Lets Say No to Plagiarism

PLAGIARISM
Prepared by Tareq Al Damen

The main aim of this lecture

to raise students awareness of plagiarism

Students will learn

1.
What is plagiarism?

2. Why do students plagiarize?

3. What are the different types of plagiarism?

4. What are the consequences of plagiarism? 5. How to stop it?

What is plagiarism?
The act of presenting the ideas/words of others as your own.

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Why is Plagiarism Wrong?

It is cheating and stealing You will not learn anything You will lose marks or get a ZERO

Some Excuses
I am weak in English.

My parents expect high marks. The assignment is difficult.

I am not the only one who does it.
I am not aware of plagiarism

I was too busy to do my homework.

I want to get a good mark.

What might make students plagiarize?

free online sources not knowing about plagiarism poor language skills

lack of referencing skills

Examples of Plagiarism
putting your name on someone elses project/ assignment copying exact words from another persons essay or work copying and pasting from the internet without proper referencing

Examples of Plagiarism Cont.

having someone else editing or even writing your paper presenting someone elses ideas without referencing using another persons ideas photos, diagrams, or sounds without proper referencing

Types of Plagiarism
1. Straight Plagiarism word-forword The writer turns in another's work, word-for-word, as his or her own.

2. "The Cut and Paste Plagiarism

Cutting and pasting sentences or paragraphs and omitting others without using quotation.

Types of Plagiarism Cont.

3. Taking words and phrases from a number of sources and putting them together without using direct quotations

Types of Plagiarism Contd.

1. The writer provides inaccurate information regarding the sources, making it impossible to find them.

2.

The writer properly cites a source, but neglects to put in quotation marks for text that has been copied word-for-word, or close to it.

http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_types_of_plagiarism.html

If you plagiarize
you might fail your teachers wont trust you you wont develop your language skills you will never succeed as a student

How to avoid plagiarism?

Give credit to other writers by referencing.

Make sure to paraphrase what the original writer said.

If you cannot paraphrase, use a direct quotation.

Citation
Brown (2001) identified five problems that Omani learners of English face when they commuicate.

Omani learners of English face five problems when they communicate (Brown, 2001).

Citation
According to Al Fallah ( 2008) Al Fallah (2008) believes

Al Fallah (2008) argues

Al Fallah (2008) suggests

Al Fallah (2008) points out

Summarizing and Quoting

Summarizing: using your own words to present the information in a nutshell
Quoting: taking someones words directly from the source (word-for-word) using quotation marks Brown (2001, pg. 23) argued that Arab learners find English spelling very difficult.

Paraphrasing
Rewriting the original text in your own words.

In paraphrasing, you dont change the writers original ideas.

Is it Plagiarism?
You read:
Nineteen percent of fulltime freshmen say they spend only 1 to 5 hours per week preparing for classes

YES! You need to use quotes and to cite your source

You write:
Nineteen percent of fulltime freshmen say they spend only 1 to 5 hours per week preparing for classes.

From: Young, Jeffrey R. Homework? What Homework? Chronicle of Higher Education, 49 (15).12/6/2002.

Is it Plagiarism?
You read:
"Students are studying about onethird as much as faculty say they ought to, to do well," said George D. Kuh, director of the survey and a professor of higher education at Indiana University at Bloomington.

No. As long as you have included the Young article in your reference list, you have properly cited your source.

You write:
According to George D. Kuh, Indiana University at Bloomington, students study about one-third of the time that is expected by faculty. (Young, 2002)

From: Young, Jeffrey R. Homework? What Homework? Chronicle of Higher Education, 49 (15).12/6/2002

Warning
You are responsible if another student plagiarizes from your project/assignment

DO NOT EMAIL YOUR PROJECT/ASSIGNMENT TO ANYONE, NOT EVEN YOUR BEST FRIEND

In conclusion
When you take ideas from others, you need to cite them.

We are not against using other peoples ideas, we are against not citing them.
Lets say NO TO PLAGIARISM

 Thank you