Situation-bound utterances in Chinese as a foreign language: the effectiveness of the identification task

Abstract This paper investigates the effectiveness of identification task on retention situation-bound utterances (SBUs) in Chinese as a foreign language (CFL). The participants were Italian CFL learners with different lengths learning experience, divided into an experimental and control group. target SBUs selected by means discourse completion questionnaire previously submitted to native speakers learners. During treatment, group was provided six communicative functions asked identify corresponding from eight short dialogues. Subsequently, posttest administered both groups. Overall, statistical analysis test results suggests significant effect participants’ ability recall SBUs, immediate longitudinal perspective. However, data also suggest that, while length experience minor linguistic or cultural specificities formulae did not significantly influence this specific vocabulary task, presence vs. absence either L1 L2 might be crucial factor for their successful recall.