Leadership Updates
From the Editors
On CALL Editor Suzan Stamper, SLW News Coeditor Margi Wald, and CALL Column Editor Catherine Smith introduce this inaugural issue of our InterSection newsletter: SLW and CALL Perspectives. This issue is "SLW and CALL Perspectives on Plagiarism."
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Articles
In Other Words
Although many students clearly understand the principles of research and citation, they often plagiarize because of lack of time, content knowledge, or vocabulary. The teaching model the author uses combines practice in writing strategies, such as paraphrasing and objective description, with instruction in citation skills and a fostering of the understanding of the culture and principles of research and citation. Underlying the whole model is the need for extensive reading, both free reading and reading in the target writing style.
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For Students, By Students: Creating Wikis to Promote Integrity in Academic Writing and Citation
This article shares a carefully designed workshop aimed at raising student awareness of plagiarism issues and the importance of accurate citation by having students collaboratively produce a wiki on different citation systems used in various academic fields.
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The Pedagogical Frustrations of Machine Translations: “Vain Areas Without Shape”
Machine-translated submissions of second language (SL) writing assignments can be frustrating to teachers because they indicate students are not engaged in the developmental nature of SL writing education as many professionals have come to understand it. Teachers must address this issue with tact and understanding to help students learn better.
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Plagiarism and Adult School TESOL Programs: Classroom Experiences
The purpose of this article is to relate proven classroom techniques for informing and teaching TESOL adult school students about plagiarism and how to avoid it. The author suggests helping students avoid plagiarism by teaching them how to write creatively from their own knowledge base and to feel confident in what they produce. Using speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills are imperative in this process.
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Interview With Maggie Sokolik: Defining and Addressing Plagiarism
In this interview, Maggie Sokolik discusses how access to online materials has further complicated the definition of plagiarism and how we must discuss academic honesty and craft assignments based on this complex definition.
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Finding Your Own Words
Various perspectives on plagiarism—in both second language writing and computer-assisted language learning—are represented in this collection of Web sites.
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