Interview: Plagiarism

Clase 15 de 16 • Curso Avanzado de Escritura en Inglés

Resumen

Comprender cómo no cometer plagio te será fundamental para convertirte en un gran creador de contenido, no solo si decides trabajar en investigaciones o proyectos académicos, también para cualquier clase de contenido web.

Tips para evitar el plagio

Una buena manera de comprender el plagio, es explicárselo a alguien más. Respondiendo las siguientes preguntas sobre el significado del plagio, es una buena oportunidad de asegurarte de no cometerlo.

Explain what plagiarism is in your own words
What are some of the penalties for plagiarism mentioned in the interview?
In your own words, explain how you can avoid

No cometer plagio es realmente sencillo. Simplemente, hay que ser honesto con tu trabajo. Si utilizas contenido de alguien más, recuerda hacer mención a su autoría.

Contribución creada por: Kevin Fiorentino (Platzi Contributor).

Julián Darío Cadena Suárez

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Explain what plagiarism is in your own words.

Plagiarism is basically taking someone else’s work and use it as if they were yours. John mentioned something really interesting, and it’s the fact that whether it’s intentionally or not, you’re committing the crime anyway. For this reason, plagiarism could bring serious issues to your professional career.
What are some of the penalties for plagiarism mentioned in the interview?

According to John, if you are writing something to get some kind of degree, the consequence could be that you won’t graduate at all, you could lose your chance to get that degree.

Also, if you’re writing something you could make money with, generating profit, not only will you lose those profits, but also you could go to jail.

Finally, even if you’re lucky and don’t suffer the previous punishments, you will lose credibility, which in the academic world is terrible because your word matters, so your next writing projects won’t have the same relevance and impact as they had before committing the crime.
In your own words, explain how you can avoid.

Thanks to both of our teachers, I know there are two ways in which all of us can avoid plagiarism.
1. Following the guidelines that currently exist on the market on how to cite sources correctly and keeping yourself as updated as possible regarding the topic.
2. You can read whatever you want to add to your piece of writing, summarize it or reformulate it to finally paraphrase what the other person said but using your own words. This is actually my favorite way to avoid plagiarism because not only can you take the basis of their argument to support yours, but also you can expand the premise and go in depth, adding your opinion or something similar, combining both the author’s style you’re citing and yours.

Claudia Nazoa

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Excelent Thanks!!!

Andrea Mogollon

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Plagiarism means taking credit for something you put ina written article or research, as if it was your idea and not someone else's.

Consequences for plagiarism are serious, as it is a crime. People have gone to prison for it, or faced punishes in the academic world, such as not being able to graduate; since people often lose their credibility for not giving other authors recognition for their ideas.

To avoid plagiarism, research ways to cite or reference correctly the information taken from other sources in your papers or research works. Paraphrasing or summarising works too.

Fransis Andrea Monroy Ramírez

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This course is very interesting, knowing the importance of this both in the short and long term is essential!!

Gabriel Obregón

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What is plagiarism, and why is it serious?

Definition:

Plagiarism is taking credit for someone else’s work without proper acknowledgment, whether intentional or not.

Consequences:

Academic: Loss of credibility, potential failure, or degree revocation.
Legal: Fines, jail time, or loss of rights to published work.

Example from John’s experience:

John once used a paragraph from his own previous paper in his undergraduate thesis without citing it, thinking it was fine.
The plagiarism-detection software flagged it as self-plagiarism, teaching him a valuable lesson about proper citation, even for his own work.

How to avoid plagiarism

Understand citation guidelines:
- Stay updated on referencing systems like APA or MLA.
- Guidelines help you properly credit authors and differentiate between paraphrasing and direct quotes.
Cite all sources:
- Intentional citations, even with small errors, are better than not citing at all.
Paraphrasing:
- Rewrite ideas in your own words while retaining the original meaning.
- Always give credit to the source.
- Example: “As Ravi (2022) pointed out, plagiarism awareness is essential.”

Advice on writing and citation

Proper citation ensures your work stands up to scrutiny.
Writing is challenging, but avoiding plagiarism protects your credibility.
Always use a referencing system, even when paraphrasing.

Jesus David Villamizar Basto

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Exercises:

Explain what plagiarism is in your own words Taking the credit of something you didn't do from someone, it could happen by mistake not on purpose most of the time.
What are some of the penalties for plagiarism mentioned? You not only lose the whole document but also you can lose credability or your confidence You cannot graduate, or even, go to jail, or perhaps you may get a fine because it is considered as crime There's no way back once it's published.
In your words, explain how you can avoid plagiarism In order to avoid plagiarism according of what was said... keep yourself informed regarding multiple guidelance on the market, references, criteria that you are being needed to meet, take into account the lenght, source and so on. Be very intentional You'd better using part of the text you want to highlight in a conversionalist and relax way, never copy and paste the whole content.

