Rewriting and paraphrasing source texts in second language writing

The present study is based on interviews with 48 students and 27 instructors in a North American university and explores whether students and professors across faculties share the same views on the use of paraphrased, summarized, and translated texts in four examples of L2 student writing. Participants’ comments centered on whether the paraphrases contained too much copying and could be further paraphrased to incorporate one's own thinking,...