Plagiarism, Intellectual Property and the Teaching of L2 Writing

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.

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Joel Bloch
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.03.2012
• EAN: 9781847696519
• ISBN: 978-1-84769-651-9
• No. of pages: 198
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 264 g
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education; New Perspectives on Language a; New Perspectives on Language and Education; New Perspectives on Language a
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology