Abstract
The objective of this study is to analyse how viewpoint expressions in Japanese, such as passive sentences, giving and receiving expressions, are used by Thai learners. Therefore, 10 Thai learners were given a writing task to narrate the story shown in 10-panel comic strip, which was designed to include scenes that viewpoint expressions could be used. As a result, though usage of viewpoint expressions, especially giving and receiving expressions, was observed, Thai learners' viewpoints were frequently changed, which consequently made their narrations difficult to comprehend.
