Il passato perfettivo in italiano L2: analisi di testi scritti

This study aims to investigate the strategies used by university students to express completed actions in the past in their written work in Italian as a second language. In particular, we focus on issues of morphological nature; however, we also pay attention to phenomena of cross-linguistic influence. In conclusion we share our observations as far as the teaching of the perfect aspect during Italian L2 classes. Data has been collected by the researcher in various Italian Universities.