Portfolio: Academic Skills, SWOT Analysis, Reflection, Plagiarism, Presentation Skills, CV Writing, Interview Preparation, Formal and Informal Emails, Books, TIC, Academic Writing

This portfolio discusses various academic skills such as SWOT analysis, reflection, plagiarism, presentation skills, CV writing, interview preparation, formal and informal emails, books, TIC, and academic writing. It highlights the importance of these skills in ensuring academic success and career growth.

CW2: Portfolio

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
REFLECTION ................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Portfolio is termed as collection of work that are mainly accompanying to academics as
well as other related forms of education evidences basically assembled for the purpose of
assuring about learning process, course work quality and achievements (Baker and et. al., 2015).
In this report formative discussions has been made on different types of academics topics with
the assistance of which individuals can effectively ensured about desirable outcomes.
MAIN BODY
Subjects that are discussed:
Academic skills considered as one of the most important skill for an individual as with
the help of this they can ensure long term sustainability in this competitive marketplace. Present
report discuss about some certain subject matters that are: Formal and informal emails, TIC,
Plagiarism, CV writing, referencing, presentation skills, Group presentation, academic writing,
SWOT, books, reflection and interview preparation.
SWOT analysis:
SWOT analysis is mainly termed as an essential framework that allow an individual and
an organisation to determine their current positioning and undertake strategic measures as well as
tactics to make significant improvement in them as to gain more effective opportunities
(Valentino and Reardon, 2015). With the application of this tool organisation can have
understanding about their competitors. While it aid individuals to have significant access for
their own capabilities and areas that can be improved as to ensure overall development.

Reflection:
Reflective writing is termed a evidence of reflective thinking with the help of which
individual can able to learn from specific practical experience. It further allow to make formative
communication among individual taught in theory and required to do in practice. It has been
identified that within academics it is important to essential to reflect to acknowledge about what
an individual learn as to make further improvement. Reflection is termed as tool that aid
individuals to undertake positive learning and further improve academic skills. In addition to
this, it also allow individuals to determined mistakes and implement corrective actions into
practice.

Plagiarism
Plagiarism is mainly termed as an act in which opinions and views of other individuals
are presented. It has been identified by me during University tenure that plagiarism is mainly
termed as academic crime. It is essential to give proper in-text citations in work as to provide
credits to original writer. Further it has been identified by me that in-text citations play important
role in academic life cycle that are required to be undertaken as to complete project in accurate
manner. Plagiarism is a wrongful act and represent breach of journalistic ethics as well as
academic dishonesty.
Presentation Skills
Presentation skills are termed as an individual capabilities within which they duly engage
targeted audience for favourable time and influence their towards chosen topic. The particular

are of skills mainly include voice, slides, speaking way, body language and more. It has been
analysed by me during my college tenure that my presentation skills were not that much effective
and there were difficulties that has been faced by me to influence attention of audience. But with
the help of class room session there were lot of skills that has been gained by me like body
language, eye contact, speaking skills, attractive slides and more. This effectively aid me to
deliver appropriate presentation in academic zone. With the help of this skill effective
development of leadership, communication and team building skills can be improved.
Referencing Skills
Referencing skills are termed as a skill that mainly focus on properly citation of work
along with names and years of publication of journals and books in order to avoid to get engages
in act of plagiarism. In this it is essential to have proper knowledge related to different styles of
references along with in-text citation of work. It has been identified by me that with the help of

this skill it has been ensured by me that I do not get engage in any unethical crime of plagiarism.
In addition to this, it further provide assistance to me to improve my referencing skill and secure
my future assignments.
CV writing
CV is termed as a written overview of individual work life. It is essential to have CV
Writing skills and with the help of this individual can effectively able to present oneself
recruiters and can further gain advantage of opportunities (Flores, Kleyn and Menken, 2015).
Further it has been identified that by writing relevantly and specifically aid to win interviewer
heart via CV. Most important areas that are required to be filled in included include areas of

expertise, personal summary, qualification, personal summary, references and career history.
Thus, it has been determined that this skill proves to be effective for an individual career growth
in academic segment as this will benefit individual to ensure relevant job.
Interview preparation:
It is termed as structured form of conversation within which one individual duly ask
certain form of questions from other participants in order to ascertain answers. Thus, it is
important for an individuals to effectively prepare themselves before interview process in order
to significantly assured well effective and desirable outcomes. In this individuals can engage in

the process of research and further share their experience with other individuals. It has been
identified that with the help of engaging in the process of preparing for interview individual can
effectively able to in crease their confidence, knowledge, reading ability and more and can
further able to present oneself among other individuals in best effective manner.
Formal and informal emails:
Formal mail is mainly sent to a person those who does not know well or to who is in
authority. While on the other hand, informal email is basically a piece of writing which is very
much alike to speaking to someone informally. With the help of both formal and informal emails
individual can gain benefits related to presenting their ideas as well as ideas among others.
Further it has been identified that with the assistance of this skills individual can able to enhance
their presenting opinions, academic skills of writing as well as reading to others. Thus, it has
been identified that it is essential for an individual to have proper understanding of email and
choose appropriate email mode.

