Author(s)

Yueheng Pan ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of English Studies, Xi'an International Studies University, Xi'an, China

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ABSTRACT

TEM-4 (Test for English Major-Band 4) has been always considered as a significant benchmark of qualified English proficiency. As the first part of TEM-4, dictation accounts for 10% of the total score. The performance of TEM-4 dictation influences the whole test. However, dictation is also the most time-consuming and lowest-scoring part for students. Text cohesion is an efficient and necessary perspective in discourse analysis and comprehension. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the distribution features of cohesive devices in TEM-4 dictation using Halliday and Hasan's cohesion theory and then explore in-depth the practical strategies of coping with dictation. The results show that there are a total of 246 occurrences of cohesion devices in dictation texts and reference is the dominant one in the dictation parts with 127 instances. Besides, specific examples are used to explain how to grasp keywords and improve the accuracy of dictation based on cohesion theory. It is truly expected that the present study can enhance the learning self-efficacy, confidence and language competence.

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Yueheng Pan, An Analysis of Text Cohesion in TEM-4 Dictation. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2024) Vol. 7: 212-218. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2024.070730.

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