[EDLING:2163] Malaysia: Students 'cut and paste' due to poor language skills

[Francis M. Hult]

The Star Online

Malaysia: Students 'cut and paste' due to poor language skills

THE article in the Education section Thou shall not copy (Star Education, Nov 
26) is also the chant I have been saying as an academician to my students for 
seven semesters in a row now.  

Sometimes, it feels like I am talking to a wall, or into a deep well because it 
seems like the students are not listening. 

This is because, time and time again, I have students submitting plagiarised 
assignments either on purpose or unknowingly.  

Again and again, I have to deduct substantial marks from their assignments for 
that act. English-medium tertiary institutions in Malaysia gives the country an 
edge in becoming a regional education centre and we should improve on it.  

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