Writing Skills Development in Professional and Academic Context

This report explores the development of writing skills in professional and academic contexts, emphasizing its importance in today's business environment. It addresses challenges such as poor vocabulary and awkward phrasing, offering solutions to enhance writing proficiency. The analysis incorporates insights from several articles, focusing on educational dialogue strategies, peer assessment, and the needs of EFL students. The report concludes with recommendations for improving writing skills, including reading essays, using words wisely, and employing active voice. It highlights the necessity of clear communication for both academic success and professional advancement, suggesting practical steps for individuals to enhance their writing capabilities.

Developing writing
skills for professional
and academic contexts

Executive Summary
In today's business environment, communication skills are becoming very important
for organisation as it provided a great impact on the productivity as well as performances of
company. Due to the ineffective communication, it is identified that individuals will face
many types of problems as they are not able to convey the message in an effective way. So in
order to combat with problems associated with communication skills, it is necessary to
develop writing skills as it is one of the important part of communication skills. This report
will cover an issue and the related solution which needs to be chosen in order to achieve the
goals and objectives of an individual.

Table of Contents
Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................4
Analysis..................................................................................................................................4
Article1: (Schillings and et.al., 2018).....................................................................................4
Article 2: (Woodhouse and Wood, 2020)..............................................................................5
Article 3: (Jamoom, 2021)......................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................6
RECOMMENDATIONS...........................................................................................................7
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................8
Books and Journals:................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Communication skills found to be very important in today's business environment. It
is defined as the ability which uses in order to give and receive different kinds of information
(Rao, 2019). This report aims to develop writing skills for the purpose of professional
academic context. With the help of good communication skills, it is identified people are
easily understanding the objective and purpose of information. In this report, it will cover
different articles which assist in developing writing skills for professional and academic
context. It is necessary to understand by every individual that writing skills is an important
part of communication and that's why it is necessary to develop effective writing skills which
allow an individual to communicate their message with clarity and ease to other individuals.
This is the main reason that this report will covers the development of writing skills with
identifying issues and possible solutions. Writing skills are found to be important in
professional as well as academic context but it is found that there are many issues or
challenges faced by an individual in order to develop writing skills. It includes poor
vocabulary, in appropriate use of colloquial language, awkward phrasing, etc. In this report, it
will cover three important options according to the scenario which assists in addressing the
issues.
MAIN BODY
Analysis
Communications skills
Communication skills are found to be very important in today's environment as it is
not only crucial academic study but also important for professional life. Communication
skills are defined as the schools which are used by an individual in order to convey the
message to other people. It is identified that writing skills is an important part of
communication as it is also used for the purpose of communicating message with clarity and
ease.
Language skills: way to get a job?
They are indeed a valuable skill to have which not only helps people to bolster their
chances of getting employed for more complex and lucrative job roles and they help in a

multitude of ways by increasing confidence and making one's CV and personalty unique and
making them stand apart from the crowd. Knowing how to converse in multiple languages is
very beneficial in modern business scenarios as companies need employees with foreign
language skills for their multinational operations. Being bilingual or multilingual can also
help in getting new job roles as foreign translators and speech trainers are in high demand.
Computer and ICT skills: The Fallacy of the Digital Native
In the modern times, where the use of computers and digital forms of tools and
techniques are so thoroughly integrated in everyday routines of life, many people including
teachers and people responsible for designing the framework of education have begun to
think there is no need for teaching such skills in the classroom. However this is a fallacy as
no child is born with natural tendencies and affinities to pick up complex computer skills no
matter how advanced the generation they are a part of might be. Computer skills and use of
IT solutions must be properly taught in class and no basics should be skipped while teaching
or in the planning of curriculum.
Critical Digital Literacy in the 21st Century
Gone are the times where simply being able to read, write and understand texts and
words made people classify themselves as literate and now in the age of digital media and IT
technologies, being digitally literate is equally important. Digital literacy in modern times
refers to the ability of understanding digital forms of media and using digitized resources to
their maximum potential. Children have been found to respond to digital methods of learning
in much more engaging ways than traditional methods of reading and writing and schools
have also begun to integrate these technologies in their curriculums. Digital literacy has still
not been adopted on a global scale and it should be recognized as a serious form of learning.

