How+to+Orally+Cite+Sources for Public Speaking SPCH 1315 PDF

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How to orally cite sources for Public Speaking SPCH 1315...

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Orally Cite Sources Whether you choose to summarize, paraphrase, or use a direct quotation, you must orally cite the author of the information. Failing to provide an oral citation (whether purposefully or accidentally) is PLAGIARISM. It’s not just the right thing to do; it could mean keeping or losing your job in the future. Ethical citations help strengthen your credibility as a speaker and also provide the audience with the information to find the source on their own, should they be interested. Oral citations should include the following information:    

Author (who is responsible for the information?) Date (when was the information published or last updated?) Type (is this a book, journal article, newspaper article, interview?) Title (for print and online sources this is the title of the information; for interviews this would be the credentials of the person you talked with)

How you arrange this information is up to you, but all four components must be present for the first citation. If you use additional information from the source, you may abbreviate the citation (author and date only). Example of oral citation lead-ins:

Print According to Dr. Laurie Metcalf (author) in her book (type), The Joy of Speech 1315 (title) published in 2006 (date), she states that . . .

Interview To support this idea, Ms. Sally Deuermeyer (author), a SPCH 1315 instructor (title), shared in an interview (type) on October 26, 2006 (date) that . . .

Internet One explanation for this problem is provided by the Speech Department (author) website (type) in the section titled, Assessment Issues (title), last updated June of 2002. It states …...