I think this is an appropriate question to ask about a post entitled
metalanguage.

I have no idea what is being taught here.  What is the difference
between high modality and low modality?

Judy Diamondstone wrote:
> Here's the ANECDOTAL evidence -- oh, but first, let me add my own bit of
> anecdotal evidence from a video of SFG-based teaching that I saw, some of
> which I objected to, but other chunks impressed me and everyone else who has
> viewed them. One in particular was a class of 4th grade students who were
> preparing for a project interviewing aged(?) people in a home for elders.
> The teacher had introduced the term "modality" and the students could refer
> to "high" and "low" modality in the questions they prepared.

Why are these concepts so important for 10 year olds to know when
visiting old people?


Bob Yates