in high schools as well as the fast-paced multimedia world that surrounds students.
It's also an opportunity to create qualifications that help young people develop basic skills in English, maths, IT and verbal communications – skills employers say they desperately need.
At the top of the list were basic skills in living, including a sense of maturity and an ability to get along with diverse people.
We are very successful at turning out engineers with basic skills, in fact better than the engineering graduates from U.S. universities.
I am always amazed at teachers who complain about "teaching the test," which is a legitimate measure of the successful communication of basic skills in our schools.
