For learners in the JFL environment, input in the target language is limited. Therefore, the author recommends that learners continue to search for input that matches their interests and level as much as possible outside of class. Learners first set goals for their listening comprehension activities, then decided what specific listening comprehension activities they would conduct and submitted their own plans. After that, they conducted the listening comprehension activities on their own and submitted a ""reflection sheet"" every month. The results of the SCAT analysis of the four excellent learners revealed the following commonalities: 1) they were motivated by their friends who speak Japanese in the anticipation phase, 2) they used various learning strategies in the execution phase through trial and error, and 3) they used metacognition in the reflection phase to concretize their tasks. In the reflective phase, the students were able to use metacognition to make their own tasks concrete.