JET_V3_N4_RP4 Dr. Mohammad Ali Salmani Nodoushan Journal of Educational Technology 2230 - 7125 3 4 88 92 Text; Cohesion; Text effect; EFL; Reading comprehension; Reading; EFLclass; Texture This paper underscores the effect of text cohesion on EFL reading comprehension. 160 participants (80 English majors and 80 non-English majors) took two versions of a cloze test based on a passage of 750 words length—one developed with every nth word deletion and the other with cohesive word deletion. The results of analyses of variance indicated that text cohesion positively affected text comprehension. Pedagogical implications of the study are discussed. January - March 2007 Copyright & copy; 2007 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=683