Books:
Books are considered as an essential element within which informations get recorded in
the form of images and writing (Valentino and Reardon, 2015). It has been identified that it is
mainly a composition of pages that are bound together and further get covered by a cover. Books
play key essential role in order to provide informations and knowledge to individuals and further
aid them to gain more competitive edge. Thus, it become essential for an individual to read more
and more of books in order to significantly increase thinking process and further ensure
authenticity of information.

TIC:
Thinking into character is mainly termed as a transformational programme with the help
of which individual can make significant improvement in their career and educational goals and
can further set personal objectives and can evaluate opportunities and can grab them. In addition
to this with the help of TIC individuals can effectively able to identify certain areas that are
required to be improved by them while ensuring positive career growth. Along with this, this
program assist individual to make improvement in their soft skill which is essential form their
career growth.

Academic writing
Academic writing is termed as a form of writing as to duly fulfil college or university
requirement. Further it has been identified that this skill proves to be effective for publication
used by researchers and teachers at conferences. With the help of this skill individual can ensure
great career opportunities and can further able to increase their writing power and also benefit
them to express their opinions as well as views in a positive manner. Thus, it becomes essential
for an individual to effectively develop their academic writing skills as to further ensure higher
grades as well as career opportunities.
Reflective Thinking
Reflective thinking is termed as a analytical thinking practice with the help of which
individuals can effectively able to evaluate their situation and can further make judgement
related to what has happened (Basturkmen, H., 2014). It has been analyse by me that during the

lectures I learnt Gibbs reflective cycle. With the help of this individuals can effectively execute
writing and thinking. It is evaluated that with the assistance of this model I can effectively able to
display reflective thinking process.
REFLECTION
As per according to the above defined report, it has been identified that I can effectively
able to develop my academic skills in best effective manner which is utmost essential to gain
prosperous growth in career. Further it has been determined that academic success is an essential
aspect in an individual life through which they can ensure positive outcomes. Individuals those
are academically successful enjoy attractive level of opportunities with the help of which they
can further make significant increase in their living standards. Most important topic that has been
included in this project and are further important is SWOT analysis with the help of which
significant improvement in current skill and knowledge can be ensured. In addition to this,
reflection is termed as most important attribute with the help of which individual can effectively
able to increase their knowledge about self and can further determined those areas by improving
which they can gain best effective outcomes. Along with this, it is important for an adult to have

proper understanding and knowledge of CV writing as this will ensure them to gain maximum
career opportunities. By undertaking proper evaluation of the subject matter individuals can
determine career growth importance in a well defined manner. Further it has been evaluated that
being a student it is essential to have proper knowledge related to interview in order to achieve
higher grades by focusing upon certain aspects like gestures and postures, presenting oneself in
front of others, paying attention on dressing as to achieve desirable set of position. Within
corporate world it is important for an individual to understand the manner to write formal as well
as informal email as to duly share opinions and views. This will allow them to gain more
competitive edge within marketplace as compared to others. It has been further analysed that
presentation skill act as an one of the most important aspect in academic skill with the help of
which individual can effectively able to demonstrate their work in slides in a beautiful and
systematic manner. This will allow them to attract attention of other in best effective manner. It
has been analysed by me that there is a need of significant update in all these skills within time
frame as to effectively improve academic skills while ensuring more success. This will further
aid me to gain more career advancements opportunities and ensure success at great extent. '
CONCLUSION
As per the above mentioned report, it has been concluded that there are different types of
academic skills that are required to be undertake by individuals or students in order to ensure
successful career growth and academic life. Skills like Reflective, thinking academic writing,
TIC, books, formal and informal email, Interview preparation, CV writing, presentation Skills
and more can effectively build and shape individual or student personal and professional life and
further benefit them to make entry into professional (corporate) life in best effective way.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Baker, C. N. and et. al., 2015. Teacher (mis) perceptions of preschoolers’ academic skills:
Predictors and associations with longitudinal outcomes. Journal of educational psychology.
107(3). p.805.
Basturkmen, H., 2014. Ideas and options in English for specific purposes. Routledge.
Flores, N., Kleyn, T. and Menken, K., 2015. Looking holistically in a climate of partiality:
Identities of students labeled long-term English language learners. Journal of Language,
Identity & Education. 14(2). pp.113-132.
Valentino, R. A. and Reardon, S. F., 2015. Effectiveness of four instructional programs designed
to serve English learners: Variation by ethnicity and initial English proficiency. Educational
Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 37(4). pp.612-637.

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