Study Skills for Higher Education: Reading & Writing Strategies

This essay delves into the crucial study skills necessary for success in higher education, focusing on strategies to improve both reading and writing abilities. It begins by emphasizing the importance of reading comprehension and efficient reading techniques, such as vocabulary enhancement, understanding the common theme, personalizing content, setting reading goals, and summarizing the text. The essay then transitions to provide suggestions for improving the quality of written assignments, including using appropriate and reliable materials, understanding the project's purpose and structure, employing appropriate language, practicing analytical thinking, providing regular feedback, and offering guidance throughout the writing process. The conclusion reinforces the significance of these skills for academic development and achieving both short-term and long-term educational goals.

Study skills for Higher
education

INTRODUCTION
Comprehension reading is basically referred as the process of decoding the messages and
interpret it in the basic understandable manner. Reading abilities are very important for the
students. It is related to the interpret the meaning of comprehension in simple language. Quality
writing is referred as the concept that is related to the communicate clear message to the other
one so that they can understand the same meaning that the communicator want to convey. In the
process of project writing various aspects are being considered. In this report various strategies
and suggestions are being covered that are able to improve the reading as well as the writing
skills of the students. To develop various effective concepts in students teachers and mentors
give proper guidance to them so they can complete project work on time with efficiency.
TASK
Strategies to improve their reading ability
Reading comprehension is very important for the students. Efficient reading can improve
the personal a well professional work life. Better reading skills make it easy to understand the
concepts and enhance their knowledge, facilitate them to adopt new skills and information in
understandable manner(Aldowah, Al-Samarraie, and Fauzy, 2019). Effective and efficient
reading enhance the proper analysation skills of documents at workplace. For the students the
reading as well as righting skills plays vital role to develop various concept that help them to
accomplish their short as well as long term goals regarding their educational life. Various
strategies are being implemented in order to improve the reading abilities of students are
discussed below:
Improve vocabulary: Better understanding of vocabulary is very important to improve
the reading abilities. Knowing the meaning of words help to access the whole meaning of texts.
To enhance the vocabulary various online quizzes are taken by the students that are available on
academics sites. All new words should be note that are being used in the verbal and written
communication. Effective vocabulary help the students to understand the whole concept of
comprehension in the right manner(Alhija 2017). From various dictionaries and other articles,
student can enhance their vocabulary. As vocabulary is the main part of the text, if this is
improved by the students then they can read effectively.

Understand the common theme: To enhance the reading capabilities common message
of the chapters is being analysed that contains whole meaning. Before reading all examples and
messages are clearly examined in depth. When the main concept of comprehension is clear then
students can read it more efficiently (Ali, and Hamid, 2018). Various context clues are used to
enhance the understanding of respective texts. These context clues can be found in the words and
sentences that are somewhere connected with the personal life, so these clues make it easy to
read the text. To explain difficult words various antonyms and synonyms can be used that
conveys the similar meaning. To improve the reading skills and abilities all important and
valuable information is being highlighted by the students and note them on pages, so if they see
Personalize the content: By personalize the respective content or topic to their lives
facilitates the students to understand the concept more efficiently and effectively. Relative terms
make the students able to interpret the right meaning of the content. By making association
between the concepts and current events enhance the more reliability and student can learn and
understand the actual meaning of the comprehension. Various problem during the reading are
being solved on the spot by the teachers and respective mentors(Ehlers, 2019). If students are
facing problems to speck then these types of words are written in the notes and continuously
pronounce them in order to improve the reading abilities effectively.
Set various reading goals: In order to improve the reading skills and abilities students
should set their specific goals on the daily or weakly bases. Daily reading definitely improves the
reading as well as the understanding the wide concepts very effectively. Long comprehensions
are being divided into the sub parts, these smaller segments will facilitate the students to retain
the actual meaning of information. It also helps students to develop confidence to in order to
understanding the complex subjects easily(Reading skills.2021). In this respective strategy two
or three paragraphs are being read at a time and summarized them will make students to
understand the whole meaning of the text.
Prepare various questions about the text: Asking various questions in the context of
what the student read is the effective way to improve the reading comprehension. It will facilitate
them to enhance the overall understanding about the text as in the process of answering students
explore the whole theme and concepts that they perceive by reading process. These questions
should be related to the basic concept of the comprehension and also able to enhance the students
reading as well as writing skills. If more specific questions are prepared then these are able to

