Plagiarism, Intellectual Property and the Teaching of L2 Writing

Joel Bloch

Published by Multilingual Matters 2012

Plagiarism, Intellectual Property and the Teaching of L2 Writing

Joel Bloch

In the series New Perspectives on Language and Education

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781847696533

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About this book

Plagiarism and intellectual property law are two issues that affect every student and every teacher throughout the world. Both concepts are concerned with how we use texts - print, digital, visual, and aural - in the creation of new texts. This book discusses the explicit teaching of these concepts in an L2 writing classroom.

Author / Editor information

Bloch Joel :

Joel Bloch has taught L2 writing for over 20 years in the United States, China, and Ukraine. He has an MA in literature from York University (Toronto), an MA in ESL education from the University of Michigan, and a PhD in rhetoric from Carnegie Mellon University. He currently teaches writing and theory courses at the Ohio State University. He has published âTechnologies in the Second Language Composition Classroomâ as well as numerous articles on technology, plagiarism, intercultural rhetoric, and academic writing.

Joel Bloch has taught L2 writing for over 20 years in the United States, China, and Ukraine. He has an MA in literature from York University (Toronto), an MA in ESL education from the University of Michigan, and a PhD in rhetoric from Carnegie Mellon University. He currently teaches writing and theory courses at the Ohio State University. He has published â??Technologies in the Second Language Composition Classroomâ?? as well as numerous articles on technology, plagiarism, intercultural rhetoric, and academic writing.

Reviews

I think “Plagiarism, Intellectual Property and the Teaching of L2Writing” contains many interesting insights that will help inform the debate around plagiarism and encourage teachers of writing, whether with L1 or L2 students, to put promoting authorship and thus academic integrity at the heart of their work...This useful and thought-provoking book should be required reading for teachers who are interested in exploring how a wider understanding of the complexities of plagiarism and intellectual property might help them support students developing their writing skills on academic programmes.

In this book Joel Bloch, a widely respected scholar of authorship theory and the textual production of multilingual writers, offers a much-needed exploration of the relationship between plagiarism and copyright. That this exploration takes place in the context of L2 writing makes this book exponentially more important. Kudos to Professor Bloch for offering a well-articulated entry in what I hope will become a lively ongoing conversation.

Bloch sheds much light on two intertwined topics that have long vexed students, teachers, and school administrators alike: plagiarism and intellectual property. By putting these concepts into historical and cross-cultural perspective, Bloch helps us appreciate both the complexity of the issues involved and a pedagogical approach that may take much of the angst out of source text use in a second language.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
1. The Problem of Plagiarism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Intellectual Property Issues and Plagiarism: What the Debate over Both Means for First- and Second-Language Writing Teachers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
3. Connecting Intellectual Property Law and Plagiarism in the Writing Classroom: The Impact of Intellectual Property Law on Teaching Writing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
4. A Pedagogical Approach toward Plagiarism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
5. Searching for a Metaphor for Thinking about Plagiarism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
6. Rethinking Pedagogical Strategies for Teaching about Plagiarism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
7. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174

Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Pages
- Main content: 208
Keywords: cultural norms; values; plagiarism; intellectual property; L2 writing; language and education; texts

eBook

Published: March 23, 2012
ISBN: 9781847696533