Academic Skills and Literacy: Challenges, Skills, and Future Career

This report provides a comprehensive overview of academic skills, addressing the challenges faced during the learning process, the specific skills acquired, and their practical application in future career paths. The report identifies challenges such as poor learning skills, time management issues, and test anxiety, while highlighting essential academic skills like reflective writing, report writing, and presentation skills. Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of these skills for professional development and provides insights into how they can be leveraged to secure employment in reputable companies. The report also suggests strategies for improving academic skills, such as enhancing time management and addressing poor learning habits. The report concludes by underscoring the significance of academic skills for career advancement and professional growth, supported by references to relevant academic sources.

ACADEMIC SKILLS AND
LITERACY FINDING AND
PRESENTING INFORMATION

INTRODUCTION
 The report will discuss the challenges faced while learning the
academic skills, the academic skills learned as well as the
application of academic skills in future.

CHALLENGES FACED WHILE
LEARNING ACADEMIC SKILLS
 There are various challenges which are faced while learning the academic
skills are such as the having very poor learning skills, time management issues
and problems, the learning differences, test anxiety, academic transitions,
understanding the content, lack of the motivation as well as the requirements
of the basic skills.
 These challenges are hindering in the learning process and through this, the
individual is not abler to learn the things quickly and effectively. It is very
important for the students to overcome these challenges which are faced while
learning as this enables them to learn the things in detailed manner.

THE ACADEMIC SKILLS WHICH ARE
LEARNED
 The academic skills are basically the abilities, habits as well as the strategies
of the individual which enables them to get success within the complete
academic setting. Some of the academic skills which has been learned are as
follows:
 Reflective writing
 Report writing
 Problem solving skills
 Presentation skills
 Research skills
 Communication skills
 Time management skills
 Creative skills

APPLICATION OF ACADEMIC SKILLS
IN FUTURE CAREER PATH
 The academic skills are considered as the key aspects for the professional development of
the individual. It is very necessary for them to understand the need of the academic skills
for their future career path.
 It is very true that the students which are skilled and always learning new skills stays
ahead of the other students in the career.
 The above academic skills which has been learned can be applied within the career path as
this helps them in gaining more and more knowledge in the future, develops the skills of
talking and maintaining themselves.
 These skills will mostly help them in getting jobs in the reputed companies as these big
companies hires those employees who are highly skilled and talented.

WAYS FOR IMPROVING THE
ACADEMIC SKILLS
 The ways through which the academic skills can be
improved are such as-
 Time management skills: The time management skills
can be improved by keeping the planner as well as
setting of the timers for improving the management of
the time.
 Poor learning skills: It is very important to improve the
learning skills as this is the base of the complete
development. This can be improved by changing the
learning routine, getting sleep at night of sufficient hours,
keeping space between the study hours, using of the self-
testing as well as taking of the notes within the classroom
continuously.

CONCLUSION
 From the above report it can be concluded that it is very
important for the employees to learn the academic skills
for professional development

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