Zi Wan

Zi Wan

30 December, 2024

Summary Writing, Source Text Use, Text Borrowing Strategies, EAP.

University student plagiarism has attracted considerable attention, and many studies have examined the extent to which students intentionally or unintentionally copy source text language into their writing. To avoid plagiarism, EAP learners have to learn the appropriate and effective ways of source text use, such as paraphrasing and summarizing. However, few studies have examined how learners of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in the Chinese context employ strategies of source text use in summary writing tasks, and how source text difficulty and learners’ language proficiency affect such use. To address this gap, the study examines previous studies on the importance of summary skills in academic contexts, the causes of such inappropriate source text use, current summary instruction strategies and implementation, and recommendations for coping with such problems in EAP programs at the tertiary level in Chinese universities. 

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