教學大綱 Syllabus

Course Objectives:

(1) To introduce students to basic theoretical assumptions and tools in different traditions of modality research;

(2) To develop analytical skills necessary for linguistic research, e.g. introspection-based grammaticality judgement and corpus-based approaches;

(3) To broaden students’ knowledge of a variety of theoretical frameworks and     enhance their ability to evaluate them critically.

Learning Outcomes:

(1) Academic skills:

            (a) Ability to engage critically with previous studies;

            (b) Ability to design own research projects;

            (c) Ability to collect and analyse data.

(2) Transferable skills:

            (a) Ability to evaluate and process complex information;

            (b) Ability to produce complex information in an accessible way;

            (c) Ability to describe modal meanings that is conducive to language teaching.