Interview 2: Communicative Competence in Early Language Interview

Student Name

Department of Child and Adolescent Development, San Jose State University

ChAD 100W: Writing Workshop

Prof. Janet C. Kitajima

Due Date

New Formatting for Student Papers from the APA Manual 7th Edition

This document is meant to be an example of a properly formatted student paper. Although there are various types of student works they should all include a minimum of a title page, page numbers throughout the paper, text, and a reference list (see Section 2.2 in the 7th ed.). No running head is needed in the header (although it is still required in professional papers). Only the page numbers appear in the header at the right margin. The title of the paper is now in bold. Use an extra double space between the title and the byline.

“Student papers do not typically include a running head, an author note, or an abstract, unless specifically requested by the instructor or the institution” (APA, 2020, p. 30). However if a student is required to present a professional piece of writing, they should include the three elements mentioned above. The title Abstract is now bold, centered on its own page (usually the second page), and no more than 250 words in a single paragraph with no indentation. One line below the abstract the label Keywords: is indented 0.5 inch. Then add key words in lower case except for proper nouns. No period after the last keyword. Also in a professional paper, the words “Running head” have been eliminated. Only the title in all capitals appears at the left margin in the header of every page.

The Main Text

All papers are double-spaced with the first line of each paragraph indented 0.5 inch. The margins are one inch on top, bottom, right, and left. The left margin is justified (flush with the margin) but the right margin is “ragged” (i.e., the print is not flush with the margin). There is only one space after each sentence. (This document has two spaces because old habits die hard.) The new edition allows several font types (although only one type should be used throughout the paper; do not mix and match). These include a sans serif font (e.g., 11-point Calibri, 11-point Arial, 10-point Lucinda Sans Unicode) or a serif font (e.g., 12-point Times New Roman, 11-point Georgia).

Headings

The Levels of Heading have been somewhat simplified in the 7th edition. Level 1 heading includes the Title of the Paper, the word Abstract and the word References, all centered and bold. Level 2 would be subsections of Level 1, bold and flush with the left margin. There is an explanatory table on page 48 that shows the format for headings. Pages 50 to 60 display a sample professional paper followed by a sample student paper on pages 61-67.

Citations

Works with one or two authors cited in text would include last name and date. This is the same formatting as the 6th edition. With three authors or more mention only the first author followed by et al., and the date “unless doing so would create ambiguity” (APA, 2020, p. 266).

Page 264, section 8.13 has a useful guide on how to cite different types of sources. The table on page 266 displays Basic In-Text Citation Styles including group authors for both parenthetical and narrative citations.

The Reference List

Listing Authors

Even when there are only two authors, use a comma after the initial of the first author and use an ampersand: Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (p.286).

Provide surnames and initials for up to and including 20 authors. If there are 21, list the first 19 authors’ names, then an ellipses (no ampersand), and then the last author’s name.

The Date

When the date of publication is approximate, use ca. (circa), see example 36 on p.325

Add retrieval dates for online sources which are designed to be updated:

Morey, M. C. (2019). Physical activity and exercise in older adults. UpToDate. Retrieved