Students’ Voices from the Pandemic. The Use of Modal and Semi-Modal Verbs for Expressing Subjectivity in a Local Academic Learner Corpus

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F23%3AFLJ48BRY" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/23:FLJ48BRY - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/LCM-Journal/article/view/4028" target="_blank" >https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/LCM-Journal/article/view/4028</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7358/lcm-2023-001-tene" target="_blank" >10.7358/lcm-2023-001-tene</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Students’ Voices from the Pandemic. The Use of Modal and Semi-Modal Verbs for Expressing Subjectivity in a Local Academic Learner Corpus

Original language description

"This essay presents the results of a small-scale study on learner output obtained through an asynchronous writing activity completed in a Moodle forum during an English course targeting students of Primary Teacher Education at the University of Modena e Reggio Emilia (Italy) in spring 2020. The activity encouraged learners’ expression about topics relevant to their disciplinary and professional domain, thus enhancing their engagement in the learning process. The analysis focuses on the use of modal and semi-modal verbs, and it aims at contributing to research into modality in learners’ academic writing. Indeed, the insights obtained by examining material created by learners during the pandemic can help develop resources and strategies to be incorporated in a more conscious, organic, and learner-centred manner into the design of future courses. The corpus (27,430 tokens) was investigated using Sketch Engine, and the results show the students’ preference for modals and semi-modals expressing obligation. This may be determined by the topic and by the students’ background, as they integrate their personal perspective as insiders into their contributions, hence demonstrating their strong commitment towards the profession for which they are training."

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

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Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

"Lingue Culture Mediazioni - Languages Cultures Mediation (LCM Journal)"

ISSN

2284-1881

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2023-7-26

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

24

Pages from-to

45-68

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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