衔接理论在学英语写作教学中的研究.doc

衔接理论在中学英语写作运用的研究 宝鸡文理学院附中 何 江 萍 Research on the Application of Cohesion in Middle School English Writing By He Jiangping 注：此文荣获2013年度宝鸡市基础教学成果评选文本类 一等奖 何江萍： 1977年1月生，教育硕士，中学一级教师，现任宝鸡文理学院附属中学英语教师。 联系电话Research on the Application of Cohesion in Middle School English Writing He Jiangping Abstract: In China, the English syllabus of middle schools has certain systematic requirements and regulations about the training of English writing ability. It is clearly demanded in the New Standard of English Curriculum (2001) that students should express their thoughts and opinions in English in the process of writing and lay solid foundation for their development in the future and life-long study. However, writing teaching and learning have been neglected for a long time in senior high schools. Many teachers pay more attention to other English skills than to writing and students also spend less time on English writing learning and practice. Many students are capable of constructing compositions in English with very few grammatical or spelling mistakes, but the quality of their compositions is not high enough because of the lack of coherence and unity. So the lack of awareness of cohesion results in the poor quality of English writing. As a matter of fact, both many teachers and students in senior high schools know little about cohesion theory, and neither teachers nor students writing teaching and learning textbooks make a clear and specific statement of cohesion theory in detail. If both teachers and students improve the knowledge of cohesion and put it into English writing practice, teachers can upgrade their writing teaching skills and students can also write compositions of higher quality. Cohesion is one of the standards that make a piece of writing united, consistent, and coherent; also it can reflect the writing skills of the writer. Many researchers at home and abroad who have studied cohesion theory have made grea