Say who you are

Start with the guided teaching

Move from a memorized introduction to recognizing the question that comes next.

A question word replaces the missing information. 你是美国人 is “you are American.” 你是哪里人 asks “you are a person from where?” Keep the word 哪里 in that slot.

Introduce yourself and catch a question — complete guided explanation

Do the work in five passes

1. Listen and pronounce — 25 min · shadow 6 phrases; compare a recording.
2. Read and recognize — 25 min · complete the guided teaching, then read today’s words.
3. Build and speak — 25 min · build a guided request; then make 10 variations.
4. Solve a situation — 25 min · practice both sides, then hide the hints.
5. Retrieve and review — 20–80 min · due review, quizzes, and a spoken recap.

Completion records effort; quiz results measure recognition. Neither proves conversational fluency. Use the interactive trainer for review scheduling and saved progress.

Today’s sentence machinery

What, who, where

Put the question word in the slot you want filled. Start with a statement, replace the unknown piece.

You + would-like + what?

Your language for today

Practice the situation

Pay for a purchase

Try payment, discover a failure, find another option.

Outside the trainer: spend 10–20 minutes repeating these exchanges with a Mandarin speaker when available. Ask them to change one reply so you must listen. Fixed audio and scenarios cannot reproduce every real conversation.