Achieving CohesionAchieving Application Letter Using Discourse Markers

Abstract

The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of discourse markers and its importance as well as the problems in writing application letter in order to achieving cohesion and to enhance the students in their future career. The case study for the present research is the students of careers center at Ouargla University. We have chosen them as a sample, results reached from the questionnaire analysis displayed that the majority of the students write application letter in order to get a job and the most of them state that the importance of discourse markers is to help them in organizing their letter, to create cohesion in their writing and the application of them is not easy, because needs to be taught through informal structure, however they suffer from different difficulties such as : organization of ideas, and grammar. In addition, through the present work we have deduced that cohesion is not only important in application letter; however it is very prominent in the other business documents such as Resume, CV in order to convince the reader, also teachers of English have to urge their students to use cohesive devices logically and efficiently so as to bind their discourses and texts. We have concluded that discourse markers play a cohesive role in writing application letter.