Plagiat?

Baru lps balik workshop on Academic Writing psl Avoiding Plagiarism: Paraphrasing. Baru aku tahu sbnarnya, mcm byk gak dah terbuat silap selama ni. Benda2 yg ku sangka kan ok, rupanya x ok. Amat berbahaya sbb bole disqualify kan thesis kita kalo dikesan. Dan aku yakin ramai jg pelajar2 lain yg buat silap yg sama, even native English speakers pon (ni kata cikgu tu la), atas sbb x tahu. Even kalo dah ubah words, dah ubah passive ke active, dah add connective words here and there bila cuba menggabung kan beberapa ayat daripada different passages and sources, pon adalah masih mencuri rupanya.

Ada beberapa level daripada yg paling teruk kpd yg paling ringan ialah: (1) outright copying, (2) paraphrase plagiarism, (3) patchwork plagiarism, and (4) stealing apt-terms. Aku paling byk mungkin guilty of patchwork plagiarism kot. Sudahhh... nak kena look back at most of the stuff that I have written.

Ni example yg unacceptable paraphrasing, which I thought mcm dah ok pada asalnya, but obviously not la kan huhu. Then we all had to paraphrase, the one yg ada tulisan buruk tu adalah my handwriting lah. Lps dah kena correct sket2 ngan cikgu nya, she said it was good, tp aku nya writing styke adalah sedikit berbaur emosi e.g. 'far too many..', patut kena tune down kepada 'many' sahaja. Eheh, that's not a first. Masa tulis transfer report hari tu pon rasanya dah kena jgk sebijik mcm tu, haduhai, mcm mana nak detach kan emosi drpd writing yek? Anyway, back to the main story, lega la jgk sbb I learned that it's not impossible to paraprase, just extremely difficult. It took me dkt ten minutes kot nak paraphrase paragraph tu, for goodness sake paraphrase berapa baris aje. Imagine tulis the entire thesis, yikes! At least now I know jgn underestimate the time it takes to write a GOOD thesis.





Mujur lah di UoP ni ada English Language Support Group, so kalo setakat 250 words at a time nak suh diorg check by email, bole aje (baru tahu ada facility ini!). Also, kalo nak book one-to-one tutorial session nak discuss quality of English dlm homework or other written material, so book for half an hour. Ooh la la!

In the interest of sharing, aku letak satu slides di sini, yg ala2 summarize the class td la. Of course nak parrot everything here adalah mustahil, so aku share satu slide ni dgn korg. Pada pandangan aku, not too useful without actually attending the session, tp bole la. Pokoknya kena faham context, then tulis keywords or summary (without looking), then start writing based on your key points tu. Dah selesai baru tally dgn paper asal, check if ada tertinggal apa2, and make sure guna quoatation mark and reference pada yg selayaknya. Sekian. Jgn jd pencuri lg ye lps ni, dah kasi tips tu (peringatan pada diri sendiri jg). Bak kata cikgu BM aku dulu, 'siakap senohong gelama ikan duri, bercakap bohong, lama2 mencuri... kalo x curi duit org pon, curi nafas masa mengaji.....' (Latifah, 2001) <---- kena quote ni, kang x psl2 plagiat plak aku kat blog ni. And hampun guru ku, hamba x ingat nama cikgu binti apa hence guna first name ajo :P