This qualitative study investigates the learning strategies of non-majoring Japanese elementary-level students in Taiwan, focusing on the transformation process of learning strategy awareness over time. In this investigation 17 students were interviewed, and analyzed with consideration to how student awareness was transformed. The results showed that non-majoring Japanese elementary-level students employed "Method of contact with Japanese" to start their journey of learning Japanese. During their learning process, they encountered "Improvement and Non-Improvement in their Japanese learning" after which learners then achieved "Breakthrough in Japanese learning" through the use of various kinds of learning strategies.
