Week 3 Slides (Plain Style and APAnknlk).pdf
- 1. HRMT 5120: Communications for HR Professionals Week 3 Susan Francis, BBA, MA
- 2. Today’s Agenda 1. Plain Style Writing 2. Intro to Research 3. Academic Integrity & Plagiarism 4. Intro to APA (citations and Reference page) 5. Introduce Assignment 2
- 4. Plain style writing and language • Plain style / Plain language – Common, everyday words – Reasonable sentence lengths (no more than 20 words) – Active voice – Personal pronouns (I, you, we) – Saves time and improves clarity – Endorsed by government, businesses, professions, and industries
- 5. 4 Change words to familiar, direct language – terminate – utilize – ascertain – conceptualize – encompass – monitor – operational – reciprocate end use find out see include check working return
- 6. Which statement is clearer? 1. We must ascertain the motive for our program’s termination. 2. We should find out why our program ended.
- 7. Inclusive Language Image retrieved from counseling.northwestern.edu
- 8. Use Inclusive Language • Don’t make discriminatory comments • Use gender-neutral job titles and salutations • Use gender-neutral pronouns – they/them • Use person/group’s preferred terms – Indigenous vs. native
- 9. • Mankind • Mothering • Fireman • Chairman, chairwoman • Man and wife • Dear Sir or Dear Madame • Each student must meet with his professor Change to Gender Neutral Words • People, humanity • Caring, nurturing • Firefighter • Chair • Husband and wife; man and woman; partners • Dear (name) • Each student must meet with their professor
- 10. Inclusive Language • Use they instead of he or she. • Use Plain Language. • Avoid jargon and idioms (its raining cats & dogs?). • Be specific. • Question your own assumptions about your audience. • Understand the history of words, and don’t use words that are rooted in harm.
- 11. Activity: Plain writing style • Locate a helpful resource on plain language or plain style writing. • Explain the resource you located. What did your team learn? • Provide the link to your resource and brief description. • Post in Moodle forum.
- 12. BREAK TIME…
- 13. WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH APA POLL?
- 14. Primary vs. Secondary Research
- 15. Research Starts with a Question
- 16. Primary Research: You Do the Analysis Research Data Interview Survey Map Painting Book Movie
- 17. Image retrieved from https://www.achievers.com/blog/employee-pulse-survey/
- 18. Secondary Research Scholarly Journal Newspaper Article Blog Post Book Magazine Article Podcast Video
- 19. Plagiarism • Definition: “the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.” • In Latin means kidnapping This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
- 20. Plagiarism is… *Information taken from http://www.kwantlen.bc.ca/library/guides/citingyourresources.html Copying sentences, paragraphs, data or visuals without properly citing their source Quoting material without proper use of quotation marks (even if otherwise cited appropriately) Paraphrasing or summarizing information from a source without proper acknowledgement Paying someone for writing the assignment (includes tutors). Listing a source in the reference list that was not cited in the assignment
- 21. How to avoid plagiarism Cite sources for… • Any facts or figures you have quoted or referred to • Information you summarized or paraphrased • Words, ideas or data that is not your own
- 22. When in doubt use a citation This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
- 23. Why do we cite our sources? • Improves your credibility • Allows readers to check or pursue the subject further • Accepted way to give credit to the people whose work you have drawn from • Required skill set for university studies and workplace reports
- 24. True or False? You MUST include BOTH an in-text citation in your writing and enter the source in the References page TRUE
- 25. Types of Sourcing American Psychological Association (APA) Popular in business (Author’s last name, year of publication) Reference list at the end APA citation examples: (Francis, 2022) (Francis, 2022, p.15) (Francis, 2022, pp.15-20) (Starbucks, n.d.) (Starbucks, n.d., para. 2)
- 26. Types of Sourcing • Modern Language Association of America (MLA) – Insert author’s last name and a page reference inside parenthesis. – If the author’s name is mentioned in the text, you can simply use the page number. – Works cited comes at the end. – Widely used in academic writing, the humanities.
- 27. HRMT 5120 We will use APA format in this course
- 28. When do I cite my source? Direct quotations Paraphrased passages Expert ideas Statistics, dates, data etc.
- 29. Common knowledge vs. cited information* • Paris is the capital of France. • Each day, 1.63 million people take the subway into London, England. • World War 2 ended in 1945. • In 1986, 7,821 news stories about the Vancouver Expo were published and broadcast to 2.34 million viewers. *Some details invented for the sake of educational demonstration.
- 30. Wikipedia is NOT a credible source. Please do not use it in your academic assignments.
- 31. Credible Sources • Listed in Moodle: • Banned Sources • Credible sources – CRAAP test
- 32. Resources at KPU KPU POLICY ST2: STUDENT ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY LIBRARY GUIDES (HARD COPY AND DIGITAL) KPU RESOURCES: HTTPS://WWW.KPU.CA /LIBRARY/CITATIONSPLA GIARISM KPU ACADEMIC INTEGRITY BADGE
- 33. KPU Academic Integrity Badge • Free tutorial through KPU library • Four quiz modules you take online. • Pass the modules and you get an academic integrity badge that you can post on your Moodle profile. • It is good for two years. https://libguides.kpu.ca/academicintegrity/tutorial
- 35. APA 7th Edition Video Humber Libraries • https://library.humber.ca/help/apa
- 36. APA References Page • Memorize the four basic parts of the reference page entry. Despite how complicated APA references look, they all comprise four basic elements in the same order: 1. WHO (author, editor, producer, “organization as author,” title if no author or organization is named) 2. WHEN (date of publication — usually just the year, but could also include month, day, season, or n.d. (no date)) 3. WHAT (title of book, article, movie, report, etc.) 4. WHERE (publisher, URL, DOI, name of periodical) All items on your References page should follow that basic pattern. Different formats of publication will have different ways of expressing the four basic parts, but the pattern doesn’t change.
- 37. APA Basics - Book APA In-text citation: (Author’s last name, year) APA References page: References Last name, Initial. (year). Title of publication. Publisher.
- 38. APA Basics - Book APA In-text citation: (Meyer, 2017) APA References page: References Meyer, C. (2017). Communicating for results. Oxford University Press.
- 39. APA Basics – Company website APA In-text citation: (Company’s name, year) APA References page: References Company Name. (year). Title of webpage. URL link.
- 40. APA Basics – Company website APA In-text citation: (Starbucks, n.d.) APA References page: References Starbucks. (n.d.). Careers. https://www.starbucks.ca/careers/find- a-job/corporate/
- 41. In-class Activity Put the following information in APA format: 1. Go back to your description about your Plain Style Language source and either paraphrase or use a direct quote from your source. Use an APA citation and create a Reference page entry. *As a group write APA from scratch. Do not use any tools to help you. Post in Discussion Board in Week 3
- 43. Homework Complete all homework in Week 3 Moodle