enhance the deep insight knowledge about the text and its meaning. If students have information
about the topic then they can read more confidently.
Write a brief summery of what you read: It is the better way to increase the knowledge
of what you read by summarising the whole concept of comprehension in brief in their owe
words(Espinosa, 2019). This describes that what is the important points of the comprehension,
after knowing them whole concepts are being summarised in the notes. This respective strategy
help to improve the reading abilities and described that what the student really understand by
reading. Brief summary also help to understanding the concepts in the future because it is
mentioned in the own simple language.
Suggestions to improve the quality of their written projects of students
Written abilities are very important for the students to express their point of view
effectively. Quality of the written projects plays vital role in the student's life. Writing skills
plays vital roles in the improvement of the student. To develop the quality writing various
methods and ways are used that are use appropriate material from reliable sources and
understand the main purpose of the project so it can be started in correct direction. Some of
suggestions to improve the quality of written projects are discussed below:
Use appropriate material: While preparing the written assignment it is very important for
the students to collect relative materials from the reliable sources according the project. Before
using the fact and figures in the assignment, these data is cross checked from various sources and
adopt the most suitable one that is able to clear the correct meaning of to the readers. Students
students are searching data and regarding information, they should use various officials websites
and credible sources instead of third party blogs (Redmond, 2018). Students can also use the
different books and library to gather information for the assignment. These materials ensure the
overall quality of the assignment(Writing skills,2021). So appropriate data is to be used in the
report that make readers able to understand the right meaning of it.
Understand the purpose of project: To prepare the effective assignment, students should
understand the all questions and the topic of project carefully. Proper understanding of the report
will facilitate the students to write it in effective manner. The students should gather reliable
informations, facts and figures from various sources that enhance understandability of them
regarding the subject of project. Deep research is not helpful to make the effective and quality

project until the basic foundation of topic is not cleared to the students. Better subject
understanding help them in order to prepare the better quality project.
Understand the correct structure of project: Before starting any assignment respective
standers and formate is properly analysed. To maintain the quality of project defined formate is
being followed by the students that ensures the correct structure of assignment (Smith, 2020)..
Written projects are written in various formates that are essays, dissertation thesis and many
others. Each and every assignment have their own formates and structures. Students should
understand the structure first and then start writing the report. Every project have its own special
guidelines that are attached with the project brief(Improving writing skills,2021). All the
guidelines should be analysed then maintain the proper structure of the report. Appropriate
structure make the project effective.
Use appropriate language: In order to enhance the quality of the project writing, students
should use appropriate language to describe all concept of topic. Proper grammar should be used
in the content and avoid the use of complex that carries various meaning. Students can improve
the quality of their writing projects by proper utilisation of accurate tense and appropriate
vocabulary in their written work. Before writing the project content students should evaluate
their words and think priorly that what they want to explain in the report in context of specific
topic(Tzanakou and Behle, 2017). Proper tone is being used to convey the message. An
assignment is become excellent if there are appropriate tone and write words are being used in
the project file. The language and overall presentation should be understandable and attractive,
so readers can understand the project and enhance their knowledge.
Practice analytical thinking: To write the quality assignment various analytical thinking
is being required. Students should conduct various analytical research to know that all aspects of
projects. Analytical figures make the assessment more reliable and understandable. Students
have to make sure that the project is not being write with half information. All regarding data and
informations are analysed first then the writing of project should be started by the students.
Various analytical perspective make the assessment more effective and efficient.
Provide regular feedback: Throughout the writing process, there should be proper
guidance and feedback is provided to the students in order to complete effective final result. All
feedbacks are being evaluated by the teachers and provide solutions on the bases of their
problems(Virtanen,. AAldowah, Al-Samarraie, and Fauzy, 2019). In order to make the

assessment more effective various opportunities are provided to students, so they can enhance
their quality of writing the project. Various suggestions are provided to the students so they can
perform better.
Provide guidance while process: To enhance the quality of assessment report teachers
should regular examine the work of students, observe their growth and provide effective tips and
guidance that is helpful for them to complete their assign task in defined manner with having
high quality. Guidelines are clearly defined to them so they can start the project in right direction
from the starting(Virtanen,. AAldowa, Al-Samarraie, and Fauzy, 2019). Is they start their project
in defined direction and understand the whole requirements of project , then they are able to
complete their assessment in the defined time period. Mentors give them opportunities to
complete project in effective manner. Proper guidance created positive impact upon the students
and motivates them to enhance their quality of writing.
So project writing is the quite difficult task but there are certain ways that improve the
quality of students. Proper use of language, grammar improve it in effective manner. Before
starting the assessment whole formate and structure is evaluated by the students that guide and
leads them to work in the right direction. As writing skills is very important for the students to
enhance their skills(Virta., 2018). Better writing make readers understand the project in effective
manner.
CONCLUSION
As per the above report, it can be concluded that effective reading as well as writing
skills are very important for the development of the student. Reading abilities make students able
to understand the main point of the respective project. There are various strategies are being used
to enhance the reading skills such as students have to enhance their vocabulary that make them
able to understand the meaning of various words and highlight the various clues that help to read
comprehension effectively. All these strategies are very helpful for the students to enhance their
reading abilities. Students also develop effective and quality writing skills in their personality to
fulfil short as well as long term goal and objectives. Various techniques and tools are being used
to enhance the quality writing of students. Proper guidance is given to the student at the time of
writing process that improve their capabilities.

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