In the questionnaire “The Plagiarism Tutorial” (www.esl.edu/staff/bloch/plagiarism) designed by Dr. Joel Bloch, I’ve read 10 questions involved with plagiarism. As an international student, I met some hardships in the academic work. However, after learning from this course, I have grasped the correct centre concepts and definitions of common knowledge and the specific norms in academic field to avoid the violation.
In the questionnaire, there are two questions which are my most concerned issues associated with common knowledge and self-plagiarism. Firstly, in the question #1, Dr. Bloch describes a situation whether student can use their own paper as another course’s assignment paper. The other question is #2 which addresses the concept of common knowledge. In America, even though using their own work and the content of textbooks, students still have to cite the sources in a proper specialized way as the same way of citing other kinds of formal resources. Otherwise, student may be accused by plagiarism. Because of cultural differences, in China the rules of academic work are not as strict as American. Chinese students feel free to use their own work and the common knowledge without citation.
From this course, I’ve learned various types of plagiarism which help me a lot to prevent academic misconduct in my further study.
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