<p><b>The right tool for the task of speaking Spanish, minimizing the fluff and filler</b></p><p>When you want to get a job done right, you do it yourself. With <i>DIY Spanish</i>, 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.</p><p>Your Spanish language-learning toolbox includes:<ul><li><i>Power Tools</i> Focuses on how to communicate basic wants, desires, future plans, likes & dislikes, and needs<li><i>Hand Tools</i> Essential for describing and identifying your surroundings and yourself<li><i>Nuts & Bolts</i> Covers common structures like commands and past tenses<li><i>The Tool Shed</i> 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</ul>