The format I use is also the format I found most useful when I am learning a language!
We start with looking at a paragraph or a very short story, we will not understand most of it at first but that is okay! we go on to learn about the words used inside the given text, and then use those words to learn the grammar. Finally, after we have grasped the words and grammar, we can go over the text again to see how much we have improved, how much we can understand.

One of the things that scare the most people away from learning chinese is the characters and there is no other way to learn them but practice. Though it might be hard at first, as you learn your first characters, you will realize that it is not random but there is a system to it with lots of words/characters being very similar to each other to the point that I would call it fun.

Listening and speaking require the most practice but it is one of the things that you learn along the way before you realize it, in the end all comes down to giving it time and practicing. When I say time I don't mean months or years but an hour a day if not less for practice which will go a long way and you will be able to communicate in chinese in no time. if you like the idea, I am more than happy to assist you in this journey!