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How to learn a foreign language: read

How to learn a foreign language: read Harry Potter in translation. “The plots and scenarios are familiar enough that I can pick up the gist of what is going on even if the grammar and vocabulary escape me; but after a few times reading about the impatient lechuza in Harry’s room, I can’t help but gather that it is not lettuce but an owl.”