Although there’s nothing wrong with this, in some cases and depending on your version, it’s difficult to identify the sections. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page. In other words, the author starts by teaching grammatical structures that will allow you to communicate better and faster in Spanish. The steering wheel, the gas pedal, the trunk, the hubcaps, the carburetor, the pistons, the crankshaft, the rear-wheel differential… and, at this point I no longer know what I am talking about. Dedicate a specific amount of time each day to practice Spanish, whether through vocabulary exercises, reading, or speaking with others.

If you’re still not sure if this is the best book for you, there are other Spanish textbooks for beginners that you can use to start learning Spanish. I’ve taught Spanish to a wide array of foreigners from many backgrounds such as students and tourists to doctors and soldiers. In the case of Spanish, there are pictures of chimichangas, piñatas, sombreros, Aztec pyramids, cathedrals, and if you are unlucky, Caga Tió… the log that poops gifts.Since the goal of this textbook is to help learn Spanish in a fast way, all of these topics include an explanation of the elements or concepts you may need as well as different activities to reinforce your knowledge. But when it comes to design, you’ll find that this textbook follows a simple white-black design with some bolding and italics fonts to highlight important things. The author gives a quick, simple explanation of the grammar, and then throws the reader right into the work. Every time I walk into one I feel like the primary color wheel and the school laminator fell in love, got married, and started having kids.

In this book, you’ll learn past and future tenses way before you learn how to use the present tense. From the very beginning the book offers ways to help English speakers see the similarities between the two languages and how to easily convert common English verbs into Spanish. This will provide you with the opportunity to practice speaking and gain a deeper understanding of the language.

After the first eight chapters the book continues using these translation techniques while focusing on dialogues, verb tenses, asking questions in different tenses, giving commands and a number of basic grammar structures. So if you really want to improve your Spanish, you’ll need to apply your knowledge in a real-life conversation. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. She has explained Spanish grammar using the most simple explanations I have ever encountered in a Spanish book.