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万方数据 万方数据 A Study of Conjunction in the Teaching of Senior High English Writing By Wu Yun Under the Supervision of Zhang Derang A Thesis Submitted to The School of Foreign Studies Anhui Normal University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts October 2012 Acknowledgment I would like to express my gratitude from bottom of heart to all who have helped me throughout my learning process. First of all, sincere and special acknowledgments should be given to my respectable Supervisor Professor Zhang Derang, who provided valuable guidance and stimulating suggestions throughout the process of my thesis. Apart from that, I was impressed by his carefulness, conscientiousness and dedication to study, which have a far-reaching influence on me. Next, I am obliged to my colleague Li Xiaoqian, who offered enlightening advice in my tough time. Besides, my colleague Wang Pu, Wang Xincun and Deng Min all provided me with useful suggestions and warm encouragement. Additionally, I appreciate my colleague Gao Lin and all the 120 students for their participation in my research. Last but not least, my thanks go to my family members. This thesis wouldn’t have been completed, were it not for my husband and my cousin, who helped me in data collecting and processing. Furthermore, I would like to express thanks to my mother-in-law, for her understanding and support during my whole learning process. I A Study of Conjunction in the Teaching of Senior High English Writing Abstract Nowadays, coherence is considered as an important criterion when assessing compositions. However, lack of coherence is one of the significant problems in the students’ writing. It’s known to us all that coherence of a passage is closely connected with cohesive devices. As one of the cohesive devices, conjunction makes significant contribution to coherence, since it can indicate the logical relationship between sentences or paragraphs. Accordingly, the purpose of this research is to fi