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This study aims to investigate how aware Japanese teachers are about the use of the denial polite form masen and naidesu. The subjects in this study were 20 native-Korean Japanese language high school teachers (KT) and 20 native-Japanese high school teachers (JT). Two surveys were conducted to assess the awareness among the teachers about masen and naidesu. In the first survey, the subjects were asked to correct journals written in conversational style Japanese. This survey indicated that KT, compared to JT, do not recognize naidesu as the form which is used in conversations. In the second survey, a questionnaire which examines how teachers teach masen and naidesu in the classroom, was conducted. The results clarified that most JT consider the difference between masen and naidesu to be a difference of writing style and conversation style. However, most KT consider it a difference in politeness, so it is indicated that there is a difference of awareness of the denial polite form between KT and JT. In high school textbooks, there are no detailed explanations about the two forms, so the possibility pointed out that it influences the difference of awareness between KT and JT. According to the Post 7thCurriculum, it is presumed that the tendency to value the acquisition of natural conversation ability does not change, but it was suggested that it is also important for teachers to stress the difference between masen and naidesu. Finally, this paper emphasizes the necessity to explain about the difference of usage of the two forms in textbooks and teacher's guide books.