How to cite and reference material on the NCELP and LDP Resource Portals

For material that was published by NCELP (i.e., between 2 Dec 2018 and 2 March 2023), please use the following conventions:

For in-text citation:

"..., as suggested by NCELP (2019). It has also been proposed that grammar can be taught in small discrete units (NCELP, 2020a). Furthermore, NCELP (2020b) recommends that vocabulary should be regularly revisited."

For the full reference:

NCELP (year given on the resource itself or in the information online about the resource e.g., a ‘last uploaded’ or ‘last modified’ date. If this information is not available, use n.d., for ‘no date’). Title of the resource. National Centre for Excellence for Language Pedagogy. University of York, UK. Retrieved from [url] on [date it was downloaded in this format: 20 November 2020].

For example,

NCELP (2020). Meaningful practice: definitions, rationale and principles. National Centre for Excellence for Language Pedagogy. University of York, UK. Retrieved from https://resources.ncelp.org/concern/resources/ng451h506 on 20 November 2020.

Note: Occasionally, individual authors are named on some of the materials, and those authors' names can be used instead of using 'NCELP’ as the author. For the in-text citation, this would be "Kasprowicz (2020)". For the reference this would be "Kasprowicz, R. (2020) …. [followed by a reference as above]”.

For material that was published by Language-Driven Pedagogy (i.e., from 3 March 2023 onwards), please use the following conventions: 

For in-text citation:

"..., as suggested by the most recent KS4 Scheme of Work (Language-Driven Pedagogy, 2023)"

For the full reference:

Language-Driven Pedagogy (year given on the resource itself or in the information about the resource that you can see e.g., a ‘last uploaded’ or ‘last modified’ date. If this information is not available, use n.d., for ‘no date’). Title of the resource. Language-Driven Pedagogy. University of York, UK. Retrieved from [url] on [date it was downloaded, in this format: 11 April 2023].

For example,

Language-Driven Pedagogy (2023). Key Stage 4 Spanish Scheme of Work. Language-Driven Pedagogy. University of York, UK. Retrieved from https://resources.ldpedagogy.org/concern/resources/rr172059c?locale=en on 11 April 2023.

Note: Occasionally, individual authors are named on some of the materials, and those authors' names can be used instead of using 'Language-Driven Pedagogy' as the author. For the in-text citation, this might be "... as suggested by Hawkes and Marsden (2023)". For the reference this would be "Hawkes, R. & Marsden, E. (2023)". [followed by the reference as above].