What Prevents ESL/FL Writers from Avoiding Plagiarism? Analyses of 10 North-American College Websites.

Yamada, Kyoko

Notes FAQ Contact Us

Peer reviewed

ERIC Number: EJ668031

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2003

Pages: N/A

Abstractor: N/A

ISBN: N/A

ISSN: ISSN-0346-251X

EISSN: N/A

Available Date: N/A

What Prevents ESL/FL Writers from Avoiding Plagiarism? Analyses of 10 North-American College Websites.

Yamada, Kyoko

System, v31 n2 p247-58 Jun 2003

Discusses how inexperienced English-as-a-Second/Foreign-Language (ESL/EFL) writers can be helped to avoid plagiarism. Analyzes 10 North American Web sites on plagiarism, which provide a window to understanding how this issue has been problemitized and explained in Anglophone academic contexts. Concludes ESL/EFL may need to emphasize the role of inferential thinking in instructing inexperienced writers. (VWL)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Plagiarism, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, World Wide Web, Writing (Composition)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

Education Level: N/A

Audience: N/A

Language: English

Sponsor: N/A

Authoring Institution: N/A

Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A

Author Affiliations: N/A