Japanese LOTE – Level 10 | Polite Classroom Expressions (Foundation – Year 2)

This resource introduces common polite Japanese expressions used in everyday classroom interactions.

Students learn to recognise and respond to polite expressions in Japanese through listening, visual cues, and gesture-based activities.

The focus is on understanding and appropriate use, rather than sentence formation.

No prior knowledge of Japanese is required.

This resource includes:

• Teacher Notes (lesson overview, pronunciation support, gestures, differentiation, and extension ideas)
• 1 student worksheet with matching, listening, and optional tracing activities
• 3 vocabulary cards featuring key polite Japanese expressions

Key vocabulary:

• おねがいします (onegaishimasu) – Please
• どうぞ (dōzo) – Here you are / Go ahead
• ありがとう (arigatō) – Thank you

Ideal for:

• Foundation – Year 2
• Japanese / LOTE programs
• Teaching polite classroom language and routines
• Listening and gesture-based language lessons
• Short language lessons (15–20 minutes)

Aligned with the Victorian Curriculum

Languages – Japanese (Foundation–Level 2)