Abstract
In the 1990s, fervent debates on whether to promote the Kansai dialect in Japanese education did not reach a conclusion. However, the students' consciousness of the dialect may provide some information to resolve this problem. In this study, we conducted a questionnaire survey on the consciousness of elementary level and pre-advanced level foreign students regarding their short-term stay in Kansai. According to the results, regardless of their Japanese proficiency level, the students liked the Kansai region, had a strong learning motivation, and desired to study the Kansai dialect at universities and through natural learning.
