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Esl Student Plagiarism Prevention Challengesand Institutional Interventions, Jim Hu, Chen Zhang Jun 2021

Esl Student Plagiarism Prevention Challengesand Institutional Interventions, Jim Hu, Chen Zhang

Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium

Research has found unintentional plagiarism to be the most common type of university plagiarism, yet what underlies it is not adequately understood. Thus, our study examines ESL student perspectives on academic integrity challenges, especially unintentional plagiarism and university interventions. The study employed semi-structured individual qualitative interviews with 20 ESL students who had just completed an advanced EAP writing course at a Canadian university in the Winter semester of 2021. The course discussed plagiarism and the APA 7th edition extensively. One interview per participant was conducted online and the data were analyzed qualitatively. Research findings indicate that the predominant cause of …