Report on Study Skills for Foundation Year Students in the UK

This report delves into the crucial role of study skills for foundation year students in UK universities. It begins by highlighting the significance of the foundation year, emphasizing its importance for international students and its impact on bridging knowledge gaps within the UK education system. The report explores the challenges faced by these students, including a lack of college experience, financial and social difficulties, cultural differences, and communication barriers. It then provides solutions, focusing on specific learning strategies, time management techniques, and the importance of a supportive learning environment to overcome these obstacles. The report concludes by summarizing the key points and reiterating the value of effective study skills in ensuring academic success for foundation year students in the UK higher education landscape.

The study skills

INTRODUCTION
Skills for study are necessary and effective part of student’s life. It is the combination of
skills which help handle process of finalizing important data by effective reading, learning and
efficient working. This skill is help to students for become successful in their college and
personal life (Amir, 2019). Education system in UK affect to mind of students because their have
gap of knowledge and in that universities need to address. The current study is supported by the
skills required for continuing higher education in UK. The assignment will identify relevance of
starting year for students. Study will explain by important difficulties that are faced by
foundation year students. It will be discussed on how study skills are help to foundation year
students. It will also draw by conclusions which based on those key points.
MAIN BODY
Relevance of foundation year in relation with background of student
Study skills programme is provide proper guidance to students across range of study
skills. It is very important to build existing skills and abilities for improve their skills and
become a prefect future. Foundation programme is special course which is help to confidence in
student’s life. It is the single- year foundation course for international students who need to learn
additional learning. The UK system of education is provided is affected by the deficit based mind
set of students by gap in knowledge and culture differences, in that universities have required to
address and understand those in effective manner (Brown, 2018).
The foundation year program has some objective such as this provide intermediate-level
to professional and technical skills. This contributes for widening-participation offers a new and
eligibly route. This is very important and effective for student’s growth in higher education. It is
the best way of doing higher growth. Education is the basic requirements of every student. Study
skills are highly required for foundation year students because with the help of these students are
able to understand culture of UK, language, trends, rules and regulations and other policies. With
the help of foundation course student is learn lots of things and decide to stay in country for take
education. The foundation year program is provide better study material to students for analysing
goals. It provides a broad into ducts to subject of choice and help gain valuable academic, study
and English language skills. It is the totally different from a foundation degree. Its importance is
as follows:
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proficiency for better language:
The foundation program is important for improve communication language skills in
effective manner. International foundation program is best and important for learn different
things that are necessary for students life. In which one of most important think such as
language. In the UK have different language like English in very high level. From the assistance
of this program the students for improvising the English speaking ability along with skills
required for academics such as writing essay or improving vocabulary.
Rise in chance of getting admission in universities:
From the aid of the foundation level program students are able to take admission ion
prestigious universities (Davidson and Shaw, 2019). The foundation year program is very
necessary and important for the growth of student due to the reason that this creates effective and
good chance for students because due to assistance of this course pupil are complete degrees for
take admission in UK University.
Important qualification required for studies in future
A foundation program is providing students to specific sets of skills in effective manner.
That is help to take admission in UK University. In this course most of the material which are
related to the qualification which will be done in future by students. With this have unique
advantage as well as get learns various things like basic theories, nations and elements.
Reduced culture shock:
This is help to reduce culture shock in student life because they live in country and
campus for one year. Within the year student is able to understand all over culture of universities
and country in effective manner (Halim, 2017). During the foundation course, student has lots of
chance to take local culture and costume.
Moreover, they get adjust with the all academic environment like teaching process, types
of assessments and working environment. It is the effective and valuable ways of doing work and
learning things to best and effective quality of peoples. With the help of foundation year program
students are learned best and effective language, understand culture differences and create
chances for self take admission in United Kingdom University.
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The important difficulties faced by student in year of foundation
There are many different variety of difficulties faced by students with foundation year
students. Those challenges can be affect to students in negative and in positive manner. Those
challenges are as follows:
Deficiency of knowledge relating to experience within college
deficiency of experience of college and relating knowledge is creating problems for the
students in negative manner. It is the biggest challenge which is impact to students and their
education life. Lack of Experience is creating problems for peoples and students in at time of
taking admission in UK University because there study is difficult to manage by other peoples
and students. This is the difficulties which is faced by students in foundation year program for
that students must collect related knowledge with academic sources and websites.
Finance and social life:
In the other country have education fees so high which is not preferable by lower class
peoples but education is good in effective manner (Merta Dhewa and et.al., 2017). Finance is
biggest problem that the student at time of foundation year faces. Take views and build relations
with other students are help to give social life.
Fitting in campus:
Fitting in the campus is challenges of students relating to year of foundation because this
