Analysis of cohesive devices in the esp textbook on accounting at university of labor and social affairs

This study is mainly aimed at analyzing cohesive devices in the reading texts on Accounting at ULSA, finding out teachers’ attitudes towards cohesion teaching. Four reading texts were chosen as core materials for the analysis of the cohesive devices. Five teachers from English Department were asked to take part in the interview in order to give ideas about their attitudes towards teaching cohesion. The analysis reveals that lexical cohesive devices are used more often in the textbooks than grammatical cohesive devices. The data from interview indicates that the teachers often teach cohesion in class but they can not cover all types of cohesion. Based on the findings, significant suggestions were provided for future applications in learning and teaching cohesion. It is hoped that the results of this research would be of some use for further study in the field.