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Plagiarism in academics has become a pressing problem in many countries today. What are the causes of this problem? What are some possible solutions?

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The authenticity of research work has been reduced these days worldwide because of the use of uncited reference material. Considering its serious repercussions on academic quality,
this
 essay will throw some light on viable reasons behind
this
 and probable methods to address the issue.
To begin
 with, students prefer to copy parts of old researches without giving credit to the author for two major reasons.
Firstly
, it is far easier to copy-paste things than putting prolonged efforts into preparing your own philosophy. Researches did in order to complete a doctorate, for an instance, requires at least 3 years of rigorous study, whereas plagiarize something from older researches is a matter of a minute.
Secondly
, checking for
plagiarism
 is a most complex and
thus
 impossible task as even a most observant teacher cannot go through thousands of past thesis papers and
that is
 an advantageous thing to the fake content creators.
Therefore
, it has become a practice now to not investing time in creating authentic content, but just republishing an older one with their own name as an author. To tackle
this
 issue, technology can play a vital role in curbing
plagiarism
 by developing a powerful
search
 engine with a huge database, which will contain all past records of theories created so far. When the research guide will be able to check for copied text in the dissertation at the click of few buttons, there is no opportunity for the students to go for it. To exemplify, Google, the best
search
 engine in the world, can check millions of records approximately in a
second
, and if those
search
 results could have been filtered by relevant fields of study, it would be possible to build powerful software for detecting
plagiarism
. If
this
 happens, unauthorised research publishing has no future in academics. To recapitulate, because of the tough procedure required to check for
plagiarism
, it is impractical to do it today.
However
, with the help of recent advancements in
search
 engines and little more development, there is a ray of hope to control
plagiarism
 in the coming future, before the trend exacerbates.
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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • plagiarism
  • academic integrity
  • ethical issue
  • intellectual property
  • citation
  • referencing
  • academic misconduct
  • originality
  • ethical standards
  • unfair advantage
  • ethical guidelines
  • punitive measures
  • deterrence
  • academic dishonesty
  • critical thinking
  • time management
  • peer pressure
  • educational system
  • inadequate consequences
  • disciplinary action
  • information literacy
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