Why Student doing plagiarism?
Background of English Students Doing Plagiarism Plagiarism is the activity of copying other people's ideas or works to be recognized as one's own work. This dirty thing generally occurs in the world of education, especially at the university level. Most of them (final students) who have to make a thesis as a graduation requirement make them forced to do it or it is intentional. There are three possibilities of students committing plagiarism for students writing in English as a second language. The first is the desire to take shortcuts. Second, there are differences in cultural practices. The three students have poor skills and/or mastery of the language. Based on the Journal of "Plagiarism and Academic Writing of Learners of English" written by Virginia LoCastro and Mayumi Masuko. In this journal, three sources of research have been conducted; (1) senior thesis, in English and Japanese, (2) other papers written by students, particularly reaction-summary papers, ...