An Analysis of Plagiarism in Academic Writing at Seventh Semester Students of English Department of IAIN Langsa

The study focused on analysis using types of plagiarism in academic writing through title “An Analysis of Plagiarism in Academic Writing at Seventh Semester Students of English Department of IAIN Langsa”. The study employed descriptive design. The object of the study was 14 academic writing assignments of the student at seventh semester in IAIN Langsa which was collected through simple random sampling technique. The study was analyzed by using software smallseotools and searching the source in the assignments through the internet. The result analysis showed that copy-paste and source plagiarism were the types of plagiarism which frequently occurred on the students’ assignment. Those plagiarisms similarly appeared twelve times. It approved that the student prefer chosen fast way in finishing their assignments as the student in English Department. Therefore, the student executed those plagiarisms.