Reflective Writing 9_ Plagiarizing Problem of EFL Students’ Academic English Writing
Reflective Writing 9_ Plagiarizing Problem of EFL Students’ Academic English Writing Source: pohontomat.com The English journal by Virginia LoCastro and Mayumi Masuko is talking about plagiarism and academic writing of learners of English. Plagiarism is when you present someone else's work or ideas as your own, with or without their permission, by incorporating it into your work without giving full confession. The aim are to know the problem of plagiarism by learners of English and to improve a large number of EFL learners academic writing skills to achieve their professional goals. They decided to conduct an ethnographic research in Japan by doing written assignments of learners at classroom, examining plagiarism the work of others, as well as, examining the broader social content to get the evidences. There are some reasons why learners did plagiarism in English as a second language usually in their essays and research papers. Firstly, learners plagiarize as a result of bei...