ABSTRACT This article discusses findings from a nationwide survey of New Zealand tertiary-level students’ reasons for studying Japanese, their sense of satisfaction with the tertiary Japanese learning experience, and their future aspirations. The findings show that there are several aspects of students’ learning experiences which reflect a positive integrative orientation, while practical goals associated with the university learning context were also evident. The findings also suggest that the language learning context is multi-dimensional, supported by a number of different sources, both virtual and physical, as well as inside and outside the classroom. Furthermore, students from different programs within each university, and those who had or had not studied Japanese prior to entering university, revealed different attitudes towards learning Japanese and different visions of their future. While the study found that the majority of students are satisfied with their current university courses and value formal learning over informal acquisition of language, our findings suggest that teachers should reconceptualise their teaching roles to embrace the wider language learning context available to our students.

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我为什么要学习日语：一项全国性调查揭示了新西兰高等教育学生的声音

摘要 本文讨论了一项针对新西兰高等教育学生学习日语的原因、他们对高等教育日语学习体验的满意度以及他们未来的愿望的全国性调查结果。研究结果表明，学生学习经历的几个方面反映了积极的综合取向，而与大学学习环境相关的实际目标也很明显。研究结果还表明，语言学习环境是多维的，由许多不同的来源支持，包括虚拟和物理，以及课堂内外。此外，每所大学不同专业的学生，​​以及在进入大学之前学习过或没有学习过日语的学生，揭示了对学习日语的不同态度和对他们未来的不同愿景。虽然研究发现大多数学生对他们目前的大学课程感到满意，并且重视正式学习而不是非正式的语言习得，但我们的研究结果表明，教师应该重新定义他们的教学角色，以适应我们学生可以使用的更广泛的语言学习环境。