Professional paper

MAPPING PRACTICES OF WRITING FINAL THESES IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

Goran Crnica orcid.org/0000-0001-8635-3023 ; Polytechnic of Šibenik, Šibenik
Ivana Jardas Duvnjak ; Polytechnic of Šibenik, Šibenik
Ivana Bratić orcid.org/0009-0003-0024-8129 ; Polytechnic of Šibenik, Šibenik

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to encourage students to write their undergraduate and graduate theses in a foreign language. Students of Tourism Management at the Polytechnic of Šibenik have already shown interest in that direction. In such a way, higher education institutions in general become more visible to a wider audience, and students improve their profi ciency. In Croatia, undergraduate and graduate theses are stored in the Croatian Digital Theses Repository, which enhances visibility and transparency in education. Although transparency prevents unethical behavior, there is a risk of intentional or unintentional plagiarism generated by the use of foreign languages in undergraduate or graduate theses. Students and mentors aiming at an advancement of undergraduate and graduate theses in foreign languages are also confronted with house made legal barriers, which this paper intends to resolve by calling for action. At the Polytechnic of Šibenik, a clear strategy for the elimination of obstacles to foreign language thesis in the field of Tourism Management must be developed.

Keywords

foreign language, final thesis, visibility, transparency, plagiarism

Hrčak ID:

248680

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/248680

Publication date:

24.12.2020.

Visits: 786 *