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NorbertRadd

I'll do this check with my morning classes: after they hand in their papers, the first class will write an abstract and the second class will do a verbal summary.
I'm only trying to get original work rather than what they memorized 5 years ago.
In the afternoon class, I will make them re-submit anything I don't think is original.
My school's a buxiban parading as a uni. and I'm just trying to get them to learn so they can write reports in English rather than work on the factory floor.
Cheers.

Norman Bethune · Joined: 19 Apr 2004 Posts: 731

Babala · Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 1303 Location: Henan

Frisk them when they come in. They often bring pages ripped out of the book and copy them word for word. They will have them under the essay book. I suggest you check under the essay notebooks before you begin.

Roger · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 9138

A qualified "yes" to the question in your poll; SOME can, but the majority can't because they have never learnt that. Here, learning is a communitarian experience, and students "help" students; often teachers do the same...

THeir goal is to regurgitate verbatim what they had to study before; original and creative work is not the norm. You have to reward the individuals and punish the herd.

Girl Scout · Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 525 Location: Inbetween worlds

Very few of these student will be in a position where they need to write original material. Most will grow up to work in the business and banking industry. They will be regurgitating facts and figures in a logical and grammatical order, or they will be translating memos and reports from Chinese to English or vis-versa.

A lot of these student don't see the need or use of originality. You may need to give them a practical application to create some enthusiasm.

shenyanggerry · Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Location: Canada

One of my ex-colleagues gave out an assignment to write a movie review. He warned them that copied work would get a failing grade. He found it easy to spot the plagerized ones. He then typed in the first line of the paper and did a web search.

With the administrations consent, he made the students who cheated redo that part of the course while their honest fellow students were out finding jobs - it was their last semester before graduating.