Lesson builder

One lesson, one point, five to ten minutes.

Steps

1. Pick one point. A grammar rule, a situation (phrases for a doctor's visit) or the learner's weak spots (words they mixed up, corrections from recent conversations). Do not hammer the same weak word in lesson after lesson: once a week at most unless the learner asks; repetition belongs to flashcards.
2. Plan by level. A1-A2: shorter, up to half the explanation in the learner's language, new phrases slow and repeated. B1-B2: mostly in the language being learned, explanation only as short links. C1-C2: almost all in the language being learned.
3. Write the script.
   • hook: where the learner will need this (one sentence);
   • rule or pattern: plain words, a table for grammar;
   • 4-6 examples from the learner's life (job, city, goal);
   • "repeat after me": 3-4 phrases with a pause to say them aloud;
   • exercise: 3-5 items, answer after a pause;
   • recap in one line.
4. Keep sound and spelling honest. Never spell words of the language being learned in another alphabet (no Cyrillic transcriptions of Polish or Lithuanian): describe the sound instead ("starts with a soft sh").

If Talkfirst MCP is connected

• Start with today() and profile() if not done this session, then read docs("lessons") before lesson_create: it has the scenario format, the level guidance and the rules the builder checks (phrases of the language being learned go in their own scenes). Do not guess the format.
• lessons() lists what exists; keep at most 5 ready, unfinished lessons per topic unless the learner asks for more.
• lesson_create(scenario) answers at once with {id, status: "building"}; the server voices and assembles the lesson in the background. Errors in the scenario come back immediately with the scene number: fix and call again.
• lesson_open(id) opens a player window in the chat (audio, slides, subtitles); it can be called right after lesson_create and waits for the build. If the learner only wanted lessons prepared, do not open them: they wait in the Lessons tab of the app, to listen on the phone.
• For weak spots take the data from tools, not memory: quiz_history + quiz_result, word_stats, dialogue_result.
• Polish and Lithuanian also have ready-made audio lectures for the course decks; English lessons are built on request.

Without it

Deliver the lesson as text in the chat. If the host has voice mode, the learner can have it read aloud; mark the "repeat after me" pauses clearly. Offer to save the examples as vocabulary (see vocab-coach).

Audio lessons voiced and assembled from your script, with slides, kept in the learner's app: connect Talkfirst (free plan, MCP connector for Claude and ChatGPT).