Acknowledging the work of others
Topic: Conveying others’ ideas in your own words
How confident are you in your ability to paraphrase without plagiarising?
This topic is designed to help you to improve:
- your understanding of the limits of paraphrasing and the risks of plagiarism
- your skills in paraphrasing with consistency, using the protocols of your discipline
To learn more about this topic, work through some paraphrasing case studies.
Further reading on this topic:
Chandrasoma, R., Thompson, C., & Pennycook, A. (2004). Beyond plagiarism: Transgressive and nontransgressive intertextuality. Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 3(3), 171-193.
Draws on data from student assignments and interviews with students and with staff to argue in favour of the concept of intertextuality, and “the crucial issues of writing, identity, power, knowledge, disciplinary dynamics, and discourse that underlie intertextuality”.(p.171)
Roig, M. (2001). Plagiarism and paraphrasing criteria of college and university professors. Ethics & Behavior, 11(3), 307-323.
Three studies of US college professors revealed: disagreement about what constituted paraphrasing; plagiarism-by-paraphrasing tendencies; and proneness to appropriate text from harder-to-read sources.
Overview | Citing your sources | Recognising the influence of your colleagues
Conveying others' ideas in your own words | Reviewing the history of plagiarism