B . Problem Formulation
In this study, the problem is formulated as follows: What are students’ problems in citing the online sources to their work in
class?
C . Problem Limitation
The research is limited and focused on students’ problems in citing the online sources and was conducted to the fifth semester of PBI academic year
2009-2010 students in Sanata Dharma University who were taking Academic Essay. In Academic Essay class students are required to produce a more complex
writing than the previous semester. In Academic Essay class, the students will produce papers with 5-7 pages in-length.
D . Objectives of the Study
The study intends to find out the answers to the question stated in the problem formulation. It is to find out what students’ problems in citing the online
sources to their work in class are.
E . Benefits of the Study
This study hopefully will be beneficial for those who deal with language teaching and learning, especially lecturers, students, and future researchers.
1. Writing Lecturers
This study investigates students’ problems in citing the online sources in their study. Lecturers ought to give their students explanation in using online
sources on their writing. Further, the lecturers need to give rules relating to the issue of plagiarism. It is very important because lecturers have to keep the
originality of their student’s writing projects. Besides that, lecturers have to give the students clear instruction in citing the online sources.
2. Students
Students are the major user of the internet facility in Sanata Dharma University. They need internet to browse some information related to their study.
By knowing the result of this study about students’ problems in citing the online sources in their writing project, the students might have new strategy in citing the
online sources but still keep the originality of their writing projects. 3.
Future researchers Hopefully this study would inspire the other researchers who are interested
in researching about students’ problems in citing the online sources in their writing project.
F. Definitions of Terms
This section presents the definition of terms which is intended to avoid misconception and confusion.
1. Citation
Citation has the same meaning as quotation. It is also the same if we put the word ‘to cite’ and ‘to quote’ in sentences. Both of them are similar in
meaning. Hornby in Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary states the meaning to cite as “to speak or write the exact words from a book, an author, etc.” 2000:223
whereas, the meaning of quote is “to repeat the exact word that another person has said or written.” Hornby, 2000:1083.
2. Online sources
Students have many references to be read to support their learning in class, such as books and journals. From the website thefreedictionary the word online
means: connected to a computer or computer network.2009. In this study, online refers to something that we are able to find in the internet. So, online sources here
mean sources or data which are available in the internet. Students are able to access online sources and take the sources as references.
3. Internet
People all over the world are familiar with the internet. They also had various definitions about the internet itself. There is no patent definition about the
internet. Hahn on his book The Internet Complete Reference said that “the internet is the name of worldwide information resources” 1994:2. He also added that
“the internet is much more than a computer network or an information service. The internet is living proof that human beings who are able to communicate freely
conveniently will choose to be social and selfless.” 1994:3 People all over the world are able to communicate and share each other every time and everywhere.
In this study, the internet refers to the facilities where students are able to get all the information they need to support their learning.
4. Academic Essay class Academic year 2009-2010
Academic Essay is one of the subjects which should be taken by students of the English Education Study Program in Sanata Dharma University. In the
book Panduan Akademik Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris year 2004 stated the goal of this subject. The goal is to develop student’s analysis of
characteristics of analytical essays: expository, argumentative, and persuasive, and then write the essays in the genres using process approach. This research will
be conducted to some students as the representatives from Academic Essay class academic year 2009-2010.
5. Plagiarism
Nowadays, plagiarism becomes one of debatable issues in the world. Many people talk about plagiarism, but in a real life, they do not understand what the
plagiarism is exactly. Education institution becomes a place where there are many cases related to plagiarism. But most of all university as the highest educational
institution holds the first place in plagiarism. It is because university students often access internet even to find references for their tasks. From the
encyclopedia, the definition of plagiarism is “the act of taking the writings of another person and passing them off as ones own. The fraudulence is closely
related to forgery and piracy-practices generally in violation of copyright laws.” dictionary.reference.com, 2009 In this study, the writer intends to investigate
how students keep the originality of their work in class. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
