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    English For Academic Writing LLE3012

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    This document provides a chapter on avoiding plagiarism from an English for Academic Writing course. It includes two practice activities, the first being true/false statements about plagiarism and the second analyzing whether students' work plagiarized original sources. For each example, the student is asked if it is plagiarism and to rewrite the work without plagiarizing if needed. This allows students to learn how to properly cite sources and avoid passing off others' work as their own.

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    English For Academic Writing LLE3012

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    This document provides a chapter on avoiding plagiarism from an English for Academic Writing course. It includes two practice activities, the first being true/false statements about plagiarism and the second analyzing whether students' work plagiarized original sources. For each example, the student is asked if it is plagiarism and to rewrite the work without plagiarizing if needed. This allows students to learn how to properly cite sources and avoid passing off others' work as their own.

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    This document provides a chapter on avoiding plagiarism from an English for Academic Writing course. It includes two practice activities, the first being true/false statements about plagiarism and the second analyzing whether students' work plagiarized original sources. For each example, the student is asked if it is plagiarism and to rewrite the work without plagiarizing if needed. This allows students to learn how to properly cite sources and avoid passing off others' work as their own.

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    English For Academic Writing LLE3012

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    This document provides a chapter on avoiding plagiarism from an English for Academic Writing course. It includes two practice activities, the first being true/false statements about plagiarism and the second analyzing whether students' work plagiarized original sources. For each example, the student is asked if it is plagiarism and to rewrite the work without plagiarizing if needed. This allows students to learn how to properly cite sources and avoid passing off others' work as their own.

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    English for Academic Writing LLE3012

    Chapter 1: Avoiding Plagiarism

    Practice 1
    Read the following statements and decide if they are true or false.

    No Statements True/False
    .
    1. Plagiarism is stealing someone else’s ideas, work
    and words.
    2. A student takes a few paragraphs from a previous
    assignment and includes them in a new assignment;
    he does not need to cite the source as they are taken
    from his own work. This is plagiarism.
    3. Plagiarism happens when a student borrows an
    original idea and presents it as a new idea.

    4. Plagiarism is when a student uses materials and


    acknowledge the sources.
    5. It is not necessary to cite a collaboratively written
    text on the web like Wikipedia.
    6. For an individual class assignment, housemates Ana
    and Jun work together where Ana complies research
    notes and Jun extracts the main points. Both
    collaboratively write the research paper. This is
    acceptable collaboration.
    7. Paraphrasing is changing a few words and citing the
    source.
    8. “The squeaky wheel gets the grease” does not need a
    citation.
    9. An example of plagiarism is writing as essay on
    “My Life”.
    10. The current U.S. president is Donald Trump. This
    statement requires a citation.

    Practice 2
    English for Academic Writing LLE3012

    The following are student texts and the original version of the texts.

    Original source Student’s work


    With the prevalence of social media and digital The popularity of social media and
    forums, comments, photos, posts and content digital forums, comments, photos,
    shared by strangers as well as acquaintances. posts and content where people share
    stopcyberbullying.gov content are often viewed by
    https://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/what acquaintances and the public.
    -is-it/index.html

    1.
    a) Did this student plagiarise? If yes, why is it considered as plagiarised work?
    b) Rewrite the student’s work so that it is not plagiarised.

    Original source Student’s work


    The 2017 Youth Risk Behaviour A 2017 study conducted by Youth Risk
    Surveillance System indicates that an Behaviour Surveillance System claimed that
    estimated 14.9% of high school students for the last one year before the survey was
    were electronically bullied in the 12 month carried out, 14.9% high school students who
    prior to the survey (YRBSS, 2017). were digitally active were bullied online.

    2.
    a) Did this student plagiarise? If yes, why is it considered as plagiarised work?
    b) Rewrite the student’s work so that it is not plagiarised.

    Original source Student’s work


    Individuals with obesity typically achieve Someone who is fat often reach 10% weight
    10% weight loss over a year with lifestyle loos over a year with lifestyle therapy that
    therapy that combines diet, exercise and combines diet, exercise and behaviour
    behaviour modification delivered by modification delivered by experts.
    experts. Disappointingly, most regain their However, most people regain their lost
    lost weight within 3-5 years. weight within 3-5 years. (TA Wadden,
    2002)
    Wadden, T. A. & Phelan, S. (2002).
    Behavioural assessment of the obese
    patient. In T. A. Wadden & A. J. Stunkard
    (Eds.). Handbook of obesity treatment (pp.
    186-226). New York: Guilford Press.

    3.
    a) Did this student plagiarise? If yes, why is it considered as plagiarised work?
    English for Academic Writing LLE3012

    b) Rewrite the student’s work so that it is not plagiarised.

    Original source Student’s work


    Motivation for maintaining relationships are Ragsdale (1996) claims that motivations for
    not simple. Many inter-cultural differences maintaining relationships is not easy peasy.
    affect maintenance behaviours. For Inter-cultural differences affect maintenance
    example, women use more maintenance behaviours. For instance, women use more
    strategies than do men (Ragsdale, 1996). maintenance strategies than do men.

    4.
    a) Did this student plagiarise? If yes, why is it considered as plagiarised work?
    b) Rewrite the student’s work so that it is not plagiarised.

    Original source Student’s work


    While diversity enriches the environment, it Although diversity enriches the
    can also cause communication barriers environment, it can also cause
    (Guo, Sanchez & Borkowski, 2009). communication barriers, especially when
    colleagues’ cultural background leads to
    Difficulties arise when a co-worker’s different thinking from others (Byram,
    cultural background leads him or her to Gribkova & Starkey, 2002).
    think differently than another (Byram,
    Gribkova & Starkey, 2002).

    5.
    a) Did this student plagiarise? If yes, why is it considered as plagiarised work?
    b) Rewrite the student’s work so that it is not plagiarised.

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