Abstract
Cohesion Theory of Halliday and Hasan has been widely applied in different parts of language teaching. As many cohesive devices are used in language, it’s very necessary for language learners to understand and identify those devices. Now in China, a large number of college students have to take part in the CET-4 test every year. Thus, it is of great significance that some effective strategies can be applied in the test and help more students pass the test easily. Cohesion Theory and cohesive devices may be such strategies and they are important for the improvement of reading comprehension of CET-4. This article is aiming to use the CET-4 test papers in June 2019 as examples to illustrate that Cohesion Theory can be applied in reading comprehension of CET-4 with great effectiveness.
Highlights
Nowadays, the Cohesion Theory is applied widely in the EFL teaching such as in reading, writing, listening and speaking
There are three parts of reading comprehension in CET-4, one is completing the banked cloze, which accounts for 5% of the total score, the second is matching, which accounts for 10% of the total score, and the last one is reading in depth, which accounts for 20% of the total score
From the examples and analysis above, we know that the reading comprehension can be done efficiently by applying the cohesive devices
Summary
The Cohesion Theory is applied widely in the EFL teaching such as in reading, writing, listening and speaking. There is not much research on the application of Cohesion Theory in CET-4(College English Test Band 4). Applying the Cohesion theory is definitely an effective approach in the test. In the passages of reading comprehension in CET-4, many cohesive devices can be used. If the students have the relevant knowledge, they will have a better understanding of those passages and are more likely to get the right choices, get high scores. The purpose of this article is to illustrate that Cohesion Theory can be definitely applied in reading comprehension of CET-4 by analyzing the examples of CET-4 test papers in June 2019. The application of Cohesion theory in CET-4 is of practical significance for both the teachers and the college students during the CET-4 preparation
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