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Citing Sources

The document discusses plagiarism, citation, and citation styles. It defines plagiarism as presenting another's work as one's own without permission or acknowledgment. It notes that citations are important to avoid plagiarism, show proper research, and give credit to other researchers. Finally, it discusses the two main citation styles - APA for education, psychology, and sciences and MLA for humanities.

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Citing Sources

The document discusses plagiarism, citation, and citation styles. It defines plagiarism as presenting another's work as one's own without permission or acknowledgment. It notes that citations are important to avoid plagiarism, show proper research, and give credit to other researchers. Finally, it discusses the two main citation styles - APA for education, psychology, and sciences and MLA for humanities.

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Citing Sources

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PLAGIARISM
CITATION
Plagiarism is the act of
presenting someone else’s work or Citation is a formal reference to

ideas as your own, without a published or unpublished


permission by joining it into your source that you consulted and
work without full obtained information from
acknowledgement. while writing your research
paper.

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It is important to cite sources you used in your research for several reasons:
 To support intellectual honesty and avoid plagiarism.
 To show your reader you've done proper research by listing sources you used to
get your information

 To be a responsible scholar by giving credit to other researchers and


acknowledging their ideas
 

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Citation style will provide the format for citing sources and creating the bibliography in
one’s academic work.
Citation Style
 

The citation style depends on the academic discipline involved.

•1.APA (American Psychological Association) is used by Education, Psychology, and Sciences.

•2.MLA (Modern Language Association) style is used by the humanities.

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• There are two ways on how to write your in-text citation in APA style:

Author's name in parentheses:


One study found out that the most important element in comprehending non-
native speech is familiarity with the topic (Gass & Varonis, 1984).
 
Author's name part of narrative:
Gass and Varonis (1984) found that the most important element in
comprehending non-native speech is familiarity with the topic.
 
Steps:
1. Choose a style Guide. For this topic, we will be using
the American Psychological Association (APA) Format.
2. Get the information of your source. Make sure that
Author, Year Published, Book or article, etc. is present.
3. Decide if we need to Summarize or Paraphrase. In this
lesson, we will focus our attention to paraphrasing.

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In text Citation in APA - (Surname, Year)


o Example: Recent research in herbology (Longbottom, 2013) has shown that….

 In his recent article, Neville Longbottom (2013) found that…

2.Citing Multiple Authors - for words with one or two authors, include all names in
every in-text citation.
o Example: This important discovery (Weasley & Potter, 1999) was done…

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3.For works with three to five authors include all names in the
first in-text citations but used et.al for subsequent citations

o Examples: In a ground breaking survey (Bones, Crouch, &


Bagman, 1992)…

 This survey (Bones et al., 1992) was later basis of…

For works with six or more authors, abbreviate to the first


author name for all in-text citations.

o Example: This demonstrated something new (Flamel et al.,


1992).

No date available - write n.d (no date)

o In text: The earliest reports (Snape, n.d) showed that…

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Activity

REFLECTION (5points)

• Read the situation and answer the question after. 

Rose is grade 8 student. In their English class, they are asked to write an informative essay on
Covid-19. Their Teacher gives them enough time to write but it happened that she did not make
her own essay and the deadline is today. Then, she noticed that Rex is done and she just copy his
essay and take it as her own. As a result, her teacher caught her bad action and got a lower score.

•As a student, what would you advice to Rose on her bad action? What is your reflection on
the given situation? Your answer should base on the discussion.

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#1 Reference: (for numbers 1-10)
Beckett, S. T. (2008). The Presence of Positivity. (2nd ed.), 13
Positive thinking is when we consciously cultivate positivity in our minds so that we think we
can get through anything. (Note: Paraphrase this!)

#2 Reference: (for numbers 11-20)


Gass, S & Varonis, E.M. (1984). Language Learning, (p.85)
The listener’s familiarity with the topic of discourse greatly facilitates the interpretation of
the entire message. (Note: Paraphrase this!)

1-5. Author's name in parentheses:


____________________________________________________________________________________________
6-10. Author's name part of narrative:
__________________________________________________________________________________
​
11-15. Author's name in parentheses:
­____________________________________________________________________________________________
16-20. Author's name part of narrative:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
 

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Summary
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Mirjam Nilsson​

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