Reflection on Academic Skills: University Coursework, Semester 1

This assignment is a reflective report from a university student detailing their academic skills development during their first semester. The student identifies key skills such as time management, essay writing, and note-taking, while also recognizing areas for improvement, particularly in vocabulary and writing proficiency. The report outlines a plan for self-improvement, setting a SMART objective to enhance vocabulary and writing skills through consistent reading and focused study. The student aims to improve within one semester, balancing coursework and personal development. The reflection emphasizes the importance of critical thinking, reading, and writing skills for undergraduate success and provides a detailed analysis of personal strengths and weaknesses, culminating in a structured approach to achieving academic goals. The student's analysis includes areas for improvement such as improving vocabulary and writing skills. The reflection includes the source where the student has taken the help for writing this report.

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Assessment 1
Part A

REFLECTION
With enrolling in the university the foundation module I came across is the Academic
performance module. With this I understood the importance and the essentially are required to
be a university student. The reflection is about the academic skills, their developments and
getting a better understanding on the same by me for the 1st semester. In the reflection I have also
presented the areas of improvements in my academic skills. The academic skills include time
management, critical and analytical thinking, good writing and communication skills, problem
solving techniques. As a university students all these skills must be present in me so as to
achieving my grades with excellence. The skills that need to adopt and improve is the enhancing
my writing skills and making a good command over the vocabulary and words I use while
writing my papers in the exam. This is needed so as to gain good grades and makrs in the exams
as well as this will definitely help me in the future.
I have identifies the key academic skill to be borne by a student under gradation are to
have a critical reading and thinking ability, to have knowledge on how to write and structure the
essay, on how to stay motivated during the studies and course work, to take the notes in lectures,
to know how to write reflective writing, to have ideas and tips on how to use the note effective
that can give assured help ion the exams, to manage the time effectively, to develop the writing
skills, have good knowledge of the vocabulary and command on the writing. In this coursework
and the 1st semester on the module of academic performance I have identifies the key skill of my
strengths as the time amendments and taking the lecture notes. Along with this I very goods as
writing the essay and its structures (5 key skills for academic success, 2018). The weakness I
found out is the lack of knowledge over the topics I write about and a poor command on the
vocabulary. I need to develop a confidence over the use of key features of the academic writing.
For successful undergraduate studies what specifically required is the reading and writing skills,
motivation, writing skills, time management etc.
The area of self improvements which I have recognized for enhancing personal academic
skills are firstly to gain a command over the vocabulary and secondly improvement in the
writing skills. For this SMART objective have been chosen by me as specifically determining the
need of improvements as improving the vocabulary and written skills. This is measurable as
this improvisation will directly reflect in my writing and will assist in scoring better in exam.
This is quite achievable as I need to keep my aim in mind as for this I will read journals, article

with good English to enhance my knowledge power. Moreover, this is realistic as this is
objective which is real and is achievable as the same time. To attain this objective I have decided
a time frame of one semester in which I will diligently work on the objective and in future I will
continue to do the same. In the semester time I will focus on the words representing the exact
means of sentences and related with my coursework. Meanwhile, I will mange the times without
compromising my exams and other activities related with the module.
In this reflective I have early identified the key area of the academic skills that an
undergraduate university student must possess. This includes synthesis of reading, learning and
writing ability of student. I have written down the skill area of improvement in the reflective
which I need to wok upon for betterment of my academic skills.

REFERENCES
Online
5 key skills for academic success. 2018. [Online]. Available
through:<https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/five-skills-for-academic-success/>.