Peko Peko is a new course for Years 7 and 8 Japanese, fully aligned to V9.0 of the Australian Curriculum. Peko Peko brings Japanese language and culture to life, through a fully integrated ecosystem of two textbooks, two workbooks and an interactive e-platform. Peko Peko and Peko Peko 2 have been designed for flexible implementation, with each book having more than enough content for a full year program. This innovative approach to delivering a beginners’ Japanese program includes everything teachers and students need to foster a love of Japanese language, ranging from fun, up-to-date cultural content through to differentiated reading and assessment tasks and selfpaced, self-marking online activities for students. Peko Peko will leave teachers and students feeling まんぞく and is designed to be ちょうどいい for your students and your Japanese program. The course book is beautifully designed, uniquely illustrated, colourful and compelling. There are six chapters in each book, covering a range of beginnerlevel topics, such as Japan and Japanese food, selfintroduction, the Classroom, family, hobbies, holidays and celebrations and many more. Each chapter begins with a lively manga story, featuring a cast of げんきPeko Peko characters. In each chapter there are also grammar explanations, learning hints, vocab lists, cultural points and a range of activities for students to practise and integrate their language through listening, reading, writing and speaking activities. Each chapter also begins with clearly worded, carefully sequenced learning intentions and concludes with corresponding success criteria. The workbook is the perfect accompaniment to the textbook, with a wide range of exercises – including ample listening activities – to help students practise what they have learnt. The Peko Peko e-platform is fully aligned to the textbook and complements the workbook. It has a range of interactive, self-correcting activities, with a teacher dashboard to monitor student progress. Key features of the online platform include: – animated versions of the manga from each chapter – manga with and without romaji – a suite of songs – a wide range of listening tasks and grammar and vocabulary activities. This web-based platform will allow students to engage with their Japanese studies both at home and in class