The Plagiarism Awareness of University’s Students in Writing Research Proposal

Hairunnisa Hairunnisa (UIN Antasari Banjarmasin)
Norlinda Norlinda (UIN Antasari Banjarmasin)
Nur Yulia Latifah (UIN Antasari Banjarmasin)
Melisa Khairaini (UIN Antasari Banjarmasin)
Salwa Ramadhani (UIN Antasari Banjarmasin)
Saripah Banseng (Sultan Idris Education University)
Ciptro Handrianto (Sultan Idris Education University)

SAGA: Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics
Vol 4 No 2 (2023): August 2023

This study aimed to investigate the students' understanding and awareness of plagiarism in writing proposal. This study also investigated their reasons doing plagiarism in academic writing. A qualitative research method was used in this study by using interview for data collection techniques based on phenomenological research. The participants of this study were four students in the sixth semester in the English department at one of public universities in Banjarmasin. The study showed that students were aware of the act of plagiarism. They did plagiarism because of several factors, namely, laziness, wanting to finish quickly, and being pressured by circumstances. The study concluded that students needed to warn from the beginning related to the cause and impact of plagiarism for their future career. It`s not only bad for themselves but also harm others. The students should be actively involved in writing classes to express their own ideas and it can help them in proposal writing.