Abstract: The teaching methods of language courses are constantly updated, which can guarantee the smooth development of teaching activities to a certain extent. Among them, the POA theory belongs to the driving activity, facilitating activity and output activity as the central link of the whole teaching, and applying it to language teaching activities can assist students in learning language knowledge. The application of this teaching theory in the current junior Japanese teaching in higher vocational schools can assist students in improving their learning results. In this study, firstly, the POA and the connotation of POA theory are explained, and then the content of junior Japanese conversation teaching in higher vocational colleges is taken as an example to point out in detail some principles and specific practical strategies of the theory in practice.

Key words: POA theory, Japanese teaching, Teaching practice strategy