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Student understanding of textual plagiarism and their plagiaristic behaviour in English as a Second Language

Research gap analysis derived from 3 education papers in our local library.

The gap

Although student understanding of textual plagiarism and their plagiaristic behaviour in English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts have been quite well researched, few studies have sought to evaluat

Evidence profile

Sourced from the inline gaps and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2019 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 32 times in total.

Research trend

Established — well-defined area with open sub-problems.

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

Saudi University EFL Students' Understanding of Plagiarism: Perceived Knowledge, Recognition Patterns, and Conceptual Ambiguity in Academic Writing (2026) · Journal of Language Teaching and Research · doi
Future research could examine whether similar patterns of plagiarism recognition emerge among male Saudi EFL students. Future studies should consider using more comprehensive measures of perceived plagiarism knowledge. Future studies could investigate how targeted instructional interventions influence students’ recognition of plagiarism over time, particularly in relation to paraphrasing and emerging forms of technology-assisted writing.
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Keywords: future plagiarism recognition students examine whether similar patterns emerge among male saudi consider using comprehensive
Evaluation of intervention on Chinese graduate students’ understanding of textual plagiarism and skills at source referencing (2019) · Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education · cited 19× · doi
Although student understanding of textual plagiarism and their plagiaristic behaviour in English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts have been quite well researched, few studies have sought to evaluate instructional interventions specifically designed to reduce plagiarism by empowering student writers with a better knowledge of plagiarism and skills at source referencing.
generalabstractevidence 5/5
Keywords: plagiarism student english language understanding textual plagiaristic behaviour second foreign contexts quite well researched sought
Plagiarism in higher education across nations: a case of language students (2021) · Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education · cited 13× · doi
Purpose Many scholars have recognized the cultural dependency of the concept of plagiarism and have investigated the influence of cultural attitude on university students' plagiarism; however, since the findings are inconsistent and because plagiarism is a major concern in academic institutions in Asia, we were motivated to examine the understanding and prevalence of plagiarism among Canadian and some Asian language students.
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Keywords: plagiarism cultural students purpose scholars recognized dependency concept investigated influence attitude university inconsistent major concern

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Although student understanding of textual plagiarism and their plagiaristic behaviour in English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts have be… This is supported by 3 representative gap statements extracted from 3 papers, rated weak evidence.

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