CW2 Portfolio: Development of Academic Skills and Reflection

This portfolio, titled CW2, is a comprehensive collection of work reflecting on the development of academic skills. It begins with an introduction and table of contents, followed by a main body that discusses various essential academic subjects including formal and informal emails, TIC, plagiarism, CV writing, referencing, presentation skills, group presentation, academic writing, SWOT analysis, books, reflection, and interview preparation. The SWOT analysis is presented as a tool for self-assessment and strategic improvement. Reflection is highlighted as a crucial element for learning from experience and improving academic performance. The portfolio also addresses plagiarism, presentation skills, referencing, CV writing, and interview preparation. The author reflects on their skill development and the importance of these skills for career success. The conclusion summarizes the importance of these skills for personal and professional growth, referencing relevant sources throughout the document.

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.