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Utilizing In-text Citation
Add a citation that is in-text you make reference to, summarize, paraphrase, or quote from another supply. For each and every in-text citation in your paper, there should be a matching entry in your guide list.
MLA citation that is in-text makes use of mcdougal’s last title plus the web web page quantity from where the quote or paraphrase is taken, for instance: (Smith 163). In the event that supply doesn’t make use of web page figures, don’t add a quantity into the citation that is parenthetical (Smith).
Example paragraph with in-text citation
A few scientists in the linguistics industry are suffering from training programs made to enhance indigenous speakers’ capability to understand accented message (Derwing et al. 246; Thomas 15). Their training practices depend on the study described above indicating that comprehension improves with experience of non-native speech. Derwing and others conducted their training with pupils getting ready to be social employees, but observe that other experts who make use of non-native speakers could take advantage of a comparable system (258).
Sources
Derwing, Tracey M., et al. “Teaching Native Speakers to be controlled by Foreign-accented Speech.” Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, vol. 23, no. 4, 2002, pp. 245-259.