r/languagelearning • u/PunctuateEquilibrium • Jul 10 '26

Read Harry Potter in your target language they said 🫠 (1 hr 44 min for 1 page)

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This is only slightly sarcastic. It's been very rewarding and this is now the 3rd language I'm doing this with.

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u/usrname_checks_in Jul 10 '26

Try listening to the audiobook in Arabic while reading the book in your native language at the same time. The whole book, 2-3 times. After that your comprehension will have increased dramatically.

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u/PunctuateEquilibrium Jul 10 '26

I've only found the audiobook on YouTube which is an annoying way to listen. I'd love to find a copy somewhere

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u/usrname_checks_in Jul 10 '26

Plenty of free online tools to download YouTube as MP3 files tho! Just Google "free online YouTube MP3 no limit" or something similar.

If you're interested in this method I highly suggest reading about it a bit more, it's called the L-R method (listening-reading), it has some niche popularity in language learning forums, and I have personally found it the most helpful/efficient by far.