受多元入學及五專數減少等的影響， 不少大學日語系入學新生間日語能力已顯現顯著差距。本文訪談科技大學日語系入學時日語學習經歷較淺的學生以探究其學習心歷。「喜歡日語」是學生進入日語系的最大動力， 但多半在入學後很快就發現自己日語能力不及同學， 有部分學生因此感覺挫折， 但因要學到跟同學相當質量的內容因此並不希望降低課程難度。在這段日語學習過程中支撐學生的主要是同學及家人，而最能使自己安心的則是成績表現進步， 未來回顧應該會覺得日語學習經歷促使自己成長， 估計未來遇到別的學習困難應該都可突破，顯示大多人都抱持積極的態度。

Owing to Multi-channel School Admission System and reduction of numbers of 5-year College, significant differences were revealed for Japanese capabilities of freshmen students of departments of Japanese. This study interviewed freshmen of Japanese departments of technological universities and investigated their experience and thoughts. Love Japanese was the principal driving force for students to enter Japanese departments. But most of these students noted the defficiencies of their capabilities of Japanese compared with those of classmates. Some students felt frustrated but did not want to lower the teaching quality since they still wanted to learned comparable contents with the classmates. Classmates and family members supported these students in studying. Progress in scores clamed students down. These students assumed they grew with these learning experience and assumed they will overcome difficulties in further studies. Hence, most students are holding positive thinking in learning.