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Failing to do it [Cite & attribute]

In this section we look at the problem of failing to cite and attribute in the academic community.You may be surprised at the great emphasis your teachers place on this failure, and their suspicion that this failure is deliberate - deliberate plagiarism.

Interpretations of plagiarism, of what it means to different people, depends very much on their social and educational perspectives, and their understanding of relevant language learning and cross-cultural issues. We explore some of these perspectives and issues in the following sections: