| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH | 第6-8页 |
| ABSTRACT IN CHINESE | 第8-11页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第11-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-19页 |
| ·The Background of the Study | 第12-16页 |
| ·The Requirements of NSEC and NMET Writing Evaluation | 第12-14页 |
| ·The Problems in Students' Writings | 第14-16页 |
| ·Focuses of the Study | 第16页 |
| ·Some Relevant Definitions on the Study | 第16-18页 |
| ·Contents and Structure of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第19-35页 |
| ·Introduction | 第19页 |
| ·The Theories about Cohesion | 第19-28页 |
| ·A Review of Various Theories about Cohesion | 第19-25页 |
| ·A Description of Halliday and Hason's Cohesion Theory | 第25-28页 |
| ·The Studies on Cohesion and Writing | 第28-33页 |
| ·Conclusions and the Main Objectives of the Study | 第33-35页 |
| CHAPTER THEREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第35-46页 |
| ·Introduction | 第35页 |
| ·Methodological Rationale | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Qualitative Research Design | 第36-39页 |
| ·The Quantitative Research Design | 第39-45页 |
| ·The Statistical Method Design | 第39-42页 |
| ·The Experimental Method Design | 第42-45页 |
| ·Summary of Methodology | 第45-46页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第46-63页 |
| ·Introduction | 第46页 |
| ·The Results of Qualitative Research | 第46-53页 |
| ·The Results of Questionnaire | 第46-48页 |
| ·The Results of Interview | 第48-53页 |
| ·The Results of Quantitative Research | 第53-62页 |
| ·The Results of the Statistical Method Design | 第53-54页 |
| ·The Results of the Experimental Method Design | 第54-62页 |
| ·Summary of the Chapter | 第62-63页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSIONS | 第63-67页 |
| ·Findings of the Study | 第63-64页 |
| ·Implications of the Study for EFL teaching | 第64-65页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第65-66页 |
| ·Recommendations of Further Study | 第66-67页 |
| REFERENCES | 第67-71页 |
| MAJOR PUBLICATION | 第71页 |
