Dalam bidang penyelidikan penulisan L2, kohesi sebagai komponen teks utama penulisan akademik telah menarik perhatian terutama dalam isu penggunaan penanda wacana (DM) dalam penulisan pelajar ESL.
In the field of L2 writing research, cohesion, as a major textual component of academic writing has attracted much attention especially with reference to the ways of DMs’ usage in ESL learners’ writing