| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·Purpose and significance of the study | 第9-10页 |
| ·The problems in Chinese high school students' English writings | 第10-12页 |
| ·Analysis of questionnaires | 第10页 |
| ·The problems in Chinese students' English writings | 第10-12页 |
| ·Hypothesis: adopting the Cohesion Theory in writing | 第12页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature review | 第14-20页 |
| ·Previous researches in coherence | 第14-16页 |
| ·A review of studies on coherence in writing | 第16-20页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical framework | 第20-38页 |
| ·Cohesion and coherence | 第20-22页 |
| ·The nature of English writing | 第22-24页 |
| ·Writing and cohesion | 第24-25页 |
| ·Types of cohesion | 第25-36页 |
| ·Grammatical Cohesion | 第26-31页 |
| ·Reference | 第26-29页 |
| ·Substitution | 第29-30页 |
| ·Ellipsis | 第30-31页 |
| ·Lexical cohesion | 第31-33页 |
| ·Reiteration | 第32-33页 |
| ·Collocation | 第33页 |
| ·Conjunction | 第33-36页 |
| ·The importance of cohesion and coherence in English writing | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter 4 Data analysis of cohesion in Chinese students' writings by coding scheme | 第38-48页 |
| ·Application of the theory of cohesion | 第38-42页 |
| ·Analysis of coherence in Chinese students' compositions by coding scheme | 第42-44页 |
| ·Error analysis of cohesion in students' English writing | 第44-48页 |
| Chapter 5 The study on applying the cohesion and coherence theory in teaching | 第48-63页 |
| ·The design of the study | 第48-49页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第48页 |
| ·Subjects and teachers | 第48页 |
| ·Treatment and assignment | 第48-49页 |
| ·The procedure of the study | 第49-61页 |
| ·The training of cohesion and coherence | 第49-57页 |
| ·Focus on grammatical cohesion | 第50-53页 |
| ·Focus on lexical cohesion | 第53-56页 |
| ·Guided writing | 第56-57页 |
| ·The application of cohesion in writing | 第57-59页 |
| ·The implement of the study | 第59-61页 |
| ·Pretest and posttest | 第59-60页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第60-61页 |
| ·Implications and suggestions | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| References | 第65-68页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第68-70页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第70-71页 |
