Hallo Everyone,

Is there not an issue here with academic terminology.  We encourage 
students to read published papers and adopt he style and the terminology 
of them.  Then we castigate them for plagiarism.  We tell them not to 
copy and paste.  We tell them they have to use their own words and 
paraphrase.  Yet, I have seen course books with examples of what some 
authors and tutors deem is acceptable paraphrasing and others not.  
Students are also encouraged to use more formal academic terms in 
writing but there are only so many words available.   No wonder so many 
of our students are confused. After all, most of them are not native 
English speakers and are having to communicate in a second language.

What is wrong with copying and pasting as long as you acknowledge the 
source correctly.   Yes, I understand that it is difficult then for 
tutors to really know if the student understands what they have written, 
but if they know their own students they will know attempt to cheat and 
honest efforts at academic writing.

Russ Kent

On 07-Oct-12 5:38 PM, PAULA CARLINO wrote
> Hi, Diane,
>
> I write to you from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
> I have not read any similar initiative in Argentine universities. It 
> is neither a topic regarded as prominent among professors. Perhaps we 
> are too candid but I have not heard about anyone complaining about this.
> However, I can not say that students do not copy and paste in their 
> thesis or dissertations. But when I am part of a dissertation 
> committee and I read a thesis proposal or a masters or doctoral 
> thesis, I have not noticed that the main problems have to do with 
> copying from others without crediting.
>
> Best, Paula
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> El 07/10/2012 08:09, Diane Pecorari escribió:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I wonder if list members could help me get a sense of how common or 
>> rare it is for universities to have formal policies about plagiarism, 
>> outside of the English-speaking world and the Nordic region (where 
>> it's very common).
>>
>> It would be extremely useful to have answers based just on your 
>> experience and impressions; that is, answers needn't be based on 
>> formal studies of policies, etc. (though of course if you know of any 
>> such, that would be useful too).
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Diane
>>
>> Diane Pecorari
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