Keyword: «plagiarism»

The paper deals with the problem of using borrowings in the research works of students specialized in the Humanities. The authors determine the significance of research for the professional development of modern students and attempt to determine the measures to combat the widespread proliferation of plagiarism in student papers.

The relevance of the study is conditioned by the sharply increased number of academic dishonest acts committed by university students all over the world and the change of their nature due to the use of modern electronic programs and artificial intelligence. The aim of the study is to develop a system of pedagogical prevention of electronic academic dishonesty. This study is of a theoretical nature. The following methods were used: studying of the scientific literature, comparison, generalization, analysis and synthesis. The main results include the following: the conducted analysis of domestic and foreign scientific literature convincingly shows that the phenomenon of academic dishonesty (AD) has a global nature, and racial, national, gender and other factors are not decisive in this case. The statistical data provided by the authors show that the most frequently used measures to combat this pernicious phenomenon (adopting the "Code of Honor", a system of punishment for students including their expulsion, etc.) are ineffective. A special form of AD, namely "electronic academic dishonesty (EAD)" and its types (known at present) are identified, and its potential harmful impact on the developing personalities of university students is described. It is substantiated that EAD can cause more significant harm to the prestige of educational institutions and doubt the quality of training of young specialists, since in the process of using digital technologies for personal gain, students do not activate such important cognitive mechanisms as memory, comprehension, comparison, analysis, logics, highlighting the main idea, etc. The theoretical significance is as follows: the author's definition of EAD is given and its main forms are described; a "pedagogical approach" has been developed for the implementation of pedagogical prevention of EAD, focused on a comprehensive solution to the issues of moral education, achieving "academic integrity", informing students about the norms of academic ethics and increasing their responsibility for their actions; the Russian-language content of the AD is supplemented by the analysis and translation of foreign publications. The practical significance of the study is due to the recommendation of several areas of work for both the faculty and student self-government bodies in order to minimize cases of EAD.

This study addresses the problem of developing the skill of summarising journalistic texts in a foreign language among low-performing students of a non-linguistic university. Senior undergraduate students often face difficulties when working with authentic texts, which are associated with a lack of understanding of the structure, key theses and arguments, that results in poor-quality summaries. The lack of analytical reading and information compression skills results in superficial assimilation of material and plagiarism. A diagnostic experiment revealed that the majority of undergraduate students lack the summarising skill, manifested in an inability to separate the essential from the non-essential, as well as in direct copying of texts. The relevance of the study is confirmed by the fact that existing methods for teaching summarising of journalistic texts are often designed for students with an existing base, while the issue of a differentiated approach for low-performing students remains understudied. The aim of the research is to develop a step-by-step methodology for teaching summarising, aimed at overcoming the specific difficulties of students with different levels of preparation, which also constitutes the scientific novelty of this study. The research employed a pedagogical experiment (diagnostic, formative, and control stages) on a sample of 42 third-year students of the Faculty of International Relations and the Faculty of Management and Politics at MGIMO University, who study German as their first foreign language. Criterion-based analysis and statistical data processing methods were used to analyze the works. The main results of the article include an instructional model consisting of diagnostic, theoretical, practical, and evaluative modules. The testing showed a statistically significant improvement in the quality of summaries. After implementing the methodology, the number of students capable of independently writing a correct summary increased from 15% to 72%. The most significant progress was observed in the skills of paraphrasing and structuring information. The theoretical significance of the study lies in its potential contribution to pedagogical psychology and methodology, text linguistics and genre studies, as well as differentiated and inclusive education. The practical value of the research lies in the fact that the methodological recommendations (templates, tasks) can be adapted for teaching the aspect of summarising articles in a foreign language. Further research may be directed towards the development of an automated system for checking summaries based on the proposed criteria.