Plagiarism Quiz

The following is an extract from “About Keio: International Exchange”, a page that used to be on the Keio website.

“Every year, Keio hosts approximately 200 researchers, who study and lecture at the school’s facilities. Additionally, more than 150 Keio academics are sent abroad to study each year through both Keio-based and outside study programs. Including international conferences and short-term study programs, faculty members travel overseas as many as 1,600 times per year. Furthermore, Keio welcomes some 500 students from some 35 different countries, who come to gain overseas experience, conduct research, and learn Japanese. Keio has reciprocal arrangements with more than 60 overseas universities and university consortiums for the purpose of educational exchange. Each year, 75 Keio students receive tuition-fee waivers to officially participate in these exchange programs, while approximately 75 more Keio students study abroad at their own expense.

Below are various examples of attempts to use the information about international scholars (the first three sentences) without plagiarizing.

a)      Which use the information without plagiarizing?

b)      How can you alter the other examples to remove the plagiarizing?

Note down your replies. You will find correct answers by clicking on the link below.

1.      According to the Keio University website, every year Keio hosts approximately 200 researchers, who study and lecture at the school’s facilities.

2.      According to the Keio University website, every year Keio hosts about 200 scholars, who research and teach at the school’s facilities.

3.      According to the Keio University website, 200 overseas scholars visit Keio each year while over 150 members of Keio’s academic staff spend time studying outside Japan.

4.      Including international conferences, “faculty members travel overseas as many as 1,600 times per year” (“About Keio: International Exchange”).

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