But I Changed Three Words! Plagiarism in the ESL Classroom.

Plagiarism is a very common problem in higher education. It may be difficult for ESL students or those with a native English speaker to interpret and correctly provide information on their paper. In the last article on this topic, we emphasized two special ways in which ESL students are stolen innocently. I talked about cultural theft (quoting English academic community, misunderstanding of paraphrasing and quoting rules) and sloppy mistakes that led to stealing (usually instead of spending more time it is necessary to write assignments ). A peer

Sometimes, ESL students steal the thesis in an obvious way - through the whole article from the fact web site, with little change to the original wording. Alternatively, using stolen words that can be identified by a theft detection software program such as Turnitin, it may be stolen in less obvious yet still detectable ways. Some cheating is really embarrassing. It is well known that ESL students pay fees to others or persuade roommates and classmates to write down their short tasks. If the student's sentence style suddenly changes and is fundamentally improved, you may want to write your own yourself with all my heart.

Theft of ESL students (and any student, I think) should openly think and work with consideration. It is irritated, there are even angered encounters with plagiarized articles. But it is important to remember that plagiarism can be innocent - cultural errors or lack of sleep. Even though it is not innocent, most plagiarized ESL students did not easily pass their courses - they tried to survive in the class during the period. Large or small ESL students - The best way to grab a plagiarism is to meet them and have sincere conversations. As a professor of the university and former teacher of ESL students of high school and high school students, I recommend not expressing threatening punishment or anger. Instead, trample your students into sincere confessions. Discuss the cause and method of plagiarism and make efforts to ensure future work is completed correctly.