UPM-CALC/BBI2424 ACADEMIC WRITING/SEM 1/2017_18/SCL/WORKSHEET 2

SCL WORKSHEET 2 (WEEK 3-4)

Due Date: 8 October 2017

Name: Chong Rong Cheng

Matric no.: 187243 Group : 44
TOPIC: Citation & Referencing Conventions

Item 1
Write citations within the sentence with appropriate reporting verbs using the
information provided below.

1. Author : Randy Sonoma

Publication date: 2011
Quote : “The incidence of high suicide rates is partly due to a lack of
sufficient intervention programs.”
Page number : 138
Citation:
Sonoma (2011) writes that “the incidence of high suicide rates is partly due to
a lack of sufficient intervention programs” (p.138).

2. Authors : Sally Bedford, Roger Fanns, Samuel Fedricks and Dan

Summers
Publication date: 2007
Paraphrase : A child's ability to learn to read, known as reading readiness,
begins in infancy, as the child begins attending to the speech
signals in their environment.
Citation:
Bedford, Fanns, Fedricks and Summers (2007) explain that a child's ability to
learn to read, known as reading readiness, begins in infancy, as the child
begins attending to the speech signals in their environment.

3. Authors : Sarah Belkins, Ruth DeFone, Samual Cruz, Dan Smith,

Randy Sonoma and Rick Dunkin
Publication date: 2004
Paraphrase : Teenagers become increasingly susceptible to peer
pressure as they grow older starting at age 12.
Citation:
Belkins et al. (2004) found that teenagers become increasingly susceptible to
peer pressure as they grow older starting at age 12.

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4. Author : Hillary Serkis

Publication date: n/a
Paraphrase : To lose one pound, an individual must burn an extra 3500
calories.
Citation:
Serkis (n.d.) claims that to lose one pound, an individual must burn an extra
3500 calories.

ITEM 2
Write citations at the end of the sentence using the information provided below.

1. Author : Ragnar Lothbroke

Publication date: 2011
Quote : “Suicidal ideation is often formed when an individual has
given up hope.”
Page number : 48
Citation:
“Suicidal ideation is often formed when an individual has given up hope”
(Lothbroke, 2011, p. 48).

2. Author : Malaysian Society for Health Quality

Publication date: 2003
Paraphrase : Slightly increasing the incline on a treadmill can reduce the
impact on the knee joints for those who suffer from arthritis.
Citation:
Slightly increasing the incline on a treadmill can reduce the impact on the
knee joints for those who suffer from arthritis (Malaysian Society for Health
Quality, 2003).

3. Authors : Raymond Hughes and Sheila Webber

Publication date : 2005
Paraphrase : Following a diet of 1000 calories a day or less is not
advised without the supervision of a medical professional.
Anyone who wants to follow a diet with a caloric intake of
1000 calories or less should first consult with a physician.
Citation:
Following a diet of 1000 calories a day or less is not advised without the
supervision of a medical professional. Anyone who wants to follow a diet with
a caloric intake of 1000 calories or less should first consult with a physician
(Hughes & Webber, 2005).

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4. Author : n/a
Article topic : Losing Weight Naturally
Publication date: 2001
Paraphrase : Sustainable weight loss is most often achieved through
losing weight slowly by following a healthy diet and
engaging in regular exercise.
Citation:
Sustainable weight loss is most often achieved through losing weight slowly
by following a healthy diet and engaging in regular exercise ("Losing Weight
Naturally", 2001).

ITEM 3
Write a reference list in APA style on any topic of your choice by including the
following sources: 2 journals, 2 books,2 websites and 2 online journal articles.
Arrange the references in alphabetical order.

Topic: The factors and effects of poverty

References

Evans, G. W., & Cassells, R. S. (2014). Childhood poverty, cumulative risk exposure,
and mental health in emerging adults. Clinical Psychological Science, 2(3),
287-296. Retrieved from
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4655888/
Gonzalez, M. J. (2005). Access to mental health services: The struggle of poverty
affected urban children of color. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal,
22(3), 245-256.
Harrington M (1997). The two nations. In The Other America: Poverty in the United
States. New York: Touchstone. pp 158-174.
Hernandez DJ (1997). Poverty trends. In Duncan, Brooks-Gunn (Eds.),
Consequences of Growing Up Poor. New York: Russell Sage Foundation,
pp 18-34.
Lund, C., Breen, A., Fisher, A. J., Kakuma, R., Corrigall, J., Joska, J. A., Swartz, L.,
& Patel, V. (2010). Poverty and common mental disorders in low and middle
income countries: A systematic review. Social Science & Medicine, 71(3),
517-528. Retrieved from
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953610003576
Moore, K. A., Redd, Z., Burkhauser, M., Mbawa, K., & Collins, A. (2009). Children in
poverty: Trends, consequences, and policy options. Washington, DC: Child
Trends. Retrieved from http://www.childtrends.org/Files//Child_Trends-
2009_04_07_RB_ChildreninPoverty.pdf.
Patel, V., & Kleinman, A. (2003). Poverty and common mental disorders in
developing countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 81(8).
Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/pdf/bwho/v81n8/v81n8a11.pdf

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Yanagisawa, A. (2011). Poverty: Social control over our labor force. International
Journal of Social Economics, 38(4), 316-329.