Plagirism

[chantha]

Hi for all,

I really wonder what Plagirism is. Could anyone explain this?

[Paul Brown (MA CELTA)]

 Hey Chantha,

 Plagiarism is copying someone else's work and claiming it for your own. It means that you copy word for word and do not give the actual author of the work any credit for it. It shows that you have not done your own work and have simply copied from some other person. However, if you quote the person and use quotation marks and reference the source where you copied it from, then that is okay. So if you are going to use someone else's words or ideas you have to give them credit, otherwise it is plagiarism!

 Hope that helps,

 Have fun,

 Paul

[Greeny]

Dear Paul,

If you write some work, and end up using about 70% or 80% of someone else work, and you acknowledge the author, can it be considered as plagiarism? Most of the ideas are not yours.

Greeny

[chantha]

Thank you so much Paul,

I got it, but i still have problems. How could we avoid Plagirism? I need more details.
Hope you

[Sophia]

Hi Chantha and all 5steps members,

Before i express an idea about Plagirism, i would like to introduce myself first.
I'm a new member and I am very happy to be one of the 5steps members where I expect to learn lots of things from all of them especially Paul who often gives a fantastic idea on Love FM97.5. I listen to his show almost everynight and i used to call in once; and now i feel that my pronounciation is quite similar to his since i listen to him very often.

Well come back to the topic. I just wanna share some idea how to avoid plagirism. As Paul's explaination, Plagirism is kind of copying everything from the origional text without quotation or the name of the author properly.

I think if you want to avoid it, you can do paraphrasing. You will just read and understand the meaning from the origional text and then you will come up with idea to write it by using yr own words and then u put inferences at the end of yr writing. However, you can do quotation if you do not want to change anywords from the origional one. There are two ways of quotation, idirect and indirect quotation.

Well, I stil need some help from Paul regarding this matter.


Sophia

[Greeny]

Hello Sophia,

You said in order to avoid plagirism, we can do paraphrasing. So you mean we don't need to acknowledge the writer when we parapharse what he wrote or stated?
I'm still not very sure about that. I think if we use someone's idea, we do need to give them credit.

Greeny

[Tdol]

You should credit when you paraphrase too.  If you take someone's ideas, then credit them.  In The US and UK, you would get zero for not crediting someone even if you paraphrased.  It's better to play safe thatn to run the risk of failing. 

[Sophia]

Hi.......

What do u mean by credit? I think, only plagirism would be given Zero mark. There wl not a problem if you just understand one's idea and then start writing yr own words by just using their idea combine with our own idea bez we also put reference at the end of writing.

How about reading for idea and understanding? We often make use what we have learnt from our extensive reading in terms of idea. Therefore, do we need to credit to all of them whom the author of the books?


Sophia

[Greeny]

Hello Tdol and Sophia,

I think I agree with Tdol. When we use someone's idea, we need to give them credit (acknowledge them) no matter how we do it: either using quotation marks or paraphrasing.

Anyway, when we read for no specific purpose, when we just want to improve our reading, then we don't need to acknowledge the writer when we later recall that piece of information. However, when you read something for a research or a report, then you will have to acknowledge them.

Correct me if I am wrong  .

Greeny

[Tdol]

I agree with Greeny.  In the text, add a footnote or simply (Author's surname, Year) in the text after the idea you have used, then put the full details of the book or journal in your References at the end.

[Sophia]

Hi all,

I have just understood the word Credit. It means acknowledgement the authors or writers by putting them as our references. Actually, it is what i mean in my previous message. Alright, now everybody got what is plagirism and how to aviod it.


Sophia

[chantha]

Thank for all again,
I got it, to aviod Plagirism we have to aknowledge the original authors by citing their last name and date of publication in the text, and in the reference list. And we have to paraphrase or summary the original one, Right??

[Tdol]

we have to aknowledge the original authors by citing their last name and date of publication in the text, and in the reference list.

Yes

And we have to paraphrase or summary the original one

You can quote them or paraphrase them. 

[Pros_DingDong]

Hi all friends,

Plegiarism is a serious violation when used in an academic, research, or any offical essay. Copying just one sentence from another person's writing can make your whole essay invalid. SO try to avoid it as much as you can.
There are two ways to make use of other people's ideas in your essay without commiting plegiarism.
-First one is called, "direct quote." For example, you read this in my writing: "Cambodia has enjoyed its fastest economic growth in the last ten years." In you essay, you would write: [....."Cambodia has enjoyed its fastest economic growth in the last ten years. (Pros_DingDong---)".....]

-Second is called "paraphrase." This is how you'd do it: [After reading the report done by Pros_DingDong in the Wall street Journal, Cambodia has seen itself at the peak of its economic growth in the last decade.]

Just a simple example, there's more ways to do it. READ more to learn more.......

Cheers,

Pros_DingDong

[chantha]

Thank a lot for your explanation,Pros_DingDong,
It's great answer, I think.