Article1: (Schillings and et.al., 2018)
A review of educational dialogue strategies to improve academic writing skills
Schillings, M., and et.al., 2018. A review of educational dialogue strategies to improve
academic writing skills. Active Learning in Higher Education, p.1469787418810663.
Writing skills is a part of communication
Writing skills are found to be very important part of any event or situation. In a
communication process, writing skills is very important as it influence an entire group of
people. It is also found that writing skills is counted as a milestone which is necessary in
order to achieve success in any types of field. With the help of writing skills, an individual is
able to convey the message, thinking, aim, etc. In this type of communication skills, it is
identified that an individual is using words in order to deliver their message.
Article 2: (Woodhouse and Wood, 2020)
Creating dialogic spaces: developing doctoral students’ critical writing skills through peer
assessment and review
Woodhouse, J. and Wood, P., 2020. Creating dialogic spaces: developing doctoral students’
critical writing skills through peer assessment and review. Studies in Higher Education, pp.1-
13.
Problems associated with development of writing skills
It is found that there are many types of problems or issues occurred in the
development of writing skills. Some important types of problems or difficult is identified in
the development of writing skills such as attention problem, sequential ordering problem,
spatial ordering problem, memory problem, language problem and higher order cognition
problem. In these problems, language is found without most important problem which creates
issues in development of writing skills. It includes poor vocabulary and other related
problems. It is identified that lack of vocabulary has caused students faced challenges in
development of writing skills. Vocabulary is playing a very important role as it is the
fundamental element which is necessary in order to construct sentences. It is very crucial for
core of effective writing skills that students need to possess good vocabulary. It is identified
that students are using words in every single day in order to communicate their beliefs,
feelings and ideas with people. So that's why it becomes very crucial for an individual to
identify the options which helps them to improve and developed writing skills.

Article 3: (Jamoom, 2021)
EFL Students’ Needs for Improving Their Writing Skills, 2021
Jamoom, O.A., 2021. EFL Students’ Needs for Improving Their Writing Skills. Sch Int J
Linguist Lit, 4(4), pp.106-111.
Possible options for improving writing skills
There are many ways which helps an individual to improve their writing skills. It is
important to note that an individual needs to prepare a plan in which they need to decide that
how they can improve their writing skills. With the help of correct actions, an individual is
not only prevent from difficulties in development of writing skills but also very helpful in
improving writing skills of an individual. So it is crucial for an individual that they need to
make writing as a daily exercise. It is very important for an individual that they should to
write a paragraph as it helps in improving writing skills. On the other hand, read and read is
also one of the important option which helps in individual to improve their vocabulary and
also assisting in making the sentence in a correct form. It is identified that when a person read
then they are able to effectively convey their message in the best possible way. Development
of clear message is an important method which is used for the purpose of improving writing
skills. It is very important to know that an individual needs to focus on developing a clear
message so that they can write their message in an effective way.
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion, it can be concluded that challenges in development of
writing skills are faced by both students as well as teachers. There are many types of
challenges in the learning process of writing skills are identified in this report such as
language barrier, poor vocabulary, etc. In addition to this the report also covers the strategies
which help to individual for developing effective writing skills. It is very important for
teachers that they need to use best possible approaches for the purpose of developing writing
skills in students so that day will use in their personal as well as professional life. It is very
obvious that writing skills are very crucial for students and their academic studies as it helps
them to score more marks. But it is also analysed that writing skills is an important part of
communication which is very necessary to develop by an individual for the professional life
as it requires in any field.

RECOMMENDATIONS
There are some recommendations which are mentioned below that helps in individual
to improve their writing skills as it is an important part of communication:
 The first suggestion for an individual in order to improve writing skills is read other
people's essay. It is suggested that an individual needs to try always to read other
people's essay when they are free. In their essay, it is necessary for an individual to
pay attention to the writing style, structure and chosen words. After that they need to
jot down all the linking words and phrases which they can use them later. It is very
helpful in order to develop and building is writing style of an individual. Reading of
other people's essays is very helpful in order to build high vocabulary.
 One important recommendation is to choose words very wisely which is important in
order to write a sentence. It is crucial that an individual need to use familiar
vocabulary instead of lofty words as it helps an individual to convey the message or
communicate in easy manner. It is identified that simple words are very effective,
direct and easier for all the leaders to understand the main purpose of message. In
addition to this, one important element which needs to be kept in mind of an
individual that they should focus on short sentences instead of long sentences. It is
important for every individual that needs to use short sentences as it is easier to
comprehend. They also needs to make short paragraph as it becomes very easy to
manage which can easily read by readers and understand the purpose of message.
 It is suggested that an individual needs to use active voice in their writing skills and
should adhere to subject verb object sentence structure. It is important to know that an
individual should also focus on their tone of message. It is also suggested that an
individual needs to communicate in the comfort zone which assist them to avoid
ambiguity in writing styles.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Jamoom, O. A., 2021. EFL Students’ Needs for Improving Their Writing Skills. Sch Int J
Linguist Lit, 4(4), pp.106-111.
Schillings, M., and et.al., 2018. A review of educational dialogue strategies to improve
academic writing skills. Active Learning in Higher Education,
p.1469787418810663.
Woodhouse, J. and Wood, P., 2020. Creating dialogic spaces: developing doctoral students’
critical writing skills through peer assessment and review. Studies in Higher
Education, pp.1-13.