| Abstract in English | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第14-26页 |
| ·A survey of cohesion theory studies | 第14-19页 |
| ·The Development of cohesion theory studies abroad | 第14-17页 |
| ·The Development of cohesion theory studies in China | 第17-19页 |
| ·A survey of researches on English writing | 第19-26页 |
| ·Studies on cohesion and coherence in writing abroad | 第19-21页 |
| ·Studies on cohesion and coherence in writing at home | 第21-24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundation | 第26-39页 |
| ·Cohesion | 第26-28页 |
| ·Coherence | 第28-29页 |
| ·Cohesion and Coherence | 第29-39页 |
| ·F ive cohesive devices | 第29页 |
| ·Reference | 第29-33页 |
| ·Substitution | 第33-34页 |
| ·Ellipsis | 第34-35页 |
| ·Conjunction | 第35-36页 |
| ·Lexical cohesion | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Three A Survey of the Present Situation of English Composition Teaching at Senior High Schools | 第39-50页 |
| ·Method of the investigation | 第39-40页 |
| ·Research questions | 第39页 |
| ·Subjects | 第39页 |
| ·Instrument | 第39-40页 |
| ·Procedure of the investigation. | 第40页 |
| ·Questionnaire distribution | 第40页 |
| ·Data collection | 第40页 |
| ·Results | 第40-50页 |
| ·Results of questionnaires | 第40-49页 |
| ·R esults of English writing evaluation | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of composition errors | 第50-61页 |
| ·Error analysis | 第50-57页 |
| ·Errors of grammatical cohesion | 第50-54页 |
| ·Errors of lexical cohesion | 第54-57页 |
| ·Causes | 第57-61页 |
| ·Indifference to composition teaching | 第57-58页 |
| ·L1 inference | 第58-59页 |
| ·Overgeneranization | 第59-60页 |
| ·The negative effect of product-focused approach | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter Five Strategies for improving composition teaching in senior high schools | 第61-69页 |
| ·The Reading----based stage: cohesion input through reading | 第61-64页 |
| ·The Exercise---based stage: improving writing through doing some practice | 第64-69页 |
| ·Application of lexical device | 第64-65页 |
| ·Application of transitional device | 第65-67页 |
| ·Application of reference device | 第67页 |
| ·Application of substitution device | 第67页 |
| ·Application of ellipsis device | 第67-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-75页 |
| Appendix I | 第75-77页 |
| Appendix II | 第77-79页 |
| Appendix III | 第79-80页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第80-81页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第81页 |
