Lecture Slides Week 5

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Plagiarism in Academic Writing
 Identifying Plagiarism
Why?
-Would you like to be officially reprimanded by the
university?
-Would you like to pay a fine of RM500?
-Would you like to be suspended from campus and all its
facilities?
-Would you like to be suspended from taking your course?
-Would you like to be suspended from taking your course?
-Would you like to be barred from examination?
-Would you like to be expelled?
*Mohamed, K., Abdul Samat, N. H., Abd Aziz, A. S., Mohd Noor, N. A., &
Ismail, N. (2018). Academic plagiarism in Malaysia higher education
institutions: legal perspective. International Journal of Law, Government and
Communication, 3(13), 245-253.

*Ismail, I. R., Pauzi, S. F. M., & Abd Hadi, K. A. (2012). Students Plagiarism
and Copyright Infringement: A Malaysian Legal Perspective
 So what even is plagiarism?
-an act when you take ideas, words or data
from a source without giving full
acknowledgement to the author

-considered an academic crime

-could be intentional or unintentional

I N T E N T I O N AL LY c o p y i n g s o m e o n e e l s e s w o r k U N I N T E N T I O N A L LY u s i n g s o m e o n e e l s e s w o r k
and passing it of as your own without properly acknowledging the source
Ways to avoid plagiarism
-Use proper citation and reference conventions ( APA 6th edition )
-Use direct quotations
-Use indirect quotations ( paraphrasing / summarizing )
Original
“The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles”
-from the 1858 version of the Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx:
Direct
As Karl Marx wrote, “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class
struggles.”

Indirect
As Marx made clear in his 1848 book, all human history can be explained as a conflict between
the rich and the poor.
Refer to Lecture
Notes 2
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