[SUMMARY] To correspond to the globalization of Japanese society, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology （MEXT） has been working to enhance English education in Japan. In 2013, MEXT released a guide to establish attainment goals for EFL learners as real language users. Since then, all Japanese high schools and junior high schools have created their own CAN-DO lists for their students. Although CAN-DO is rooted in actionoriented approaches, English textbooks in Japan are based on a grammar syllabus. Because of the gap between the two, CAN-DO is not utilized effectively in Japanese pedagogical contexts. In this paper, the implementation of CAN-DO in English classrooms where English is taught using a grammar syllabus will be discussed. This paper will show examples of English instructions in which CAN-DO and grammar syllabus are combined and English is taught effectively to achieve communicative purposes.