Chinese university EFL teachers’ perceptions of plagiarism

Higher Education

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 551-565

  Lei, Jun ^a   Hu, Guangwei ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Academic socialisation; Academic writing; Chinese university EFL teachers; Plagiarism; Transgressive intertextuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940719415     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: 1573174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-014-9855-5     Document Type: Article

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