Introduced the four tones, nǐ hǎo, and wǒ jiào Henry as the first pronunciation-focused lesson.

Lesson 1 established the first speaking targets for this enrollment: mā má mǎ mà, nǐ hǎo 你好, nín hǎo 您好, and wǒ jiào Henry 我叫 Henry. Focus points: keep tones short and deliberate, hear the difference between first/second/third/fourth tone, and notice that nǐ hǎo is commonly realized with third-tone sandhi in connected speech. No direct spoken sample from Henry was captured in this lesson note yet, so no individual mistake log or mastery score was recorded.

Drills

• Contrast mā má mǎ mà with clear pitch movement.
• Repeat nǐ hǎo and nín hǎo, keeping hǎo low then rising.
• Say wǒ jiào Henry with a clear falling fourth tone on jiào.

Review Queue

• Say nǐ hǎo and wǒ jiào Henry with correct tone shape (due 2026-04-02)

Homework

• Read aloud mā má mǎ mà, nǐ hǎo, nín hǎo, and wǒ jiào Henry for 5 minutes (due 2026-04-02)