Study Skills for Higher Education

Study skills for higher
education

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK ..............................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
Study skills are related to those skills which helps the individual to achieve success in
their academic life. Effective study skills increases motivation, confidence and competency. The
basic requirement of higher studies strong academic skills and basic knowledge about particular
field. It is required for individual to have following skills to complete higher education. This
report contains various features of academic writing and reflection on these features.
TASK
Choose four of the features of academic writing mentioned in the article above and discuss why
they are important.
Academic writing is related to formal way of writing any report used by various
educational purpose. This writing has predetermined structure and has many features and
qualities. Academic writing plays an important role in a student’s life because it develops various
skills such as writing skills, learning skills and these skills are used in many aspects of
individual's life. Brief discussion related to these features are given below:
Structured
Academic writing is done on the basis of prefixed structure because it is important for
formal purpose. There are three parts in formal report which is introduction, main body and
conclusion. All three parts are required to be addressed. It is a basic requirement for report
writing that it should have proper division of matter in different parts. Introduction contains basic
concept of the topic and this section is supported by various definitions and concepts. The word
limit of introduction must be less than main body. Another part of formal report is main body.
All the explanation related to topic is written in this section. This section holds major part of
report as all the questions and demand of brief are addresed in this part. The main body should
be logical and related to the topic. Irrelevant matter creates negative image of writer on the
minds of readers. Final part of report is conclusion. All the conclusive statement of writer which
he or she analyses from report are describes in this section. This section requires to be precise
and up to the mark.
Evidenced
Formal report is an important and useful document for others because it is used by many
peoples for their research and to gain knowledge on various topic. So, it is required to become