Academic literacy and plagiarism: Conversations with international graduate students and disciplinary professors

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 221-233

  Abasi, Ali R ^a   Graves, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic literacy; Discourses; International students; Plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649094289     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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