This paper focuses on referential coherence, which is seen as a crucial attribute of effective academic writing. Findings are reported from a corpus study of Russian students’ research proposals. The learners’ use of anaphoric expressions is compared with a reference corpus, which comprises research articles published in peer-reviewed journals. It was hypothesised that learners use anaphora less frequently than professional writers and face some difficulties when using anaphoric expressions. The results of the analysis partly confirmed the hypothesis and allowed the identification of particular problems connected with the students’ use of anaphoric expressions, which were then classified into several groups. Examples of exercises aimed at dealing with the identified problems are also provided. It is hoped that the reported findings, as well as the author’s suggested reasons for the problems and possible ways of dealing with them, will be useful for EAP practitioners, researchers, and students writing their research papers in English.

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学术论文的参照连贯性：基于语料库的二级管理研究论文分析

本文着重于参照连贯性，这被视为有效学术写作的关键属性。从俄罗斯学生的研究计划的语料库研究中报告了发现。将学习者对回指表达的使用与参考语料库进行比较，该参考语料库包括发表在同行评审期刊上的研究文章。假设学习者使用照应的频率低于专业作家，并且在使用照应表达时会遇到一些困难。分析结果部分证实了这一假设，并允许确定与学生使用回指表达有关的特定问题，然后将其分为几类。还提供了旨在解决已发现问题的练习示例。希望报告的发现，