BUILDING ACADEMIC HONESTY IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING

Abstract

Character has become a central aspect of education. It has given much more influences on the success of education in the nation. The term of character is defined as an individual’s set of psychological trait that affect person’s capability and inclination to function morally. It is encompassed of those traits that lead an individual to do or not to do the appropriate thing. There are numerous character values in education which have been discussed and proposed by experts. One of them is honesty which significantly affects learners’ attitudes and behavior to do and act properly. Building character of honesty in language learning can be done in many ways. One of them is through scientific writing. Writing is not only about what and how to write. Further, it deals with academic honesty which requires students to behave in accordance with character values. At this point, the issue of plagiarism should come into attention in order to build student’s characters. This paper aim to discuss how scientific writing promotes character building especially in language learning.