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Collaborative Writing III - EAP

Bertola Oriana Melisa Montenegro María Victoria Suarez Carolina del Mar Citation Based on APA Style  Writing academically requires special attention to its structure, appropriate linguistic register and the use of suitable in-text citations, and references. The latter refers to some information about the sources used in the text and they should be written in a separate page. Whereas in- text citations are inserted in the text and include the source and the main idea from an author. In order to avoid plagiarism, writers should bear in mind the American Psychological Association (APA). This documentation style is used for research in the science field and it provides the author’s credibility. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the article  Beyond Reflection: Teacher Learning as Praxis , written by Hoffman-Kipp et al. (2003), following the latest version of APA (2020) style. First, it is crucial to mention the different types of in-text citations that have been found in the ...

Collaborative writing II - EAP

Baez Pamela Bertola Oriana Melisa Cisneros Valeria de los Ángeles Montenegro María Victoria Suarez Carolina del Mar   How Genres Shape Discourse Communities John Flowerdew (1993) proposed a program named  English for Professional Communication (EPC) to encourage learners to develop abilities in different areas of possible professional activity. Moreover, the writer proposes activity types such as using and producing genre analysis, metacommunication, concordancing, and translation of a given genre. On the one hand, the first three examples involve production, where students can analyze, compare and discuss, and the emphasis is on the techniques. On the other hand, the last activity mentioned is close to plagiarism if the teacher or instructor ask students to translate without any kind of guidance to check the learners' productions.  The reason is because students tend to follow the internet's examples as models. References Flowerdew, J. (1993). An educational, or process,...