Academic Skills and Studying with Confidence

ACADEMIC SKILLS AND
STUDYING WITH CONFIDENCE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section A.........................................................................................................................................1
Section B..........................................................................................................................................1
Section C..........................................................................................................................................2
List of references.............................................................................................................................4

Section A
The first impression of this task on me was realty good. There were various kinds of
skills that were learnt by me for past few weeks that helped me in completing this task on time.
Some of the main skills learnt by me were research skills that helped me in using library and
electronic resources, reading skills for note taking within class. This task also helped in
enhancing me written skills which further helped me in writing essay or report properly. Note
taking was a bit challenging for me because for it I needed to be multi- tasking i.e. to listen,
understand and write notes simultaneously.
Academic essay helped me in understanding ways in which a topic is first of all
introduced then it is divided into sub parts so that readers can understand it in a much better
manner and then ways in which it is concluded at the end. Overall structure of academic essay is:
introduction, main body, conclusion and references (Hoa, and Tuan, 2019). By bringing
improvement within by research skills in can bring improvement my academic essay. Written
skills also helped me in understanding and writing a report. Structure of report is similar to
academic writing but it consists of recommendations at the end. It is extremely useful in future
because professionally employees are required to develop report for every task and project. This
task further helped me in learning about referencing and ways in which it can be used for
developing bibliography. Referencing is extremely important in research so that one can research
and collect required information from authentic sources (Khan and et. al., 2017). It further helps
us in learning to write in our own language and if any information is used then it can be
referenced properly in order to avoid plagiarism.
Section B
There are various kinds of skills that are required to be developed and each of them has
their own importance and use. Some of these skills are:
One of the main skills is reflection skill. Refection is a way of analysing one’s own experience in
order to improve our own learning and experience. It further helps learners in gaining self-
awareness, enhance their overall learning experience.
Communication skill was another important skill which is required to be developed. This skill is
useful and helps in communicating properly in class with other students and teachers (Kourakli
and et. al., 2017). I have learnt both written and verbal communication skill. Both of these skills
have helped me in enhancing by communication skills which is useful in debate. It has further
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