English language learners: This is an eight-slide presentation with information and examples to help you revisit information on APA 7th edition referencing, so you can apply the skill in your personal, academic, and professional life (RZP - February 2020).

1. 1
o What is it?
o How can I use it?
o Why is it important?
REFERENCING
American Psychological Association (APA) – 7th edition
Created by: RZP
Topic: Referencing OER
Audience: English language learners
Date: February 2020 Images: courtesy of ClipArt

2. Referencing
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Referencing is the practice of
citing all sources of information in
both oral and written work such
as speeches, paragraphs,
summaries, essays, or other
artefacts created for personal,
academic, or employment
purposes (RZP, 2020).
What is it?

3. APA 6th and 7th Edition
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Sources: Adapted from https://www.scribbr.com/apa-style/apa-seventh-edition-changes/
o Location of publisher is not required in the reference list (*example below)
o eBooks require the name of the publisher but not the platform
o Pronouns “they” and “their” are used rather than gender-neutral ones
o Double quotation marks rather than italics are used in reference to a linguistic example (see
previous statement)
o One space rather than two is used after a period
o Title pages no longer contain “Running head” before the title
o Fonts include: Ariel 11, Calibri 11, Georgia 11, Lucida Sans Unicode 10, Times New Roman 12
*APA 7th edition
Rose, E. (2013). On reflection: An essay on
technology, education, and the status of
thought in the twenty-first century. Canadian
Scholars’ Press.
American Psychological Association (APA) – 7th edition
APA 6th edition
Rose, E. (2013). On reflection: An essay
on technology, education, and the status
of thought in the twenty-first century.
Toronto, CA: Canadian Scholars’ Press.
How can I use it?

4. In-text Citation
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o For in-text-citation, works with three or more authors require only the surname of the
first author followed by “et al.”(example below)
American Psychological Association (APA) – 7th edition
APA 7th edition
The taxonomy of educational objectives is a classification
system of educational goals ranging from lower to higher
levels of cognitive complexity (Bloom et al., 1956)
Reference list:
Bloom, B. S., Englehart, M. D., Furst, E. J., Hill, W. H., &
Krathwohl, D. R. (1956). Taxonomy of educational
objectives: The classification of educational goals.
Handbook I: Cognitive domain. Longman.
Sources: Adapted from https://www.scribbr.com/apa-style/apa-seventh-edition-changes/

5. Reference list
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o List the names of all authors for works with up to 20 authors
o List the first 19 authors, an ellipse, and then the name of the last author for works with
21 or more authors
American Psychological Association (APA) – 7th edition
APA 7th edition
Bloom, B. S., Englehart, M. D., Furst, E. J., Hill, W. H., &
Krathwohl, D. R. (1956). Taxonomy of educational
objectives: The classification of educational goals.
Handbook I: Cognitive domain. Longman.
Sources: Adapted from https://www.scribbr.com/apa-style/apa-seventh-edition-changes/
https://lib.nmu.edu/help/resource-guides/how-guide/apa-style-7th-
edition?fbclid=IwAR26WQsYpYjgp0ymiDxrbM08Ai_s60FWx-GWhr7-lHhkLFCflLnyGIvNQlw

6. References
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American Psychological Association (APA) – 7th edition
APA 6th edition
Zuba Prokopetz, R. (2018). Professional
self-development mediated by eportfolio:
Reflections of an ESL practitioner. TESL
Canada Journal, 35(2), 156-165. Retrieved
from
https://doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v35i2.1295
APA 7th edition
Zuba Prokopetz, R. (2018). Professional
self-development mediated by eportfolio:
Reflections of an ESL practitioner. TESL
Canada Journal, 35(2), 156-165.
https://doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v35i2.1295
o Format DOIs as links to URLs
o Links to URLs are not preceded by “Retrieved from”
Sources: Adapted from https://www.scribbr.com/apa-style/apa-seventh-edition-changes/

7. Referencing
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Referencing is
important to avoid
plagiarism and to
acknowledge the
contribution of peers,
writers, and
researchers (RZP, 2020).
Why is it important?

8. 8
o What it is
o How I can use it
o Why it is important
REFERENCING
Now, I know
Images: courtesy of ClipArtCreated by: RZP
Topic: Referencing OER
Audience: English language learners
Date: February 2020