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2.1 Showing What is Copied
To avoid accusations of plagiarism you must show exactly which parts of
your writing have been copied from other texts. You must, therefore, mark the beginning and ending of the quotation.
Example 1: Marking large quotations
If you are copying more than 2 lines of text they should be indented to show clearly the
extent of the quotation. Here is an example:
When
discussing the availability of video materials specifically for use by self-access
learners, Gardner makes a distinction between teaching material and learning material. |
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There is a lot of good
quality video teaching material but there is very little that can be described, as it
stands, as good quality learning material. This is no surprise when we consider the goals
of most of this video material, it was designed to be used by teachers in classrooms. What
has typically turned quality teaching material into quality learning material is the
teachers' input. If that material is made available for self-access learning without
providing, in some way, the teachers' input to go with it, it will be of limited benefit
to learners. |
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(Gardner 1994, p108) |
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This is not a
distinction that should necessarily be restricted to the discussion of video materials but
should be extended more widely to the discussion of the provision of self-access materials
in general. |
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Example 2: Marking short quotations
Include short quotations directly in your text but mark clearly where they begin and end.
In the following example the quotation starts and finishes with a single inverted comma.
When discussing the
availability of video materials specifically for use by self-access learners, it has been
suggested that it is the input of teachers which has 'typically
turned quality teaching material into quality learning material' (Gardner 1994, p108). This is a distinction that should
be extended more widely to the discussion of the provision of self-access materials in
general. |
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