One question I get asked a lot is “what did you use to help you learn Spanish?” The answer is simple. Apart from living in the country and in an area void of “guiris” (foreigners), I learnt from a great book called “MADRIGAL’S MAGIC KEY TO SPANISH” by MARGARITA MADRIGAL. Right from the very first chapter I was speaking Spanish within a week, seriously and I was reasonably fluent within 6 months. Of course, living with Spanish people and working with them was by far the best environment to be in to learn the language but apart from this, the book is amazing. Unlike most books that teach you to memorise a whole list of vocabulary, this book teaches you to actually think in Spanish and use words that you already know in the language without even realising it. You can read more about it HERE and if you want to have a peek at the first chapter and start speaking Spanish right away with the words that you don’t know you already know, then click HERE!
A second book that I’d recommend is really a reference work but is especially usefully when trying to conjugate your verbs (eg. I READ, She READS, They READ, We READ etc). It’s called “501 SPANISH VERBS” by CHRISTOPHER KENDRIS and it contains 501 main Spanish verbs (like the title says really!) but also teaches you how to conjugate other verbs not in the book based on what you already know. For more info you can read about it on AMAZON.
