Although mandatory regular use of self-access centres is surprisingly common, this goes against the purpose of them to foster autonomous learning. However, some students never consider using such resources without being pushed to do so. In order to create an opportunity to discover a selfaccess station (SAS) at one Japanese university, a single assignment was designed and implemented requiring students to visit the SAS in order to answer questions related to its use and facilities. Thereafter, an end-of-term questionnaire was conducted to investigate how the assignment affected student awareness and use of the SAS, and whether they would have visited the SAS had there been no task. The results show that awareness of the SAS was raised. However, most students did not use the SAS post-assignment and indicated they would not have used it without the assignment. Reasons provided suggest time constraints, location, and issues of comfort to be contributing factors.

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环顾四周：“推送”活动对未来SAS使用的影响

尽管强制性地定期使用自助访问中心非常普遍，但这违背了它们促进自主学习的目的。但是，有些学生从不考虑使用此类资源。为了创造机会在一所日本大学中发现自助访问站（SAS），设计并实施了一项作业，要求学生访问SAS，以回答有关其使用和设施的问题。此后，进行了期末调查问卷，以调查作业如何影响学生对SAS的认识和使用，以及如果没有任务，他们是否会去SAS。结果表明提高了对SAS的认识。然而，大多数学生没有使用SAS作业分配，并表示如果没有分配作业，他们将不会使用它。提供的原因表明时间限制，位置和舒适性问题是促成因素。