This research aims to analyze the Indonesian Islamic higher education
students’ research proposals-focused
academic writing texts through lexico-
grammatical paraphrasing. The method undertook qualitative approach within case
study design used of three research proposals (one paragraph of introduction part, one
paragraph of literature review part, and one paragraph of methodology part) during
six month. Through drawing on data from document analysis and interview, findings
showed that the original texts of participants were categorized near copy or verbatim
copy because of lack linguistic adaptation and many synonym expressions rather than
using lexico-grammatical skill. The students were still confused in paraphrasing
changes and what was the plagiarism-criteria during interview sessions through Zoom
application and Whatsapp Group. Thus, one of linguistic and textual paraphrasing
strategies, such as lexico-grammatical paraphrasing transformation is an alternatively
solution for this ideas cheating activity. Although they were committed plagiarism
activity in their bachelor thesis, system of institution bureaucracy and curriculum
policy makers in particular, an little attention on taxonomy of introduction to
Academic Writing course and Critical Academic Writing course existence, the
qualified materials of these subjects included in paraphrasing strategies, process of
evaluation during learning and teaching, and profile of lecturers’ professionalism
capacity. Therefore, these academic writing courses are predominantly required and
equipped for Indonesian Islamic higher education students in writing scholarly works
academically and institutionally in the future
A. Conclusion
From the discussion of the previous chapter, the researcher found that the real
condition of participants paraphrasing text in their research proposal is near copy
because students do not do many linguistic varieties in their text paraphrase.
Furthermore, that the participant paraphrase do not consist of many lexico-
grammatical categories because of lack of knowledge in using this strategy.
The students paraphrase in the text research proposal identified consists of
many unique links. The finding of the unique links signed that paraphrasing contain
many copying word of the source text. As the Kecks’ taxonomy divide paraphrasing
category based on the unique links, which are near copy, minimal revision, moderate
revision, and substantial revision. The text paraphrase of participants was found in
near copy. The higher percentage of unique links identified that the text paraphrase of
students in the research proposal lack of linguistic varieties, it is signed that students
lack of paraphrasing skill in this term, lexico-grammatical paraphrasing skill.
Students did not familiar with the term of lexico-grammatical paraphrasing
strategy, although, the text paraphrase of students is contained lexico-grammatical
paraphrasing. The researcher found that lack of knowledge in lexico-grammatical
paraphrasing skill become one of the factors causing students text paraphrase in their
research proposal fallen in the near copy.
B. Suggestions
The academic community truly understands and is aware regarding the
importance of the good quality of scientific papers either in the research proposal or
students’ thesis. Unfortunately, the course on critical academic writing is not already
yet in the campus curriculum. There is only in English basic writing and English
critical writing, the lecturer has the initiative to teach the paraphrasing strategies but
the study is not to deep because study and practicing paraphrasing method will spend
much time whereas the areas of Meta-paraphrase still not to be included (full meaning
making and philosophy approach).

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