🇬🇧 🥳 Social · Everyday conversation, with effort (A2)

🙇 Apologizing and making it right

🎯 Apologize sincerely, explain and offer a solution

Use the usual 50-minute plan: warm-up → key phrases → challenges → role-play → discussion → wrap-up. Share this page on Zoom so the student can see the phrases, but keep "Your card" to yourself.

💬 Warm-up questions

When did you last say 'sorry'?
Do Japanese people apologize more than others?

🔑 Key phrases

I'm so sorry I'm late.遅れて本当にごめんなさい。
It was my fault.私のせいです。
I didn't mean to…〜するつもりはなかったんです。
It won't happen again.二度とこんなことはしません。
Let me make it up to you.埋め合わせさせてください。
No worries, it's fine.気にしないで、大丈夫だよ。

📚 Useful words

forgive — 許す
mistake — ミス
misunderstanding — 誤解
on purpose — わざと
excuse — 言い訳
upset — 動揺した・怒った

⚡ Speaking challenges

Apologize for breaking my favorite cup.
Respond to an apology in 3 different ways.
Apologize at work for missing a deadline.
Explain the difference between 'excuse me' and 'I'm sorry'.

🎭 Role-play

You forgot your friend's birthday dinner.

🧑‍🎓 Student's card

Apologize, explain what happened and offer a way to make it up.

🧑‍🏫 Your card (tutor)

Be the friend: hurt at first. Accept the apology only when it sounds sincere and has a plan.

🌀 Twist (halfway through): The friend says 'You always do this!' The student must respond calmly.

🗣️ Discussion questions

Is 'sumimasen' the same as 'sorry'?
Is it hard for you to apologize?
Should companies apologize publicly for mistakes?

📌 Homework

Write an apology message to a friend for something you forgot何かを忘れたことを友だちに謝るメッセージを書く