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    Activity – Cohesion

    Cohesion can be grouped under three headings:

     use of vocabulary (repeat words or phrases, synonyms, linked vocabulary)


     use of reference words (eg ‘it’, ‘this’, ‘these’)
     use of summary nouns (eg ‘problem’, ‘issue’)

    Each of the texts below has some examples of cohesion between sentences.

    1. Read the text and put some notes below to indicate what type(s) of cohesion
    is used.
    2. Highlight (or use bold text) some examples of these types of cohesion in the
    text.

    Text 1

    Every organization needs to systematize its management of human assets. One


    reason for this may be that pay scales are not aligned. For example apparently
    similar-level jobs may pay very different amounts. Another reason may be that there
    are a lot of neglected skills in the organization. It is possible that other departments
    could utilize these if they were aware of them. Yet another reason could be that
    employees need a clear career path for progression. Some individuals may have
    complained that they can not plan for their future within the organisation.

     use of vocabulary Y/N


     use of reference words Y/N
     use of summary nouns Y/N

    Text 2

    Humans tend to complain about their memories. Despite the elegance of the
    human memory system, it is not infallible. Humans have to learn to live with
    this fallibility. It seems to be socially much more acceptable to complain of a
    poor memory and to blame a social lapse on 'a terrible memory', than to
    attribute it to stupidity or insensitivity. But how much do humans know about
    their own memories? Obviously they need to remember their memory lapses
    in order to know just how bad their memories are. One of the most amnesic
    patients tested by a psychologist was a lady suffering from Korsakoff's
    syndrome, memory loss following chronic alcoholism. The test involved
    presenting her with lists of words; after each list she would comment with
    surprise on her inability to recall the words, saying: 'I pride myself on my
    memory!' She appeared to have forgotten just how bad her memory was'.
     use of vocabulary Y/N
     use of reference words Y/N
     use of summary nouns Y/N

    Text 3

    The clamour of complaint about teaching in higher education and, more especially,
    about teaching methods in universities and technical colleges, serves to direct
    attention away from the important reorientation which has recently begun. The
    complaints, of course, are not unjustified. In dealing piece-meal with problems
    arising from rapidly developing subject matter, many teachers have allowed
    courses to become over-crowded, or too specialized, or they have presented
    students with a number of apparently unrelated courses failing to stress common
    principles. Many, again, have not developed new teaching methods to deal
    adequately with larger numbers of students, and the new audio-visual techniques
    tend to remain in the province of relatively few enthusiasts despite their great
    potential for class and individual teaching.

     use of vocabulary Y/N


     use of reference words Y/N
     use of summary nouns Y/N

    Text 4

    Patients who repeatedly take overdoses pose considerable management


    difficulties. The problem-orientated approach is not usually effective with such
    patients. When a patient seems to be developing a pattern of chronic repeats,
    it is recommended that all staff engaged in his or her care meet to reconstruct
    each attempt in order to determine whether there appears to be a motive
    common to each act.

     use of vocabulary Y/N


     use of reference words Y/N
     use of summary nouns Y/N

    Text 5

    This first example illustrates an impulsive overdose taken by a woman who had
    experienced a recent loss and had been unable to discuss her problems with her
    family. During the relatively short treatment, the therapist helped the patient to begin
    discussing her feelings with her family.

     use of vocabulary Y/N


     use of reference words Y/N
     use of summary nouns Y/N

    Text 6

    Reports of original work, headed often by the names of many joint authors, became
    too full of jargon to be understood even by trained scientists who were not working
    in the particular field. This situation persists today, though strong movements
    towards interdisciplinary research help to avoid total fragmentation of scientific
    understanding.

     use of vocabulary Y/N


     use of reference words Y/N
     use of summary nouns Y/N

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