I denna uppsats undersöks det nationella provets skriftliga del i Svenska 1 och Svenska 3. Undersökningen syftar till att ta reda på hur elever hanterar källor för att se hur de är rustade för vidare studier och/eller ett liv i dagens informationssamhälle. Totalt har 40 elevlösningar genomsökts efter omarkerad avskrift, patchwriting, citat och källhänvisningar. Resultaten visar att många elever återanvänder språk från källtexterna genom att skriva av eller genom att göra mindre förändringar i källtextens språk. Denna tendens förekommer på samtliga betygsnivåer i både Svenska 1 och Svenska 3, även om patchwriting och antalet ord i avskrifter generellt minskar i takt med att betygsnivån stiger. I de fall eleverna använder citat är nära hälften felaktiga, främst på grund av korrekturfel. I både Svenska 1 och i Svenska 3 är källhänvisningarna dessutom många gånger ofullständiga. Detta gäller främst för de lägre betygsstegen, medan samtliga elevlösningar på A-nivå i båda kurser innehåller fullständiga källhänvisningar. Trots detta är det dock inte alltid tydligt för läsaren när information från källan presenteras, eftersom vissa elever inte skiljer mellan egna och andras tankar. Otydlig källanvändning förekommer endast på F- och E-nivå i Svenska 3, men i Svenska 1 förekommer det även på C- och A-nivå. / This paper examines the written national test in courses Swedish 1 and Swedish 3. The study aims to find out how students handle sources to learn how they are equipped for further studies and/or a life in today's information society. In total, 40 essays have been searched for copying, patchwriting, quotes and source references. The results show that many students reuse language ​​from their sources by copying or by making minor changes to the source language. This tendency occurs at all grades in both Swedish 1 and Swedish 3, although patchwriting and the number of words in copied strings generally decrease in the higher grades. In cases where students use quotes, almost half are incorrect, mainly because of proofreading errors. In both Swedish 1 and Swedish 3, the source references are often incomplete. This is especially true for the lower grades, whereas all essays that received A’s in both courses contain complete source references. Nevertheless, it is not always clear to the reader when information from the source is presented, as some students do not differentiate between their own and others' thoughts. Unclear source usage occurs only at grades F and E in Swedish 3, but in Swedish 1 it also occurs at grades C and A.

This dissertation investigates the challenges faced by learners of English for academic purposes (EAP) when required to complete writing assignments that use source texts. In order to address this problem, I explore the issue from the perspectives of applied linguistic researchers, writing program administrators, and classroom composition instructors. These three perspectives are highlighted in distinct articles that build on one another to create a more complete understanding of the challenges that EAP students face when writing from sources. The first article contains a literature review of relevant studies that explore the reading-to-write construct. Experts suggest that unintentional plagiarism, or patchwriting, can be attributed to a lack of cultural and linguistic competence. In order to address these limitations, researchers identify several reading and writing subskills that are integral to success in academic source writing. The literature review concludes with recommendations for teaching and testing contexts. The second article details a rater training evaluation study that resulted in unexpected, but welcomed, recommendations. Teacher-raters provided feedback that influenced how the institution made use of benchmark portfolios to train teacher-raters as well as inform students about writing achievement standards. The increased use of benchmark portfolios also helped to clarify classroom and program standards regarding citation, attribution, and anti-plagiarism policies. The final article is a practical guide for classroom composition instructors. I outline a recommended curriculum for teaching source writing to EAP students. The guide incorporates the findings of the literature review and the evaluation study into a collaborative and iterative pedagogical model. This recursive approach to EAP writing instruction helps students to diagnose and develop the advanced literacy subskills required for successful source integration into their writing. As a set, the three articles demonstrate that effective solutions to instructional issues can be developed when a problem is approached from multiple perspectives. Indeed, linguistics-based research, program administration, and teacher experience can be combined to produce a model for writing instruction that acknowledges principles of second-language advanced literacy and accounts for learner struggles as students develop source writing skills.

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