B2_W2_Lesson 1

Lessons 3-4 objectives
Students will:

What is
Plagiarism?
Warm up

What do you know about citation?
How to avoid plagiarising?
Discussion

Find the instances of plagiarism
Downloading for free a song from some website
Watching for free but with many ads a movie
Copy pasting a photo from google into your presentation
Using parts of somebody's writing in your own assignment
Taking a photo with your phone and using it as part of your assignment
Watching some youtubers and writing their ideas as part of your homework

Citation styles
‘A citation style is a set of rules on how to cite sources in academic writing. Whenever you refer to someone else’s work, a citation is required to avoid plagiarism’ (Swaen, 2021).
Citation style guidelines are often published in an official handbook containing explanations, examples, and instructions.
The most common citation styles are the following:
APA style in the social sciences (e.g. psychology or education).
MLA style in the humanities (e.g. literature or languages).
Chicago notes and bibliography in history.
Chicago author-date in the sciences.
However, there are many other widely used styles.

Which citation style should you use?
First, always check the requirements of your university department or the submission guidelines of the target journal.
Source: APA style retrieved from https://twitter.com/apa_style

WHAT IS APA?
The American Psychological Association (APA) “style provides a foundation for effective scholarly communication because it helps authors present their ideas in a clear, concise, and organized manner” (APA, 2019, p. xvii).
Disciplines that Use APA:
Business
Sciences
Social Sciences
Health Sciences
APA regulates:
Document format
Style and language
In-text citations
References
Source: APA style 7th edition, retrieved from: https://apastyle.apa.org/products/publication-manual-7th-edition

APA format guidelines

General formatting
Times New Roman 12 pt, Calibri 11 pt, Arial 11 pt, etc.
Double line spacing
One-inch (2.54 cm) margins
Page number in the top right
Running head in the top left (if submitting for publication)

Levels of heading
Source: APA reference page, retrieved from:https://www.scribbr.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/apa-reference-page-7th-ed.png

Title page
Source: APA reference page, retrieved from: https://www.scribbr.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/apa-reference-page-7th-ed.png

REFERENCES

Reference or no reference?
Page on a website
Article from an academic journal
Book used as background reading
Interview you conducted
Email from an expert
PowerPoint slides from a lecture
Chapter from a book that you cited
Facebook status

Formatting the APA reference page
The basics
On the reference page, you list all the sources that you’ve cited throughout your paper. Place the page, right after the main body and before any appendices.
On the first line of the page, write the section label “References” (in bold and centered). On the second line, start listing your references in alphabetical order.
Apply these formatting guidelines to the APA reference page:
Double spacing (within and between references)
Hanging indent of ½ inch
Legible font (e.g. Times New Roman 12 or Arial 11)
Page number in the top right header
Source: APA reference page, retrieved from: https://www.scribbr.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/apa-reference-page-7th-ed.png

IDENTIFY THE SOURCE TYPE
To determine the format to follow, ask:
• Author: Who is responsible for this work?
• Date: When was the work published?
• Title: What is this work called?
• Source: Where can I retrieve this work?

Task 1. (5-10 min)
Look for the following details on each of your sources .
Can’t find it? Look hard, then leave it blank.
SOURCE 1:
Author: ___________________________________________________
Publication date: ___________________________________________
Title: _____________________________________________________
Source: __________________________________________________
SOURCE 2:
Author: ___________________________________________________
Publication date: ___________________________________________
Title: _____________________________________________________
Source: __________________________________________________
SOURCE 3:
Author: ___________________________________________________
Publication date: ___________________________________________
Title: _____________________________________________________
Source: __________________________________________________

REFERENCE ELEMENTS
• Punctuation:
• Put a period in between reference elements • Use commas to separate parts of an element
• Capitalize the letter of titles, subtitles (after the :),
and proper names
• Author: the person or group responsible for creating, writing, or editing the content of a work
• Date: date of publication
• Title: the title of the work being cited
• Stand-alone titles: book, journal, website, report
• Part of a greater whole: article, chapter
• Source: where readers can retrieve the work cited (journal, website, publisher)
• URLs and DOIs: present both as hyperlinks (not
necessary to include “Retrieved from”)
Source: APA reference page, retrieved from: https://www.scribbr.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/apa-reference-page-7th-ed.png

Task 2. Write out your citations! (5-10 min)
Students should format their own citations based on the sources and information they brought in with them.

Task 3. Group work (30 min)
Reference list
Task. In your small group:
Find information about a given topic in APA Style Introduction
Read, understand, and discuss with your groupmates.
Create a presentation and explain the topic for the whole class
Author/
Authors
5 groups
Articles in
Periodicals
Books
Electronic
Sources
Audiovisual
Media

Citation generator
Link to the citation generator: https://www.scribbr.com/apa-citation-generator/​

Lesson reflection

Reference
Lab, P. W. (2020, October 14). OWL //. Purdue Writing Lab. https://owl.purdue.edu/
Swaen, B. (2021, May 31). Citation styles guide: Choosing a style and citing correctly. Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/citing-sources/citation-styles/