Intertextuality and Plagiarism in EFL Writing: An Analysis of University Professors’ Attitudes towards MA Theses

Subject Areas : All areas of language and translation

Hossein Pourghasemian ¹ , Mohammad Afzali ²

1 - English Language Center, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Qom University Technology, Qom, Iran
2 - Mohammad Afzali Shahri, Dept. of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, University of Qom, Qom, Iran

Received: 2019-02-27 Accepted : 2019-02-27 Published : 2018-10-01

Keywords:

References:

Discourse appropriation, construction of identities, and the complex issue of plagiarism: ESL students writing in graduate school. Journal of Second Language Writing,15(2), 102–117. doi:10.1016/j.jslw.2006.05.001

Auerbach, C. F. (2003). Qualitative data: An introduction to coding and analysis. New York, NY: New York University Press.

Borg, E. (2009). Local plagiarisms. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 34, 415–426.doi: 10.1080/02602930802075115

Craig A. (2004).Failing my ESL students: My plagiarism epiphany.Teaching Legal Re- search and Writing, 12, 102-104.

Currie, P. (1998). Staying out of trouble: Appar- ent plagiarism and academic surviv- al.Journal of Second Language Writing, 7(1), 1-18.

Deckert, G. (1992). A pedagogical response to learned plagiarism. Guidelines, 14, 94- 104.

deBeaugrande, R. (1980). Text, discourse and process. London, UK: Longman.

Evans, F. &Youmans, M. (2000). ESL writers discuss plagiarism: The social construc- tion of ideologies. Journal of Education, 182(3), 49-65.

Fairclough, N. (1992). Discourse and social change. Cambridge, UK: Polity.
Fulcher, G. & Davidson, F. (2007). Language

testing and assessment. New York, NY: Routledge.

Howard, R. M. (1993). A plagiarism pentimento. Journal of Teaching Writing, 11(3),233- 246.

Howard, R. M. (1995). Plagiarism, authorships, and the academic death penalty. College English, 57, 788–806.

Howard, R. M. (2000). Sexuality, textuality: The cultural work of plagiarism.College Eng- lish, 62(4), 1-13.

Howard, R. M. (2007). Understanding internet plagiarism. Computers and Composition, 24, 3- 15.doi: 10.1016/j. compcom.2 006.12.005

Hu, J. (2001). An alternative perspective of lan- guage re-use: Insights from textual an- dlearning theories and L2 academic writ- ing. English Quarterly, 33(1), 52-62.

Hyland, F. (2001). Dealing with plagiarism when giving feedback. ELT Journal, 55, 375- 381.

James, M. A. (2010). An investigation of learning transfer in English for general academic purposes writing instruction. Journal of Second Language Writing, 19(4), 183- 206.doi: 10.1016/j.jslw.2010.09.003

Kachru, B. B. (1985). Standards, codification, and sociolinguistic realm: The English- language in the outer circle. In R. Quirk & H. Widdowson(eds.), English in the world (pp. 11–30). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Lincoln, Y. S., &Guba, E. G. (1985). Naturalistic inquiry. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage. Mesthrie, R., Swann J., Deumert, A., & Leap, L.

W. (2009). Introducing sociolinguistics. Edinburg, UK: Edinburg University Press.

Myers, S. (1998). Questioning author(ity): ESL/ EFL, science, and teachingabout plagia- rism. Tesl-EJ, 3(2), 1-15.

Pecorari, D. (2003). Good and original: Plagia- rism and patchwriting in academic se- cond-language writing. Journal of Se- cond Language Writing, 12, 317–345. doi:10.1016/j.jslw.2003.08.004

Pecorari, D. (2013). Teaching to avoid plagia- rism: How to promote good source use. Maidenhead, UK: OpenUniversity Press.

Pecorari, D. &Bojana, P. (2014). Plagiarism in second language writing.Language Teaching, 47, 269- 302.doi:10.1017/S0261444814000056

Pecorari, D. & Shaw, P. (2012). Types of student intertextuality and faculty attitudes. Journal of Second Language Writing,21(2), 149– 164.doi:10.1016/j.jslw.2012.03.006

Polio, C. & Shi, L. (2012). Perceptions and be- liefs about textual appropriation and source use in secondlanguage writing. Journal of Second Language Writ- ing,21(2), 95–101.doi: 10.1016/j.jslw.2012.03.001

Roig, M. (1997). Can undergraduate students determine whether text has been plagia- rized? The Psychological Record,47(1), 113–122.

Scanlon, P. M. & Neumann, D. R. (2002). Inter- net plagiarism among college students. Journal of College Student Develop- ment,43(3), 374–385.

Selwyn, N. (2008). ‘Not necessarily a bad thing . . . ’: A study of online plagiarism amongstundergraduate students. Assess- ment and Evaluation in Higher Educa- tion,33(5), 465–479.doi: 10.1080/026029 30701563104r

Shi, L. (2006). Cultural backgrounds and textual appropriation. Language Awareness, 15, 264–282. doi:10.2167/la406.0
(2010). Textual appropriation and citing behaviours of university undergraduates. AppliedLinguistics,31(1), 1–24.

Shi, L. doi:10.1093/applin/amn045

Simmons, S. C. (1999). Competing notions of

authorship: A historical look at students

and textbooks on plagiarism and cheat-

ing. Perspectives on plagiarism and in-

tellectual property in a postmodern

world, 41-54, Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

Sowden, C. (2005). Plagiarism and the culture of multilingual students in higher education abroad. ELT Journal, 59, 226–233.

Steinberg, D. D. &Sciarani, N. V. (2006). An introduction to psycholinguistics. Harlow, UK: Pearson Education Limited.

Strauss, R. J. (1987). Quantitative analysis for social scientists. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Sutherland-Smith, W. (2008). Plagiarism, the Internet and student writing:Improving academic integrity. New York, NY: Routledge.

Sweller, J. (2003). Evolution of human cognitive architecture. In B. Ross (ed.), The Psy- chology of Learning and Motivation, 215-266, San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Szabo, A. & Underwood, J. (2004). Cybercheats. Active Learning in Higher Education,5(2), 180–199.doi:10.1177/ 1469787404043815

Tang, R. (2012). Two sides of the same coin: Challenges and opportunities for scholars 

from EFLbackgrounds. In R. Tang (ed.), Academic writing in a second or foreign language, 204–232. London, UK:Continuum.

Thompson, L. & Williams, P. (1995).But I changed threeWords! Plagiarism in the ESL classroom. Clearing House, 69(1), 27-29.