My Paraphrasing and APA Referencing Journey

This assignment explores the author's personal experience in learning paraphrasing and APA referencing. The student details their approach to understanding paraphrasing, emphasizing the importance of avoiding plagiarism, utilizing models, explaining steps, and consistent practice. For APA referencing, they describe learning through structured sections, including hanging format, citations, and in-text citations. The document concludes with a list of references cited in the assignment, demonstrating the application of learned skills.

Running head: REFLECTIVE WRITING
How I learn paraphrasing and APA referencing technique
Name of the student:
Name of the university:

1REFLECTIVE WRITING
How I learnt paraphrasing
Paraphrasing is a skill of writing by using a text from the original document without copying
the source writing. There are various steps of learning paraphrasing. They are:
1. Avoiding plagiarism – While paraphrasing I must be aware of the things of the
sentences are not been copied from any other file or website. I had to understand the
part which I read and modify it in my own words.
2. Using models – While paraphrasing I used to see the type of format while discussing
the article. So that I can ensure that the comprehension was correct.
3. Explaining the steps of paraphrasing – First I had to look at the original paper and
read it line by line and then transformed into a paraphrase.
4. Practice – For getting the fluency in writing I had to practice more and more times. At
first I had to do the paraphrasing of the individual sentences and then working on the
short paragraphs.
How I learnt APA referencing
The teacher firstly taught how to write the APA referencing. I learn it by dividing it into
sections.
 Firstly I learned how to create the hanging format.
 Then I search the internet for the citations and by following the format I learned to
write the references in which I added the name of the author, year of publication,
article name, journal name, volume and page number.
 Then I learnt to write the in-text citations, in this I learn that in-text citations are
written throughout the paper as a proof of relevancy. In the citations I had to write the
name of the author, year and page number where necessary.

2REFLECTIVE WRITING
References
Hagaman, J.L., Casey, K.J. and Reid, R., 2016. Paraphrasing strategy instruction for
struggling readers. Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth,
60(1), pp.43-52.
Tan, K.E., 2016. Using online discussion forums to support learning of paraphrasing. British
Journal of Educational Technology.