Explaining how things work

• First of all…まず最初に〜
• The thing is…要するに〜
• It's kind of like…〜みたいな感じ。
• Does that make sense?わかりますか？

1. 1. Warm-up (5 min)

   Check last homework. Ask the warm-up questions to relax.

   • How do you make your favorite dish?
   • What Japanese custom surprises foreigners?

2. 2. Input (10 min)

   Introduce the key phrases one by one. The student repeats each 3 times; check meaning (short Japanese is OK).

3. 3. Practice (15 min)

   Run the unit's practice activity. Maximize student talking time.

   The student explains a process (making onigiri, using the train, a Japanese holiday) in 5 steps; the tutor asks a clarifying question each step.

4. 4. Role-play (10 min)

   Tutor plays the other person. Praise when the key phrases are used; fix only 2 things afterwards.

   🎭 Explaining to a new foreign coworker how lunch and drinking parties work at a Japanese office.

5. 5. Free talk (5 min)

   Use the discussion questions for free conversation.

   • What's a Japanese word that's hard to translate?
   • What should tourists know before visiting Japan?

6. 6. Wrap-up (5 min)

   Review today's phrases and give the homework. Write the lesson note right after.

   📌 Write an explanation of one Japanese custom, step by step日本の習慣を1つ、手順つきで説明文を書く

25-minute lessons: skip step 5 and shorten steps 3 and 4.