is time when student decide fir living and do continue study at there. Like if they feel
comfortable at their then they decide to stay here. Other hand, they feel not then they decide not
here. Therefore, this is also a major challenge which the students faces in their foundation year.
Cultural difference:
Culture differences and culture which is non- traditional is the biggest challenges for
students. With the culture differences students are not feeling comfortable. Every city and place
has different culture and environment. This area is highly affected for the students as ghere the
teacher must become friendly and happy with the students. By this students are feeling happy
and able to learn in effective manner. In order to overcome this challenges, student have to take
updates about culture and try to learn that in effective manner.
Skills for communication
A skill for communication is also the biggest factor which is creating problem and
challenges for students (Molina, Santa María and Yamada, 2018). With the poor communication
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skills students are face various problems like they feel embrace with other students because they
have good and effective communications skills. With this, they are not able to understand the
concept of teacher like theories and models. This is not good for foundation year students, it have
two types like written and oral communication.
Lack of confidences:
Lack of confidence has the biggest challenge for students because they have not proper
confidence for compete with other members. Lack of confidence is damage students mind sets
than they are done wrong work which result is not goods. Because in other country they out from
their comfort zone and in the absence of this they are not done work in effective manner and its
result is also not good. In order to overcome this challenge, student need to build their
confidence by oversee the motivation speeches are help to build higher confidence level.
Those are the issues which occurred by the peoples and students attempting in foundation
year.
Discussion of how study skill help to overcome those challenges.
It result in various problems which occurs by students of foundation year. Those
challenges are not carrying any confidences level, Lack of knowledge of college experience,
Finance and social life, fitting in campus, Cultural difference and Communication skills (Wilson,
2018). It is undertaken to overcome from such issues through gain information and
understanding in effective manner. It is very best part of student’s life to face problems and solve
those problems. With the aspects of grabbing new skills, students are able to learn all things and
study martial in effective a best manner. Those are as follows:
Focus on fewer and specific topic:
In order to overcome from such issue which are undertaken by students in foundation
program. Here is important to make consternation on the fewer and best information. That is help
to learn those things which are highly important and effective for learn and take admission in
United Kingdom’s University. Understanding and focus is develop students morale towards learn
best from various thoughts. By things and learning conceptual thinking is help to students for
learn in depth rather than by working on many topics. Make students responsible for learning is
also best ways of overcome from problems if students are learning things in effective and
valuable manner. This is critically important for students of higher education to make focus on
fewer and specific learning.
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Time management:
Time management is also help to overcome those issue occurs by students (Yoke and
Ngang, 2017). With help of time management they are able to overcome those challenges. Time
management is including the basic and effective schedule for work like its work and growth and
learning process. Time management is give best chance to students and also help to impress their
teachers and classmates. They think about their professional thinking because time management
is the best skills and which is considers in professional skills. It is useful for students of higher
education to manage their all work in effective manner and on time.
Friendly and attractive premises:
Create unique and friendly learning environment is the best and effective way to examine
the issue relating to non traditional culture and eco friendly environment. In this case, is required
to make motivating environment for those scholars who are faced problem with non traditional
and culture differences (Horton, 2017). With the help of this they are feeling more motivating
and able to grab new thinking with innovative environment.
Think before speak
That is the way and route of think better in order to increase and improve communication
skills. In this present case study, here is required to concerns numerous things which is effective
and help to improve communication skills. For that, students have need to think before specking
which is help to correct their meaning of talks in an effective manner. This is help to improve
communication skill ion effective manner. This help to maintain the positive attitude and smile.
This help to overcomes effective challenges from the foundation year.
Draw conclusions based on these key points.
After the whole discussion, here is very important to draw conclusion which is based on the key
points which has drawn and discussed in report. The report had been covered by the importance
of foundation year in student life in order to taking admission in UK University. The education
system UK is very high which is affect to people and students. The importance of foundation
year is better language proficiency, relevant qualification for future studies and reduced culture
shock.
At the time of foundation year students have faced various problems which has not goods
for the students and their education and future life. The various challenges are lack of
confidence, Lack of knowledge of college experience, finance and social life, fitting in campus,
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cultural difference, communication skills and other. It had been included that various routes for
hiring and students. The various routes and ways for overcome challenges are focus on fewer and
specific topic, time management, friendly and happy environment. Those has effective and best
for work. Those have helped to face challenges in effective manner with best result of work.
CONCLUSION
The above discussion has presented the study skills has important for the students. Every
college organize the foundation year program for encourage students in studying properly in
effective manner, it had been developed the great opportunity for students in order to take
admission in UK University. The challenges have lack of confidence, communication skill,
culture differences, finance and social life. Here has also mentioned ways of overcome those
challenges which has important to resolve for make better concentration on learning thinks.
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