Mastery checkpoint: a first meeting without a script

Where we are on the map

The map holds the whole route; we will add its details one at a time.

A real situation

This checkpoint does not ask for the dialogue from lesson one. You receive a new character, random role and city cards, and a partner who changes speed once or adds one unfamiliar word. Hold the route, select your own lines, and repair the connection when it breaks.

Listen and respond

Listen: Сәлеметсіз бе! — open with a suitable greeting

Listen: Менің атым… — introduce yourself

Listen: Сіздің атыңыз кім? — give the turn to the partner

Listen: Қайталаңызшы. — repair a broken connection

Listen: Танысқаныма қуаныштымын. — close the meeting warmly

How to practise

Press the button and look away from the text first: catch the overall meaning and just one new sound or structural choice. On the second pass, follow the phrase and the support map with your finger. Hide the model, rebuild it from two or three signs, and say a version of your own. Finish with a partner or a voice recorder: respond without preparation and note one place where you paused. Return to that link only instead of rereading the whole lesson.

The precise model

A successful meeting shows eight observable actions: a suitable greeting; name, role, and safe location; three different questions; relevant answers; at least one return question; neutral word order in original lines; one repair when needed; and a warm close. The wording may differ from every model. Meaning and independent choice are the evidence.

The support signal

8/10 ҚАЗІР + КӨШІРУ → 7/10 ЖЕТІ КҮННЕН КЕЙІН

The limit of the rule

One good attempt immediately after study shows short-term memory. Block mastery requires at least eight actions out of ten now, including transfer to new cards, and seven after seven days without rereading the whole block. Device synthesis and a written answer cannot prove pronunciation; use a private recording, teacher, or partner for the listening evidence.

Predict before the explanation

Before starting, lay out random name, role, city, and obstacle cards. Spend thirty seconds planning only the route without writing finished sentences. Predict the most likely pause and which support you will rebuild if it occurs.

Rebuild it without the prompt

Close every lesson and draw eight block signs: contact, nine letters, two families, skeleton, Мен, question, repair, close. Explain the route aloud from the signs. Open the material for the first missing link only and hide it again.

Find and repair the mistake

A learner performs a memorised script perfectly but ignores the new question Сіз қайдансыз? and continues. That is not transfer. Stop, recover the question’s meaning, and give a new response. A second error is treating every silence as failure: an appropriate repair line is part of successful communication.

Transfer to a new setting

Change the partner, name, role, city, and question order. On the second attempt, the partner speaks slightly faster or replaces one known word with an alternative they later explain. Preserve the exchange rather than the old sequence.

Change to the My World project

Assemble project version 0.1: character card, three sentences, five questions, repair panel, two sound families, and a nine-letter note. Another learner should understand the route without your explanation, ask the character three questions, and locate a way to request repetition.

Exercise

Required. Hold a two-minute, 8–10-line meeting without a script. Use a name, role, place, three questions, and repair if needed. Afterwards record only one obstacle and its repair.

Transfer check. Repeat with new cards and a different question order. After seven days, perform a third attempt without rereading and compare the criteria rather than fluency style.

Retrieval after 1, 7, and 30 days

• Tomorrow rebuild the eight block signs and hold a new short meeting.
• After seven days, take the delayed attempt: the goal is 7 of 10 actions without reading.
• After thirty days, open an unprepared exchange and mark which support is no longer needed.

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