PAULO CESAR VILLANUEVA

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What’s going on with John’s haircut 😂😂

Diana Cortes Forero

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Very interesting, and incredible how serious it is. Plagiarism can see harmless but it can damage not only who is writting or talking about the topic but also the author.

Today I learned something new about how delicate is this, and how necessary it is to write complete quotes.

Alexander Sencion Cespedes

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Explain what plagiarism is in your own words.

Plagiarism is the action of taking sentences or paragraphs from other sources and not pointing out the reference by proper citation.

What are some of the penalties for plagiarism mentioned in the interview?

Losing the title
Lose your reputation as a professional
Go to jail

In your own words, explain how you can avoid plagiarism.

You can avoid plagiarism by always being aware of the source you intend to use in your work and using the reference list. You can also summarize the ideas you like best and use them with the same referencing process.

Juan David Oyola

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Plagiarism is when you use other people's ideas or words and claim as if they were yours.
It is considered a crime, so some of the consequences can be going to jail, losing your title, or not being able to graduate. Additionally, you can lose your credibility in the education field and lose ownership of your texts.
This can be avoided with proper citation, using references, and being well-informed about new regulations. Another option is paraphrasing which is saying the same with your own words.

Alvaro Andrés Espitia Varón

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Put it simply, plagiarism is to take credit by the other´s people work, both academically and professionally, even though you aren´t aware or consciousness about the approach, current regulations among others, such as, updates related to that topics, guidelines and in general terms, all over regarding to the normative provisions applicable on the matter.

Some of the penalties that we are all can face in respect that is the possibility going to jail, lose your academic title by the university that issued the degree, and lose absolutely your credibility and trust in your publications, whether you are and academic, a writer, a blogger or a successful professional in a certain field.

According to the words said by Jhon, it´s very important to take into account, each and every one of the guidelines contemplated in the normative relative in question, based on the current laws in each given country, in order to prevent us from incurring any criminal offense related to plagiarism; also, follow the indicated parameters in the APA-related guidelines respect to, and not the least, to use techniques just like paraphrase, summarize, and only take by yourself the information needed for the purpose of your work, investigation or academic issue that you are preparing and then submitting or publishing it.

Sofia Ortiz Trujillo

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Explain what plagiarism is in your own words. Plagiarism is took the credit of something that someone said or wrote.
In your own words, explain how you can avoid plagiarism. Being informed of all the do's and do'ts of the field that I am; using always the in-text citation

Sofia Ortiz Trujillo

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Took credit
Lose your ownership, credibility

Guzman Castillo Marlee Emily

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Explain what plagiarism is in your own words. Plagiarism is a type of crime in the academic world, and it has many penalties in our life or our professional career, even though it´s not intentional in many times. When somebody does plagiarism, is taking credit for something that they didn't write or didn't say to get something.
What are some of the penalties for plagiarism mentioned in the interview? According to John, It could bring serious issues like losing your title, losing your credibility in the investigation field, not being able to graduate, because you lose a chance to get a degree, or in the worse case going to jail. In the academic world is terrible, so it's better to think about it before committing this kind of crime.
In your own words, explain how you can avoid plagiarism. In the majority of cases, plagiarism it's unintentional, so John gives some pieces of advice to protect us:
Follow guidelines that currently exist on the market to do a correct citation.
Read first to understand and then take an idea to paraphrase what the other person said but using your own words.

Kevin Fiorentino

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I had a prestigious teacher in the university that he was accused of plagiarism of a Tesis, and it was true. He was expelled, it doesn’t matter how important and recognize he was.

Felipe Bernardo González Barranco

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Great interview thanks Teacher Jhon

Santiago Tellez Hernandez

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Explain what plagiarism is in your own words. Plagiarism is taking someone else’s work and presenting it as if it was yours, as those ideas and studies were made by you.
What are some of the penalties for plagiarism mentioned in the interview? You can lose your right to graduate from the institution in which you're studying, go to jail, or even, lose your ownership of your work and the prizes that you may have won because of that document.
In your own words, explain how you can avoid plagiarism You can avoid it using citation, taking into account the length of the text, the source of that piece of paper, paraphrasing and summarise some ideas.

Carlos Alberto Abadia madriñan

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This interview is very informative, understanding the importance of citations is key to avid further problems, particularly academically.

Madison Eduardo Herrera Carrión

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Explain what plagiarism is in your own words. Taking words from someone else with intention or not.
What are some of the penalties for plagiarism mentioned in the interview? It is a crime. Besides, it can cost serious issues in academic life as not graduating, losing credibility or even going to jail.
In your own words, explain how you can avoid plagiarism. In two ways:

Keep yourself up today with references guidelines.
Be very intentional.

Interview: Plagiarism

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Interview: Plagiarism

Conclusion

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