Compare and contrast higher education systems in England and Finland

English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
Name:
Lecturer name:
This is your English for Academic Purposes Online Portfolio. Please save a copy on your
computer and back it up regularly (e.g. by saving it on your computer / in the cloud on
Google Drive / emailing it to yourself). At the end of this course, you need to submit this
electronic copy via Moodle Portal
Please refer to suggested word counts for each task included within in this portfolio.
Assessed Learning Outcomes (LOs):
1. Produce cohesive and coherent elements of academic writing
2. Read, compare and summarise written academic texts
SECTION 1: Portfolio Evidence 1
Self-evaluation checklist
Below is a list of the skills you will need in university when working on extended pieces
of writing. The work you do on the EAP course will help you develop these skills. Tick the
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appropriate box for each skill, according to how well you think you can do this at the
beginning of this course. Look again at the checklist throughout the course in order to
identify areas for independent study.
Skills Do not
know about
this
Find this
difficult/
can’t do this
Can partially
do this
Can do this well
Looking for information
Identify which books/journals/websites to use ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Select relevant parts of a text ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Using sources
Acknowledge sources of information ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Avoid plagiarism ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Planning/ writing
Brainstorm ideas ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Plan written work ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Link ideas effectively ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Paraphrase & summarise ideas ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Write an introduction ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Write a conclusion ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Personal study
Work independently ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Manage my time ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Oral presentation
Discuss written work in a tutorial
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IT
Access the internet ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Use search engines ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Create word documents ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
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SECTION 2: Portfolio Evidence 2
Outline (suggested word count: 200)
An outline is a map of the main ideas included in your essay. You do not need to write
full sentences, just notes of the main points that you are going to write in each
paragraph of your essay, along with the references.
Title:
Impact of employee motivation over the business growth and
success.
Introduction Background Information:
Employee motivation is a key indicator of business productivity and its performance.
Thus, it is required for management to pay their maximum attention towards such
and implement different strategies so that target objectives could be achieved easily.
In this, one of the easiest way is to fulfill needs and expectations of employees by
providing them all the facilities.
Thesis statement:
To analyze the influence of employee motivation over the success and growth of an
organization.
Main body
paragraph 1
Topic sentence:
The requirement of employee motivation in business.
Supporting details:
Employee motivation is considered as most imperative matter within an organization
which provides direct contribution in business success. For this management can
fulfill wants, desires and requirements of their employees by providing them rewards
and benefits. These kind of practices are essential because through this, organization
can improve productivity of their employees and can attain their objectives within
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