Moving on to your future
Once the technical skills of academic literacy have been acquired, such as referencing and writing conventions, the key to academic success is critical thinking. This is the process explained above, and, as critical reflection, it extends into all areas of academic reading and writing. Critical thinking, applied to your own work as well as to the work of others, will enable you to participate in the ongoing dialogue of ideas which is the basis of university life, and allow you to become full members of the community of scholars. After you graduate, the skills you have learned in Academic Literacy Online will be useful in your teaching career, as you teach your own students to think and write clearly, and as you participate in professional development.
