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Methods-For-Avoiding-Plagiarism/: Topic 7 Academic Research Writing How To Avoid Committing Plagiarism
Methods-For-Avoiding-Plagiarism/: Topic 7 Academic Research Writing How To Avoid Committing Plagiarism
Methods-For-Avoiding-Plagiarism/: Topic 7 Academic Research Writing How To Avoid Committing Plagiarism
• Balanced and credible voice - What does the “tingi-tingi system” mean?
What is the nature of tingi?
- Refocus the language by emphasizing the - Who exactly practices this?
study rather than the researcher or writer - When did this practice begin?
of the study - Where is this practiced? In what
- Instead of using “I chose this study”, use context/s?
“The researcher/writer chose this study” - Why is tingi-tingi system a prevalent
practice in the Philippines?
• Socially and Culturally Relevant Topics
- How did it develop? How was it practiced
- Topics need not be boring nor redundant in the past? How is it practiced today?
- Choose topics that everybody can relate to
• Brainstorming research questions:
- If a topic seems to have been over-
discussed or overstudied, give it a twist so - What cultural and social values, as well as
that readers will see it in another or realities, led to the practice of buying and
different light selling by tingi? What impact does it have
on buyers and sellers? What larger
• Plagiarism
implications does this have about life in
- When writers experience writer’s block, it the Philippines and its socio-economic
is very tempting to just google everything system, especially today?
and click Ctrl+a, Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v on a
• Main research question:
document. What just happened is stealing
another person’s words or ideas. Check this - Why is the continued use of the tingi-tingi
link and know more about plagiarism. system in twenty-first century Philippines
- https://www.plagiarism.org/article/what- significant?
isplagiarism
• State your topic: