THE AWARENESS AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS PLAGIARISM IN ACADEMIC WRITING OF ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS: A ...

THE AWARENESS AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS PLAGIARISM IN ACADEMIC WRITING OF ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN VIETNAM
Kim Nguyen, FPT University, Vietnam

(Presented at the International Conference on Research in Education and Science (ICRES) which took place on April 27-30, 2024, in Antalya, TURKEY (https://www.2024.icres.net/) and at the International Conference on Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology (ICEMST) (https://www.2024.icemst.com/) organized by the International Society for Technology, Education and Science (ISTES) http://www.istes.org).

Plagiarism is seen as a significant and extensively discussed matter in academic environments. This research aims to investigate the perception and attitudes of English major students towards plagiarism in academic writing. It seeks to explore the existing knowledge about the concept of plagiarism among English major students at a university in the Mekong Delta and offer suggestions for avoiding plagiarism. This research is conducted as a descriptive survey with 200 participants, a 5-point Likert scale questionnaires employed to assess the extent of students' understanding. Based on data collected by using this instrument, the outcome revealed that students possess knowledge in some forms of plagiarism. Nevertheless, due to some internal and external reasons, students have not known full information related to plagiarism, so they plagiarize unintentionally sometimes. This study also suggested some strategies to enhance students’ comprehension of plagiarism and offer some effective methods to avoid it, thereby enhancing academic quality.