Der Hobbit

Great for Language Comprehension Practice

I like to listen to books in other languages for language practice.

This works best if it is a book that I have already listened to/read in English,
as then the material is more familiar.

For new languages, I will often try to listen to a book in parallel:
say, 15 minutes of English, then 15 minutes of the other languages, etc.
As of yet, there is a fairly limited selection of foreign language audiobooks available in the U.S. store, and an even smaller selection that are available in both English and a variety of other languages.

(And, for some reason, the Spanish ones seem often to be abridged, which makes them much less useful for this type of "rosetta stone" parallel listening practice.)

But it is slowly getting better.

Congratulations to Audible for slowly increasing its foreign language material,
and here is hoping that it will continue to do so.

And perhaps some books in Mandarin and Arabic also?

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Excellent story

Story, narration and pace were all great. I recommend this for anyone learning German. Viel Spaß!

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Sehr gut gelesen!

Ich fand dass der Vorlesers Stimme sehr fein und gut variert. Geeignet für Kinder ab 6-7.

An Enjoyable Listen

A great story in English or in German. Well worth a listen. I am learning German and I have listen to this story several times. Each time I listen to it the more I understand and the better the story gets.