In this study, analysis of the interview surveys given to advanced Japanese learners shows how the use of models to make compositions is counterproductive. A summary of these results: one learner put too much confidence in the models that teachers had distributed. Therefore, the learner was torn between his natural form of self-expression and the form of expression used in the models. Then, one learner who wrote in a different style from the models that were given decided on his own whether or not to use the models on the basis of past experiences with other writing classes.