Plagiarism, Intellectual Property and the Teaching of L2 Writing

Bloch sheds much light on two intertwined topics that have long vexed students, teachers, and school administrators alike: plagiarism and intellectual property. By putting these concepts into historical and cross-cultural perspective, Bloch helps us appreciate both the complexity of the issues involved and a pedagogical approach that may take much of the angst out of source text use in a second language.

* Diane Belcher, Georgia State University, USA *

In this book Joel Bloch, a widely respected scholar of authorship theory and the textual production of multilingual writers, offers a much-needed exploration of the relationship between plagiarism and copyright. That this exploration takes place in the context of L2 writing makes this book exponentially more important. Kudos to Professor Bloch for offering a well-articulated entry in what I hope will become a lively ongoing conversation.

* Rebecca Moore Howard, Syracuse University, USA *

I think “Plagiarism, Intellectual Property and the Teaching of L2Writing” contains many interesting insights that will help inform the debate around plagiarism and encourage teachers of writing, whether with L1 or L2 students, to put promoting authorship and thus academic integrity at the heart of their work...This useful and thought-provoking book should be required reading for teachers who are interested in exploring how a wider understanding of the complexities of plagiarism and intellectual property might help them support students developing their writing skills on academic programmes.

* Jackie Hulse, University of Hertfordshire,