衔接与连贯理论在高考英语填空阅读中应用地研究.pdf

A Study of the Application of Cohesion and Coherence Theory to Cloze Reading of NEMT A Thesis Submitted to the School of Foreign Languages Shenyang Normal University By WeiXuechun Under the Supervision of Professor ZhaoFengqin May 2012 Acknowledgements First of all, I would like to express my sincere and deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Prof. Zhao Fengqin. She has devoted a considerable time to reading through my draft and gave me scholarly advice, comments and criticisms. Without her academic instructions the completion of this thesis would not be possible. I also would like to express gratitude to all my teachers Prof. Zhang Ping, Prof. Wu Jinping, Prof. Bai Zhigang and Prof. Wu Qiong. They all helped me direct ly and indirectly in my studies. Their profound academic suggestions and critical advice make me do a great effort on my thesis. Lastly, I should express my gratitude to my beloved family who have always been helping me out of difficulties and supporting me without a word of complaint. i Abstract With the New English Curriculum Standards of senior high school promulgated, most teachers transfer their teaching focus into reading teaching. In the past few years, teachers only concentrate on the explanation of vocabulary, grammar and sentence, spending much time on the translation of complex paragraphs. They cannot treat the students to understand the text from discourse perspective and guide them to analyze