In this stage, you simply soak up the language. You listen to the native audio, read the Hebrew text (with vowel markings called nikud in early lessons), and compare it to the translation on the facing page.
You need structure to read right-to-left text. A low-quality scan will ruin your ability to distinguish similar letters (ב vs כ, or ד vs ר).
: The traditional method. The audio is crucial for Hebrew, as the writing system (Abjad) often omits vowels, making it hard to read without hearing the words first.