English for academic purposes (lessons 2 - 3)

1.

2.

By the end of this lesson, you will…
1
2
Improve your in-text
citation skills
Practice various
tasks on the use of
quotation
3
Quote statements
from the chosen
articles
4
Complete the APA
citation style quiz assessed

3.

Why do we use quotations
in written work?

4.

When you choose to use quotations, make sure that they are integrated smoothly into the text of your paper.
The signal phrase is an essential part of the set-up for both direct quotations and paraphrased citations.
The signal phrase should:
(1) let the reader know that you are about to cite from an
outside source and (2) briefly indicate the name or nature
of the source.
•Argued
•Asserted
•Believed
•Claimed
•Commented
•Disputed
•Illustrated
•Implied
•Pointed out
•Reported
•Suggested
•Thought
•Wrote
(Signal Phrases in APA Style, n.d.)

5.

Practice A
Create an appropriate signal phrase to fill in the blank for each item.
Use the source information provided here.

6.

Practice B(1)
Mark each of the following items as a C (correct) or I (incorrect) according to APA guidelines.

7.

Practice B(2)

8.

Practice C
Using the text and source information provided, create two APA in-text citations.
Note: This section of the text comes from Page 5 of the excerpted document.

9.

Read the articles
Find (definitions,
or theories, or
statistics )
Quote them by
using narrative
and parenthetical
in-text citations
Peer-feedback (Optional)
You have 15-20
minutes to
complete this task