DIY Spanish: Top 12 Tools for Speaking Spanish

The right tool for the task of speaking Spanish, minimizing the fluff and filler

When you want to get a job done right, you do it yourself. With DIY Spanish, you can build your Spanish language skills on your own without the distraction of minor details. This part-workbook/part-reference gets straight to the point, offering useful structures, model sentences, essential vocabulary and grammar to get you communicating in a basic, functional manner.

Your Spanish language-learning toolbox includes:

• Power Tools Focuses on how to communicate basic wants, desires, future plans, likes & dislikes, and needs
• Hand Tools Essential for describing and identifying your surroundings and yourself
• Nuts & Bolts Covers common structures like commands and past tenses
• The Tool Shed A comprehensive reference and review of the important tenses, telling time, possession, irregular verb charts, and 13 theme-based vocabulary sections with the essential “fill-in” words, common verbs, cognates, and adjectives

Mark Rhea is a veteran teacher at high school level, who has taught all levels of Spanish, from beginning to native speakers. He currently teaches at Helix Charter High School, La Mesa, and Valhalla High School, El Cajon.