基于主位推进理论的英语写作连贯性的实证研究英语语言文学专业论文.docxVIP

i i Acknowledgements First, I would like to thank my supervisor, Professor Ji Zhemin, for his invaluable help during the process of writing this thesis. He has read my thesis, checked mistakes and given useful advices in details. He is not only a responsible teacher but also an encouraging and helpful advisor. Without his help, it is hardly possible for me to complete this thesis. Next, I want to extend my appreciation to my parents and parents-in-law for their selfless help and supporting. During the process of writing this thesis, they helped me with looking after my baby and did all the housework to leave me enough time to complete my study. Meanwhile I am grateful to my husband for his understanding and supporting on my studying degree course and preparing for this thesis. Finally, I should express my thanks for all the students who participate in this experiment for their precious cooperation. ii ii Abstract To be one of the important constitute of language learning, English writing is paid close attention by the linguists and teachers. Coherence is a fundamental writing skill and is emphasized by the teachers in the class all the time. However, most of the language teachers always like to study the coherence through the grammar cohesion and vocabulary cohesion but neglect the internal relationship of the discourse, namely, the relation among the sentences, the whole discourse and the situation, which results in a lot of incoherent compositions with beautiful vocabulary and right grammar. And such phenomenon can be seen in many important tests, such as the CET-4, CET-6, IELTS and so on. This paper will discuss how to strengthen the coherence of the CET-4 composition and hopes to find a more efficient way to teaching and learning English writing. Thematic structure is one of the three sub-systems of the discourse function and attracts a lot of scholars’ attention at home and abroad. They studied it and found that the internal coherence of the discourse is largel