This article investigates perceptions of plagiarism behavior among students in Viet Nam. The purpose of this article is to find out how Vietnamese students understand the concept of plagiarism as well as their views on the reasons for plagiarism - which is being seriously made aware of in society. The descriptive qualitative case study was selected to investigate Vietnamese students' awareness of their plagiarism status in learning English as a second language and highlight the main cultural variables influencing the problem of plagiarism among students in English writing skills. The survey questionnaire, stimulated recall interviews and semi structured interviews were conducted with five participants from various English learning backgrounds in Da Nang City of Viet Nam. The interview responses were audio-recorded and transcribed, then coded using open and axial coding and categorized into themes. Then, I was able to show the impact of cultural values on whether students engage in plagiaristic behaviors was corroborated by the findings. Through this study, I believe the findings of this study might pave the way for future research on plagiarism in cultural contexts, particularly regarding learning English as a second language in Asian countries to reduce the potential of plagiarism. Finally, both teachers and students may become more aware of the cultural factors that influence students’ awareness of plagiarism, which may help them to avoid this violation and being penalized for plagiarism.

ABSTRACT iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS v
LIST OF FIGURES x
LIST OF TABLES xi
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1
1.1. Background of the Study 1
1.2. Motivation 3
1.3. Statement of the Problems 3
1.4. Purposes of the Study 4
1.5. Research Questions 4
1.6. Significance of the study 5
1.7. Limitations of the study 5
1.8. Conceptual Framework 6
1.9. Definition of Terms 7
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 8
2.1. Definition of Plagiarism 8
2.2. Vietnamese university students’ views on plagiarism 9
2.3. Cultural Context of Plagiarism 11
2.3.1. Cultural beliefs 12
2.3.2. Collectivist culture 13
2.3.3. Learning characteristics from Confucian heritage culture 14
2.4. The relationship among these cultural factors 16
CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY 18
3.1. Research Design 18
3.2. Sampling 19
3.3. Participants 20
3.4. Data collection 21
3.4.1. Questionnaires 22
3.4.2. Stimulated recall interview 23
3.4.3. Semi-structured Interview 25
3.5. Data Analysis 26
3.6. Trustworthiness 29
CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 30
4.1. Overview 30
4.2. Tam 30
4.2.1. Educational background 30
4.2.2. Point of view on plagiarism 31
4.2.2.1. Definition of plagiarism: An act of stealing. 31
4.2.2.2. Attitude toward plagiarism: an act of ethnicity 32
4.2.2.3. Reason for violation plagiarism in learning English. 33
4.2.2.3.1. Non-favorite subject. 33
4.2.2.3.2. Lack of time. 34
4.2.2.4. Summary. 34
4.2.3. Plagiarism in a cultural context 35
4.2.3.1. Cultural beliefs: Ignorance of citing sources. 35
4.2.3.2. Learning characteristics from Confucian heritage culture: Unactive studying habit. 36
4.2.3.3. Summary 37
4.2.4. The relationship between the cultural factors on views of plagiarism. 38
4.3. Hung 39
4.3.1. Educational background 40
4.3.2. Point of view on plagiarism 40
4.3.2.1. Definition of plagiarism: an act of stealing. 40
4.3.2.2. Attitude toward plagiarism: a form of theft. 41
4.3.2.3. Reason for plagiarism violations in learning English. 42
4.3.2.3.1. Ignorance of citing sources. 42
4.3.2.3.2. Lack of time. 43
4.3.2.4. Summary. 44
4.3.3. Plagiarism in cultural context 44
4.3.3.1. Cultural belief: Teacher’s action toward students’ plagiarism violation. 44
4.3.3.2. Collectivist culture: collaboration between student in learning. 45
4.3.3.3. Summary 46
4.3.4. The relationship between the cultural factors on the views of plagiarism. 47
4.4. Thanh 48
4.4.1. Educational background 48
4.4.2. Point of view on plagiarism 49
4.4.2.1. Definition of plagiarism: an act of stealing. 49
4.4.2.2. Attitude toward plagiarism: carelessness in plagiarism. 49
4.4.2.3. Reason for violation plagiarism in learning English. 50
4.4.2.3.1. Laziness. 51
4.4.2.3.2. Difficulty subject. 51
4.4.2.4. Summary. 52
4.4.3. Plagiarism in a cultural context 53
4.4.3.1. Cultural beliefs: recitation. 53
4.4.3.2. Collectivist cultural: Getting approval from others. 54
4.4.3.3. Summary. 55
4.4.4. The relationship between the cultural factors in the view of plagiarism 56
4.5. Discussion 57
4.5.1. Point of view on plagiarism 57
4.5.2. Plagiarism in cultural context 59
CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS 62
5.1. Summary of the Study 62
5.2. Conclusions 63
5.2.1. Conclusions to Research Question 1: Vietnamese students in university views on plagiarism 63
5.2.2. Conclusions to Research Questions 2 and 3: Cultural factors and plagiarism in higher 65
education in Vietnam 65
5.3. Limitations 67
5.4. Implications 68
5.5. Summary 69
REFERENCES 70
APPENDIX 76
Appendix A: Survey questionnaires 76
Appendix B: Simulated recall interview 78
Appendix C: Semi-structured interview 79

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