REASONS FOR ENGLISH UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TO PLAGIARIZE

Plagiarism is associated with a form of research misconducts that falsify another's concepts, opinions, or words and recognize it as private property without giving proper citation of the original source. This article is a part of a larger study on English undergraduate students' attitude toward plagiarism which emphasize on the main reasons that might appear for doing plagiarism. This study was conducted at universities in Malang. The data comes from English undergraduate students' questionnaires. The result shows that the students present their confusion in determining their attitude toward plagiarism. This confusion were at least associated with two main reasons; external and internal factors. Further, recommendations for universities are provided.