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• To let your reader know that you have done your
homework and you are building your paper from the
ideas and research of others.
In his 2004 book, Sekaran argues that when a gap exists between the
actual and the desired ideal state, you have a research problem at hand.
• According to Weissberg and Buker (1990), you can
choose either information-prominent citation or
author-prominent citation.
• Information-prominent citation:
The early forms of e-learning were generally the result of
existing training material being transformed into electronic
media (Wesley, 2002).
• Author-prominent citation:
Simon (1994) claims that human beings are at their best when
they interact with the real world and draw lessons from the
bumps and bruises they suffer.
OTHER SITUATIONS FOR IN-TEXT CITATION
Example:
Howatt and Richards (1984) explain that the field of
language teaching has been one of tradition and transition
since its inception hundreds, indeed, by some accounts,
thousands of years ago.
Example:
Pica, Lincoln-Porter, Paninos, and Linnell (1996) claim that
not all students working with peers take advantage of the
opportunity to speak.
Example:
One article ‘Communicate to Teen’ (2007) noted that
teens turned to peers for help.
4. A work cited in another source.
Example
Galway’s study shows that learners appear to respond
better to corrective feedback when they are aware that
they are being corrected (cited in Lightbrown, 1999).
• Use a hanging indent. The first line “hangs out” over the
rest of the citation. Indents the second and subsequent
lines five spaces.
• A work with 8 or more authors; list
all the names up to number 6 and use
ellipsis (…) followed by the last
author’s name.
• For entries of Malay, Chinese and Indian authors’ names, list
them as follows:
Indian names
Aditya Kuruthan (Aditya a/l
Omit the s/o, d/o, a/p, a/l Kuruthan)
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