期刊名称：International Journal of English and Education
印刷版ISSN：2278-4012
出版年度：2012
卷号：1
期号：1
页码：137-144
出版社：Brahmaputra Publishing House
摘要：The present study aimed to find out the textual theme, its types and its relation to students' level of languageproficiency. For this aim, ninety male and female students majoring in English language translation in AbadanIslamic Azad University were selected. They were divided into three groups- elementary, intermediate, andadvance students. The three groups also sat for a homogeneity test (Fowler & Coe, 1976). Then three pictorialstories were used for gathering the data from the students. The data were analyzed based on Halliday (1994)models of thematic organization. The result reported the similar tendency showed by students towards usingtextual theme in their compositions. The findings illustrated the importance of textual theme and its types increating cohesive piece of writing. The findings of this study are applicable in teaching writing skill.
