외국인 학부생의 보고서에 나타난 자료 사용 양상

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the use of source text in reports prepared by foreign undergraduate students in integrated writing courses. For this purpose, 27 reports, obtained from advanced-level foreign undergraduate students enrolled in the first semester of the liberal arts course (Writing) in 2021, were analyzed for citation errors. The results revealed that, on average, 31.38% of the text in the reports was found to be borrowed from the source text. The bigger the group, the more diverse were the reference materials used, and the frequency of use exhibited an increasing trend. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed to determine whether the type of reference materials affected the quality of reports, but the results showed that the effect was not significant. Notably, regarding the ratio of citation styles used by foreign undergraduates, on average, indirect citations were preferred over direct citations. However, it cannot be inferred from the results that foreign undergraduate students preferred the direct citation style, as the error in citation can be attributed to ‘inappropriate indirect citation’, that is, the error of making an indirect citation in the form of a direct citation and the frequency of this error was high. Therefore, it was suggested that education pertaining to ethics in writing should be strengthened to help students correctly cite their source, since an inappropriate indirect citation can be indicative of plagiarism.