Analysis of In-Text Citations in an Article

This paper intends to run an analysis of the use of in-text-situations in the article “Developing Voice by Composing Haiku: A Social-Expressivist Approach for Teaching Haiku Writing in EFL Contexts”, by Iida (2010). Although Iida seems to have followed some of the requirements of the American Psychological Association (APA) style for academic writing, his article also shows some inconsistencies in the use of in-text citations according to that style.

According to Purdue OWL (2013), direct quotations have to include the author, year of publication and the page number preceded by “p” after the quotation, or if the author and year of publication  have already been mentioned when introducing the quotation, just the page number preceded by “p” after the quotation. But Iida (2010) has not included “p” before page numbers and has sometimes included the page number when introducing the quotation, not after it.

            The Purdue OWL (2013) also suggests using a comma after the author’s last name and before the year of publication, and Ida (2010) has cited authors whose words he has paraphrased by writing their last name and year of publication of their work without using a comma to separate these two pieces of information.

            To conclude, Iida (2010) seems not to have met all the requirements established by the American Psychology Association as regards the use of in-text citations in academic writing.

References

Iida, A. (2010).  Developing Voice by Composing Haiku: A Social-Expressivist Approach for Teaching Haiku Writing in EFL Contexts. English Teaching Forum, Nbr. 1. DOI: EJ914886

Purdue OWL. (2013). APA formatting and style guide. Retrieved September 2013, from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/1/