Acknowledgement

2.2 Acknowledging Your Source

There are different methods for acknowledging sources. Ask your teacher which method is preferred. If this is not possible, use the method which you see most often in the materials that you are reading for your study. Once you have chosen a method it is important to remain consistent.

2.2.1 Using footnotes or endnotes

Place a small number (usually slightly higher than the word it follows) in the text and list your sources by number either at the foot of the page or the end of the text. The numbers must run consecutively through the text.

What you do in your writing:
	Gardner says that what turns good teaching material into good learning material is what teachers do with it¹.

What you do at the bottom of the page, or end of your writing:
	Notes:
	1.	Gardner, D. 1994 'Creating simple interactive video for self-access' in D. Gardner. and L. Miller (Eds.) Directions in Self-Access Language Learning. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press

2.2.2 Reference in the text

In the text you acknowledge a source by giving the author's family name and the date of publication. Readers can then check this in a references list at the end of your writing which contains the full publication information.

What you do in your writing:
	Gardner (1994) says that what turns good teaching material into good learning material is what teachers do with it.

One item in the list at the end of your writing:
	References:
	Gardner, D. 1994 'Creating simple interactive video for self-access' in D. Gardner. and L. Miller (Eds.) Directions in Self-Access Language Learning. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press