B. Problem Formulation
This research is aimed at answering the research question: What are the problems that the students have in citing sources in
Academic Essay Writing class?
C. Problem Limitation
This research iss conducted in the class of Academic Essay Writing. The students are fifth semester students of English Language Education Study
Program of Sanata Dharma University, academic year of 20112012. The problems are limited into how students cite sources and how students write
quotations in their papers. The understanding of plagiarism is also discussed in the research since it is relevant to failing writing correct and proper citations. The
researcher uses APA Style Manual along with PBI Thesis and Final Paper Guidelines as the standard of the correct and proper citations.
D. Objectives of the study
This study is intended to investigate the problems that the students have in citing sources in the Academic Essay Writing class.
E. Benefits of the study
This study is expected to give beneficial contributions to:
1. Lecturers This research provides information for lecturers in teaching writing,
especially in academic writing. It is important to introduce the concept of plagiarism as early as possible so that students take it seriously and be more
careful on composing a piece of writing. There are various styles of documentation with different formats that the students must master, not to
mention the paraphrasing skill needed for writing indirect quotations. Lecturers can find numerous ways of teaching how to quote properly with more creative
techniques in order to help students understand it deeply. 2. Students
This research hopefully can broaden students‟ knowledge about plagiarism
and how to avoid it which is by quoting properly. They can also learn from the common problems that are described in this research so that they can find better
strategies in learning to cite for better performance in writing an academic essay.
F. Definition of terms
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