An Investigation into Grammatical Cohesion in undergraduate’s writing

Abstract

This study aims to investigate linguistic cohesion in student written discourse . The researcher used descriptive analytical method quantitatively and qualitatively in it s design . The researcher used two instruments to collect the data of , which were students written work and questionnaire for teachers in two Sudanese Universities . The sample of the study consisted of 60 students written work and 50 teachers at Sudanese universities . both subject were study and teach English language third year . The data were analyzed by using the statistical program (SPSS) then were textual analysis of the subjects the teachers questionnaire and students written work . The analysis of the data showed that there were weaknesses in using some grammatical devices in student students written discourse , that due to their ignorance of grammatical cohesion moreover students at Sudanese universities are not able to produce well coherent text. At the end of the study the researcher presented some recommendations . these recommendations focused on paying more attention to the use of grammatical cohesion in designing syllabuses and in teaching language , moreover students at Sudanese universities should receive more practice in using grammatical devices.