Japanese LOTE – Level 12 | Body (Foundation – Year 2)

Japanese LOTE – Level 12 | Body (Foundation – Year 2) is a teacher-friendly resource designed for Australian primary classrooms.

This resource introduces basic Japanese body words through listening, movement, and visual matching activities.

Students learn to recognise and respond to simple body-related vocabulary in Japanese by pointing, touching, and listening, without the need for reading.

No prior knowledge of Japanese is required.

This resource includes:

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

Key vocabulary:

• あたま (atama) – Head
• て (te) – Hand
• あし (ashi) – Foot / Leg

Ideal for:

• Foundation – Year 2
• Japanese / LOTE programs
• Movement-based and TPR-style language lessons
• Introducing body vocabulary in Japanese
• Short language lessons (15–20 minutes)

Aligned with the Victorian Curriculum

Languages – Japanese (Foundation–Level 2)