Discourse Coherence in College English Reading and Writing

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Discourse Coherence in College English Reading and Writing

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Author: Yan Zhang

Abstract: The development of reading and writing ability in English are the major goals in College English Curriculum Requirements (2020). The paper discusses the importance of discourse coherence in teaching reading and writing. Some parts from textbook Going Global (Elementary) are used as examples to discuss the issue. Coherence is very crucial in reading and writing process and some processing strategies are suggested to better learners’ discourse understanding. The paper addresses the issue of local and global coherence and then proceed to analyze the teaching material form Going Global. It is emphasized that learners’ consciousness about local and global coherence should be raised in both their reading and writing process. And some teaching implications and learning strategies are suggested based on the discussion.

Keywords: discourse coherence, local cohesion, schemata, processing strategies

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