Nowadays, the topic of plagiarism is getting hotter and hotter in the field of education, as more and more international students coming to the American university for further study. It's necessary to find out the causes of plagiarism and figure out an appropriate way to solve them.
The different ethnic backgrounds cause the plagiarism. For example, in China, teacher encourages students to use classics and famous stories in their writing paper without citation. Usually, the more information you use the better score you will get. In some way, this kind of action will let students be less awareness of the intellectual property. The situation is different from America, in the American universities, professors will always take plagiarism issue very serious. They even use the Turnitin.com to catch the copy cases. However, the using of Turnitin.com is controversial, as it may scare the students.
One of the appropriate solutions is communication between teachers and students. Although the existence of generation gap can make it hard to meet an agreement, it still will provide students a good chance to get more useful information. Teachers are always willing to the students if they have any question.
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