Professional Practice 12 Weeks Portfolio Tasks

This article discusses the tasks and activities to improve writing ability, vocabulary, and creativity. It includes tips on how to overcome writer's block, develop a reading habit, and use new words and phrases in daily conversations. The article also provides a checklist and list of development activities to achieve the goal of participating in an essay writing competition. The references include books, journals, and online resources.

Professional Practice 12
Weeks Portfolio Tasks

Table of Contents
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
TASK – 1.........................................................................................................................................3
TASK – 2.........................................................................................................................................3
TASK – 3.........................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

MAIN BODY
TASK – 1
a. Keeping my writing ability in mind I’ve always thrived to achieve a fluent writing ability in
which I am able to make use of good vocabulary words for different phrases and words to
make the written material appear more influential and knowledgeable (Zhonggen, 2018).
Considering the same, being able to making use of good vocabulary words in between the
material to be written has always been the most difficult task for me.
b. The reason that I’m not able to make use of the good vocabulary words in between the
material to be written is that I’m not able to retain and remember the words and phrases
which I had learnt for the sole purpose of using them in the writing material (Ramírez
Balderas and Guillén Cuamatzi, 2018). Learning the words and phrases is a different thing
and using them in a sentence in fluency is another thing.
c. Now, to improve this habit some of the ways that I can adopt are like to develop a habit of
reading, watch English movies, using the dictionary and thesaurus to know more complicated
and advanced words for a simple word and phrases, playing word games like scrabble or
solving crossword puzzles to develop the presence of mind for such vocabulary and most
importantly practice of using the advanced words and phrases in a normal conversation to
remember them for a longer time (Simamora and Oktaviani, 2020).
TASK – 2
In today’s sessions, the most interest topic was which addressed the overcoming of writer’s
block i.e., finding the creativity inside which we are not able to access sometimes when we are
required immediately to perform a certain task. For this an activity of drawing in the given
circles was conducted which was fun and forced me to think out of the box. Also, sometimes we
just stop writing something in between out of any reason like not getting appropriate words to
right or lack of ideas.
The thing I noticed while attending such session was that somewhere our creativity is also
responsible for the quality of content we are able to pour in for the given topic. The day we are
feeling energized and creative, we will automatically use better phrases and words and will be
able to form better structured sentences and the day we are out of ideas or words or not feeling

creative, we will face difficulties framing the most basic sentences and will gradually drop the
writing work.
Also, I learnt that writing in more academic style will result in more formal style of writing
which is better presenting and more structured to read and listen to (Setyaningsih and Larassati,
2021).
Now, to develop and enhance such creativity and the resultant improved ability of writing
and vocabulary, a proper physical and more importantly, mental environment shall be designed
and to put pressure on mind in brainstorming the ideas which will then gradually become a habit
and become easy. Also, I learnt that directly aiming for perfection is never going to be a good
idea. Starting from the basics and developing the ideas and slowly & gradually working our way
towards toward attaining improvement is the correct way. Maintaining a personal diary or a log
to have a habit of writing daily will also help tremendously in improving the writing ability. Also
the log can be used to maintain the record of important and difficult words and phrases is a good
habit to be able to learn and revise wherever and whenever possible.
TASK – 3
STEP – 1
A. I am seeking development in my writing ability to be able to write more concise, to the point,
structured, clear and more focussed content for the topic under consideration so as not to
divert from the topic and make the reader understand the objective of my writing and keep
his interest intact while reading.
B. In the current scenario my focus is on the improvement of my English vocabulary and learn
new phrases to be used generally in my writings to make my writing more influential.
C. My specific goal behind such a development is to improve my writing ability by the end of
this semester to participate in an essay writing competition which is going to be held in our
institute.
STEP – 2
A. To develop the new knowledge, skills and behaviour I need to develop a reading habit of
book, novels, articles, etc., watch some of the best speeches of the most influential persons of
all time, try including the newly learnt words and phrases in the everyday conversation to
retain the words and phrases.

B. To participate in the coming essay writing competition and aspiring to win the same by
learning and improving my writing ability. Therefore, need to learn and improve by the end
of this semester.
C. Development options checklist –
a. Inculcate reading habit
b. Watching English movies
c. Using mnemonics
d. Including new words and phrases in daily conversation
e. Playing word games
f. Watching videos of influential people
g. Taking suggestions from the experts
STEP – 3
A. Finally, I have decided to read 50 pages daily of any book or newspaper and watch a video of
any influential personality at least twice a day (Tips on How to Improve English Writing
Skills. 2022.). Also, I will be using the words and phrases which I learn daily in my
conversations with other especially my friends and also try to remember the tough words I
learn.
STEP – 4
A. List of development activities –
a. Reading of novels of different genre
b. Watching videos and taking notes
c. Improve my speaking skills as well
d. Maintain a log of tough words to remember
STEP – 5
This new knowledge and skill of improving my writing ability helped me able to
communicate professionally and in more formal way and thus be more influential while writing
and speaking as well.
STEP – 6
To review the development, written online essay tests are to be taken and participate in
other writing competition to check the efficiency achieved with improved vocabulary.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Zhonggen, Y., 2018. Differences in serious game-aided and traditional English vocabulary
acquisition. Computers & Education. 127. pp.214-232.
Ramírez Balderas, I. and Guillén Cuamatzi, P. M., 2018. Self and peer correction to improve
college students’ writing skills. Profile Issues in TeachersProfessional
Development. 20(2). pp.179-194.
Simamora, M. W. B. and Oktaviani, L., 2020. What is Your Favorite Movie? a Strategy of
English Education Students to Improve English Vocabulary. Journal of English
Language Teaching and Learning. 1(2). pp.44-49.
Setyaningsih, N. and Larassati, A., 2021. “Umm you know…” Speaking or Writing?: Examining
EFL Students’ Writing Style in Argumentative Essays. Elsya: Journal of English
Language Studies. 3(1). pp.17-22.
Online
Tips on How to Improve English Writing Skills. 2022. [Online]. Available through: <
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