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@article{ART002572115},
author={Ko Bo-Ai},
title={Expressing Modalization in EFL College Learners' Writing: From Modality System of Systemic Functional Grammar},
journal={The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea},
issn={1226-4822},
year={2020},
volume={28},
number={1},
pages={1-28},
doi={10.14353/sjk.2020.28.1.01}

TY - JOUR
AU - Ko Bo-Ai
TI - Expressing Modalization in EFL College Learners' Writing: From Modality System of Systemic Functional Grammar
JO - The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea
PY - 2020
VL - 28
IS - 1
PB - The Sociolinguistic Society Of Korea
SP - 1
EP - 28
SN - 1226-4822
AB - This study examined the language choice for modality patterns to express the degree of probability specifically in email texts based on Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) analytical framework. Participants were students enrolled in an English writing composition course at an online-based Korean university. They were required to write an email thanking their professor, in which they stated their future plans (definite or indefinite) with a degree of probability. The text analysis was compared with two groups of students' scores (high-scoring group n=40 and low-scoring group n=29), based on an assessment of the course assignment. After building up two learner corpora, UAM Corpus Tool version 3.0 was used to analyze the language choice closely using a modality system of the SFG framework. The high-scoring group showed more range and frequency in the use of modal verbs combined with a modal Adjunct or another modal expression. Explicit teaching on the importance of expressing the appropriate degree of probability using a range of modality devices, rather than relying heavily on the primary modality (choice of modal verbs) is highlighted as a pedagogical implication.
KW - modality;modalization;modal Adjunct;degree of probability;Systemic Functional Grammar;the register of email writing
DO - 10.14353/sjk.2020.28.1.01
ER -

Ko Bo-Ai. (2020). Expressing Modalization in EFL College Learners' Writing: From Modality System of Systemic Functional Grammar. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 28(1), 1-28.

Ko Bo-Ai. 2020, "Expressing Modalization in EFL College Learners' Writing: From Modality System of Systemic Functional Grammar", The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, vol.28, no.1 pp.1-28. Available from: doi:10.14353/sjk.2020.28.1.01

Ko Bo-Ai "Expressing Modalization in EFL College Learners' Writing: From Modality System of Systemic Functional Grammar" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 28.1 pp.1-28 (2020) : 1.

Ko Bo-Ai. Expressing Modalization in EFL College Learners' Writing: From Modality System of Systemic Functional Grammar. 2020; 28(1), 1-28. Available from: doi:10.14353/sjk.2020.28.1.01

Ko Bo-Ai. "Expressing Modalization in EFL College Learners' Writing: From Modality System of Systemic Functional Grammar" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 28, no.1 (2020) : 1-28.doi: 10.14353/sjk.2020.28.1.01

Ko Bo-Ai. Expressing Modalization in EFL College Learners' Writing: From Modality System of Systemic Functional Grammar. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 28(1), 1-28. doi: 10.14353/sjk.2020.28.1.01

Ko Bo-Ai. Expressing Modalization in EFL College Learners' Writing: From Modality System of Systemic Functional Grammar. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea. 2020; 28(1) 1-28. doi: 10.14353/sjk.2020.28.1.01

Ko Bo-Ai. Expressing Modalization in EFL College Learners' Writing: From Modality System of Systemic Functional Grammar. 2020; 28(1), 1-28. Available from: doi:10.14353/sjk.2020.28.1.01

Ko Bo-Ai. "Expressing Modalization in EFL College Learners' Writing: From Modality System of Systemic Functional Grammar" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 28, no.1 (2020) : 1-28.doi: 10.14353/sjk.2020.28.1.01