Reflective Statement: Strategies for Skill Development in Academics

This assignment is a reflective statement detailing a student's journey in recognizing and addressing weaknesses in academic skills, specifically creative and academic writing. The student acknowledges the initial lack of awareness regarding the importance of these skills and their impact on overall performance. The statement outlines steps taken to improve these skills, including seeking expert advice, utilizing technology for research and planning, and employing online editing and proofreading techniques. Furthermore, the reflection emphasizes the use of the internet and feedback from experienced individuals as key strategies for continuous improvement in academic writing. The student aims to systematically implement these methods to achieve desired outcomes and enhance their overall academic performance. Desklib offers a wealth of similar solved assignments and resources for students seeking academic support.

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Reflective statement.
At first, I was unaware about the importance of academic skills, but during the period of
academic process I get to know about required competencies, to become effective. I was weak in
creative writing skill that put negative impact on my performance and effectiveness. This
weaknesses lead to decrease my productivity and efficiency. Creative writing skill is beneficial
and essential for students, who tend to reach desire outcomes in form of forming creative ideas
and then presenting them in form of written statement. This competency plays significant role in
the context of individual growth and success in the world, either related to personal or
professional. Along with this weakness, I have another one, regarding which I am not posing
good knowledge. I was weak in academic writing skill that is essential and needed in academic
world, while studying for higher education. This competency is important for each student to
have and use, which allow gaining set aims and objectives for which individual person work
harder than ever (Darazi, Saad and Adil, 2021). In the recent time, academic writing skill is
needed and utilized by the learners which enable them to serve as a communication tool that aid
to convey appropriate knowledge and information. The development and improvement of this
skill may support individual to develop their creativity and performance. Like others, I also want
to grow in each and every field, and because of this reason, I prefer to take initiative to develop
each aim or objective as key skills. I take approach to move toward aim or smart objectives'
achievement in few steps that finally reach expect results.
First step that I take to achieve aim such as creative writing skill development and that is
expert suggestion. I had considered this step and implement the same in appropriate manner,
which is essential for me to do that. Another step that I take in the context of same purpose of
technology utilization as I used internet to find out the methods and then develop plan to
implement each approach, which is important for me to do that systematically. Another skill that
I want to develop as aim achievement is academic writing skill, for which different types of
approaches accessible in the world, among which I can select and use only effective. Online
editing and proofreading are the best techniques or practices that I consider and then implement
into practical manner. Proofreading may give individual developer appropriate change to develop
their skill that they expect to do that from longer time (Kennedy, 2021). I also want to develop
this aim in form of proofreading my content and then taking suggestion from experience holders
who have already developed this skill and use from long time. In the context of current skill such

as academic, I take another action in form of key step and that is internet usage in the recent
time. This approach encompasses varied sources that I use and obtain outcomes according to my
expectations. I will use these methods further appropriately and systematically.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Darazi, M. A., Saad, I. and Adil, S., 2021. KEY FACTORS INFLUENCING CREATIVE
WRITING SKILL: STUDENTS’PERCEPTIONS IN AN ELT CONTEXT AT
HIGHER EDUCATION LEVEL. Pakistan Journal of Educational Research. 4(3).
Kennedy, O., 2021. Independent learner strategies to improve second language academic writing
in an online course. CALL and professionalisation: short papers from EUROCALL
2021. p.184.

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