English Language in Focus (ELIF)
Vol 7, No 1 (2024): English Language in Focus (ELIF)

Academic Integrity in Indonesia: Undergraduate Students’ Views on Plagiarism

Wardani, Umi Sismia (Unknown)
Maharsi, Ista (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Aug 2024

Abstract

This study aimed to identify Indonesian undergraduate students' perceptions of plagiarism in an English language education department at a private university in Indonesia. One hundred three students who were taking Academic Reading and Writing classes took part in this study. The data were collected using a 22-item questionnaire on plagiarism awareness adapted from Jereb et al. (2018). The data were analyzed descriptively to identify the participants' perceptions of plagiarism. The findings show that most students are aware of plagiarism even if it is wrong. The action was taken because of several demands from teachers or institutions, another factor was a lack of knowledge of plagiarism. It can be seen the results of the data from four aspects. The highest score belongs to the awareness of plagiarism (M= 4.2; SD= 1.138). The second-highest score belongs to the aspects of plagiarism knowledge (M= 3.12; SD= 1.118). The third-highest score is the attitude towards plagiarism (M= 2.45; SD= 1.012). The fourth-highest score belongs to the aspects of acceptability of plagiarism (M= 2.38; SD= 1.032). Then, the lowest mean score is the unknowingness of plagiarism (M= 2.18; SD= 1.092).

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ELIF

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

English Language in Focus (ELIF) Journal conceptually concerned on an interdisciplinary field of English Applied Linguistics and Literature, including: Bilingualism Multilingualism Conversation Analysis Contrastive Linguistics Sign Linguistics Language Assessment Literacies Discourse Analysis ...