Present a short critical response to the issues raised by Sowden in his paper‚ ‘plagiarism and the culture of multilingual students in higher education abroad’. In your response you should support or challenge some of Sowden’s arguments using evidence. Plagiarism is likely to be a hot issue to the public. In Sowden’s article‚ he claims that the cultural differences are the main key to plagiarism which mostly happens in Asia. On the other hand‚ evidences show the culture-specific concept may be
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Plagiarism : Reasons and How To Curb It Recent studies suggest that plagiarism had been exaggerated especially among university students nowadays. The students often procrastinate their homework or assignments until last minute. At the end‚ they try to finish up their assignments by copying directly from their friends or other medias without giving any credit to the original authors. The unaware of this problem causes students practicing plagiarism. Plagiarism is a word from Latin‚ plagiarius which
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Plagiarism according to dictionary.com is an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author ’s work as one ’s own‚ as by not crediting the original author. When a student intentional uses some else original thoughts without properly citing the author’s work is clearly plagiarism. Some mistaken plagiarism with a student not properly citing work or under citing an author‚ which leads to a possible
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considered infringement of being a student. Being a student requires personal interpretation‚ and analysis. Copying someone else’s work is disadvantageous. If cheating becomes a regular practice to someone it can be harmful to their future. Plagiarism is a major form of cheating that is distinctly forbidden. If students are not accountable for their own work‚ then they should be punished for it. The purpose of going to school is to learn and be able to consume new information. Copying
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Detecting Plagiarism Sarah Crowhurst GEN/105 5/10/2013 Elicia Brannon-Little The paper that was written for this assignment was found to be 97% similar to another article found online. Academic honesty is important because the whole point of academics is learning the subject. If you take material from the internet and just copy it‚ you’re not learning the subject‚ you just copy and pasted what was already available online. Next time for your paper please put information into your
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When writing essays‚ most people eschew away from the abhorrent topic of plagiarism. It wasn’t until I became older that I realized I was copying someone else’s work without crediting it to them. Why do teachers wait until high school to explain to students about plagiarism? They are trying to prepare us for thepestiferous place known as “the real world”. When you are at a developed age‚ the implied action of plagiarism should be indemnified in consequences. Many times have I been in trouble for
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(Lowe) and “your word is your bond” (Lowe)‚ are verbatim from Mrs. Obama’s speech. When played side by side‚ there is no denying Mrs. Trump and her speech writers took inspiration from Mrs. Obama’s speech‚ but did they crossed the line into plagiarism? Plagiarism is a word drilled into students’ heads from the moment they are old enough to grasp the concept. Again and again‚ students are reminded how nefarious the act
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The hidden side of academic plagiarism In the paper "Anorexia The Cheating Disorder‚" Richard Murphy argues that less known yet more troublesome aspect of plagiarism is the undermining effect that it has on the relationship between a professor and his students. This rapport that initially was considered one of trust and teamwork‚ becomes one of hunter/prey‚ where he and the students become opponents‚ no longer working towards a common goal. Murphy reveals his emotional struggle when
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Why Plagiarism is Wrong By: Akshar Patel Plagiarism is essentially taking someone else’s work or ideas and taking false credit for them. Plagiarism can have many negative consequences because it denies credit of the person who actually did the work. It is basically stealing someone’s ideas and acting as if they are your own. One can take a paper off the internet and put their name on it‚ taking credit of work that they did not do. If someone uses a source from online or a book and does not cite it
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Plagiarism is always granted‚ specifically by Western universities‚ to be a vital issue affecting student’s study result or even on their onward lifetime. Many critics attempt to shed light on how culture influences the plagiarism practice including Colin Sowden. Sowden (2005) stated that the differences in cultural background seem to be a crucial determinant‚ especially for the Asian students‚ to acknowledge that utilizing ideas from the others without referencing is acceptable. He‚ also‚ suggests
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