Abstract

Modality in semantics can be said as speaker's expression reflected in his or her word choices. This article took modality as the main theme because modality can explain someone's expression or belief about what is being conveyed. This study aimed to explain the modality used by students in expressing their opinions during presentations in class. The method used was descriptive qualitative. The data were collected by using observation. After the data were collected, it was  analyzed by using some stage, those were identification, classification, description and interpretation. From the results of the analysis, it can be concluded that the modality used was intentional modality (which describes the desire and hope of the speaker), the second was epistemological modality (modality that states the possibility). The third category was dynamic modality.

Keywords: modality, types of modality, utterances, classroom presentation,