BUILDING THE CULTURE OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY IN AN ESP CLASSROOM

Abstract

The culture of academic integrity is not strongly developed in the Armenian educational context, which has a direct impact on the quality of education in the country. This paper raises some important questions concerning academic environment in Armenian schools and universities and the factors leading to academic dishonesty. It considers specific cases of cheating, plagiarism and facilitation in an ESP classroom (namely, Political English) and proposes steps to potentially counter the issue.