Deconstructing Attitudes towards Plagiarism of Japanese Undergraduates in EFL Academic Writing Classes

• Teeter, Jennifer

抄録

In this study, a qualitative analysis of 276 first-year Japanese university science major responses to plagiarism to deconstruct prevailing generalizations regarding the incidence of plagiarism by Japanese university students. These students were enrolled in a compulsory yearlong English academic writing course. While utilizing a contextualized incident, rather than generalized statements, to gain a more thorough understanding of students’ perceptions of plagiarism, this study also seeks to address the current imbalances in English-language analyses on plagiarism in Japan which fail to incorporate Japanese-language sources and studies. In contrast to previous research based on hypotheses of cultural conditioning which assume students are ambivalent towards plagiarism, the students surveyed displayed a complex awareness of the educational and societal issues that frame occurrences of plagiarism and a desire to receive effective training in academic writing techniques, similar to their native English-speaking counterparts. Finally, the paper makes suggestions for pedagogy that empowers students with tools to critically navigate the dominant academic world.

収録刊行物

• English Language Teaching

  English Language Teaching 8 (1), 95-109, 2014-12-17

  Canadian Center of Science and Education

詳細情報

• CRID: 1050564285755886464
• NII論文ID: 120005530939
• ISSN: 19164742
• HANDLE: 2433/193248
• 本文言語コード: en
• 資料種別: journal article
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