单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,A,*,Academic English Writing,Week 2:plagiarism¶phrase,1,A,Academic English Writing Week,1.What is plagiarism?,Plagiarism means taking ideas or words from a source without giving credit(acknowledgement)to the author.,2,A,1.What is plagiarism?2A,Plagiarism,Plagiarism is wrongly using someone elses words or ideas,and it is a serious offense.,Students who plagiarize may fail a class or even be expelled from school.,3,A,Plagiarism Plagiarism is wrong,Two kinds of plagiarism.,Using information from an outside source,without citing the source,When paraphrase,is too similar to the original,4,A,Two kinds of plagiarism.4A,The main difficulty that students face is that they are expected:,(a)to show that they have read the principal experts on a subject-by giving citations,(b)to explain these ideas in their own words and come to their own original conclusions,5,A,The main difficulty that stude,Reasons why students must avoid plagiarism:,Copying the work of others will not help you develop your own understanding,To show that you understand the rules of the academic community,Plagiarism is easily detected by teachers and computer software,It may lead to failing a course or even having to leave college,6,A,Reasons why students must avoi,2.Acknowledging sources,Two ways to provide the correct acknowledgement:,Summary and citation,Smith(2009)claims that,the modern state wields power in new ways.,Quotation and citation,According to Smith:,The point is not that the state is in retreat but that it is developing new forms of power,(Smith,2009:103),7,A,2.Acknowledging sourcesTwo wa,The in-text citations are linked to a list of references at the end of the main text,which includes the following details:,Author,Date,Title,Place of publication,Publisher,Smith,M.,2009,Power and the State,Basingstoke,Palgrave Macmillan,8,A,The in-text citations are link,3.Degrees of plagiarism,Working with a partner,consider the following academic situations and decide if they are plagiarism.,situation,Yes/no,1,Copying a paragraph,but changing a few words and giving a citation.,Yes,2,Cutting and pasting a short article from website,with no citation.,3,Taking two paragraphs from a classmates essay,without citation.,9,A,3.Degrees of plagiarism Worki,Decide which are plagiarized and which are acceptable,and give reasons.,Railway Manias,In 1830 there were a few dozen miles of railways in all the world-chiefly consisting of the line from Liverpool to Manchester.By 1840 there were over 4,500 miles,by 1850 over 23,500.Most of them were projected in a few bursts of speculative frenzy known as the railway manias of 1835-7 and especially in 1844-7;most of them were built in large part with British capital,British iron,machines and know-how.These investment booms appear irrational,because in fact few railways were much more profitable to the investor than other forms of enterprise,most yielded quite modest profits and many none at all:in 1855 the average interest on capital sunk in the British railways was a mere 3.7 per cent.,(From The Age of Revolution by Eric Hobsbawn,1995,p.45),10,A,Decide which are plagiarized a,(a)Between 1830 and 1850 there was very rapid development in railway construction worldwide.Two periods of especially feverish growth were 1835-7 and 1844-7.It is hard to understand the reason for this intense activity,since railways were not particularly profitable investments and some produced no return at all.(Hobsbawm,1995:45),11,A,(a)Between 1830 and 1850 ther,(b)There were only a few dozen miles of railway in 1830,including the Liverpool to Manchester line.But by 1840 there were over 4,500 miles and over 23,500 by 1850.Most of them were built in large part with British capital,British iron,machines and know-how,and most of them were projected in a few bursts of speculative frenzy known as the railway manias of 1835-7 and especially in 1844-7.Because most yielded quite modest profits and many none at all these investment booms appear irrational.In fact few railways were much more profitable to the investor than other forms of enterprise.(Hobsbawm,1995:45),12,A,(b)There were only a few doze,(c)As Hobsbawn(1995)argues,nineteenth-century railway mania was partly irrational:because in fact few railways were much more profitable to the investor than other forms of enterprise,most yielded quite modest profits and many none at all:in 1855 the average interest on capital sunk in the British railways was a mere 3.7 per cent.(Hobsbawm,1995:45),13,A,(c)As Hobsbawn(1995)argues,(d)Globally,railway networks increased dramatically from 1830 to 1850;the majority in short periods of mania(1835-7 and 1844-7).British technology and capital were responsible for much of this growth,yet the returns on the investment were hardly any better than comparable business opportunities.(Hobsbawn,1895:45),14,A,(d)Globally,railway networks,(e)The dramatic growth of railways between 1830 and 1850 was largely achieved using British