TESOL 2007 presentation

The TESOL handout, in its corrected entirety, is above, so I am using this space for notes that I have taken, and resources that I have found, in the year since we did our first discussion (that site, with its sources, is here).

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Poser, B. (2006, Apr. 25). In defense of Kaavya Viswanathan. Language Log. http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003068.html. Accessed 3-07.

An interesting post, about a plagiarism case in which a well-known novelist was found to have lifted a fair amount of material, whether consciously or unconsciously. His defense lies on the premise that many elements of culture and literature are imprinted in our brains- and therefore one could argue for unintentional plagiarism in this case?

And what about the language learner? Does this person also not try to imprint linguistic forms and statements into the brain, and thus have them there, intentionally or not, when it comes time to say something?

I'm not taking a stand, just asking. The post has some interesting links, for the entire story of one of the year's biggest plagiarism cases.

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HSC: All my own work. http://amow.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/guide.html.

An Australian tutorial to help teachers and/or students deal with plagiarism; it appears to be good. My only criticism of this at this moment is that I cannot determine what "HSC" refers to; it is not stated directly anywhere that I can find. But I have not read it completely either.

Whitfield, N. (2007, Mar. 1). All your own work. Neil Whitfield's English and ESL site. http://neilwhitfield.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/all-your-own-work/. Accessed 3-07. An ESL teacher's use of the HSC site, informative partly for his comments to a student.

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SIUC story (in reverse order)

Hale, C. (2007, Jan. 12). Professor threatens suit against Poshard. Southern Illinoisan. http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2007/01/12/top/18843884.txt. Accessed 3-07.

Weisenberger, B. (2006, Oct.). Plagiarism group gets more possible cases. Daily Egyptian, So. Illinois Univ. http://media.www.siude.com/media/storage/paper1096/news/2006/10/02/Campus/Plagiarism.Group.Gets.More.Possible.Cases-2318405.shtml?norewrite200610030035&sourcedomain=www.siude.com. Accessed 3-07.

Chronicle Online (2006, Sept. 8). Alleged plagiarism at Southern Illinois Univ. to be investigated by new commission. http://chronicle.com/news/article/956/alleged-plagiarism-at-southern-illinois-u-to-be-investigated-by-new-commission. Accessed 3-07.


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My comments on plagiarism (also in reverse order):

Plagiarism revisited, 1-13-2007
Big weekend for plagiarism, 10-02-2006.
Plagiarism at SIUC, 9-10-2006