Critical Reading Analysis
Critical Reading Analysis
- Annotate the text
In this text, Robert Gill examines the employability skills that universities should equip their graduates essential for them to navigate through the job market. In the document, the main topic is highlighted in bold, uses keywords such as graduate attributes, employability, and student forum, the organization flows from one point to another, uses previous researches.
- Write and analysis
The main idea of the text highlights employability as a vital focus for graduates and employers in Australia. According to Gill, employability is a set of skills and achievements that a graduate possesses which make them liable for employment and be successful in their careers. Thus, higher education needs to incorporate these employability attributes into their curriculum to prepare graduates and enhance their chances of gaining employment.
These essential skills; teamwork, communication, and problem-solving are what employers are seeking from graduates. These skills are crucial as they help to create and foster relationship necessary to increase output in a work setting. They are also known as intangible or soft skills, and it can be difficult to replicate or teach them in a classroom setting. This information is vital for graduates to navigate from study to employment.
Higher education needs to equip graduates with a set of practical skills which will define them as work ready. However, as an education base, higher education institutions fail to train students on these essential practical skills that will enable them to transition from study to employment. The text provides that it is the core function of higher education to provide an educational setting that allows students to practice problem-solving and persuading skills which will enable them to think critically. These skills will help graduates to be work ready when seeking employment.
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| Criterion Standard 5 | Self- assessment pre-submission | Peer assessment pre-submission
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| Content 50%
Relevant content supported by a competent use of source. Annotation You identified the main idea of the article. You identified most of the supporting points. You identified the academic language features within the text, including: – Reference to the main topic/subtopics – Reference forwards or backwards to neighboring sentences – Connectives and signposts
Written analysis You described the main ideas in the text and most of the supporting points. You analyzed how the content of the reading would be helpful in assisting first-year students to succeed at university. |
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Describe what you did well: I did identify the main topic as employability and then went ahead to describe the subtopics academic language features in the text. I also analyzed how this knowledge will help graduates to go about seeking for employment.
Explain what you could improve: I feel like I did well regarding this text analysis because apart from identifying the main points, I also made sure to use correct grammar, sentence clarity, and organization of work. |
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| Language 25%
Academic language use is a mix of simple and complex structures, and used mostly accurately.
You accurately used coherent language appropriate to an academic audience, purpose and context. Correct grammar, sentence clarity, academic language
You accurately incorporated language features to enhance cohesion. – Reference to the main topic/subtopics – Reference forwards or backwards to neighboring sentences – Connectives and signposts
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Do you feel you have met this standard?
Yes/No. Above/Below? Standard: Above_____
Describe what you did well: I analyzed the text using correct language mix; for example, I organized the work into paragraph form and made sure the synopsis flows coherently. I used both simple and complex vocabularies appropriate for the intended audience.
Explain what you could improve: I feel like my analysis is accurate. |
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