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This study aims to examine logical arrangement of paragraphs with focus on discourse index in paragraph writing of learners with academic purpose, and to understand the difficulties faced by them. It can be said that writing with a logical structure is the first most required writing skill for academic-purpose learners. In addition, paragraphs in writing use multiple sentences that deal with a specific subject to form meaningful units, and as such can be regarded as the first basic units for learners with academic purpose. The study begins with looking into the existing studies related to ‘paragraph’, the concept of paragraph, and the arguments regarding paragraph construction requisites, and also examines the types of discourse index used for paragraph logical arrangement. Furthermore, it also checks how such discourse index are logically arranged in real paragraph writing materials of foreign learners. This study shows a need for teaching with emphasis on the meaning and function of discourse index used for paragraph logical arrangement.