Reddit mentions of Spanish Grammar Pack: A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Volume 2)

I'd highly recommend A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish as a reference book.

I think what has helped me the most with learning Spanish is trying to read - and reading aloud. Below are some various suggestions on what you can do to continue.

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Go to this site and try to record yourself saying all the phonemes and try to mimic them.

I'd say you can ignore the "espirantes" phonemes though - maybe I can't hear them, but I don't think most Spanish speakers use them. And it'll make it a whole lot harder to understand you if you try to use them.

Spanish is a very phonetic language, so once you get the phonemes down - you can practice on pretty much any Spanish text even if you don't have the source audio.

If you don't know how a word is pronounced, you can check: forvo.com/wordreference.com/spanishdict.com.

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After you have basic pronunciation, I'd suggest start reading. If you can listen to Spanish radio/watch subtitles, you should be able to read.

I'd highly recommend getting a Kindle paperwhite for this. Since you only use it to read, you don't really have to worry about getting distracted. It's very easy to read from and you don't have to worry about reading in the sun/dark.

If you don't know a word, you can easily look it up just by touching the word for a couple seconds. If there's a phrase of interest, it's really easy to save and look at later.

I'd suggest saving phrases that are something you might use yourself, or are things you don't understand grammatically. Go back to those later and figure out the grammar or practice using the phrases.

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Another useful site is Lang-8.com. I'll admit I haven't learned how to efficiently use this site. But it allows you to write things that are corrected by native speakers.

I'd suggest trying to write in a manner more typical of speech than writing when you use it.

Or you could also play around with sentence structures you got from reading/show/radio to make sure you understand them correctly.

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There are sites/apps you could try to practice speaking with Natives. HelloTalk / wespeke.com /interpals.net / or various chatrooms you can probably find with google.

I couldn't try HelloTalk because I don't have a smartphone and didn't have much luck finding people to talk to in the past.

I'm currently using BaseLang to practice speaking. It's a site for one-on-one tutoring for $129/month. It's a bit on the expensive side if the only reason you want to continue Spanish is so you don't lose what you currently have. (I'm not one to talk though, I'll don't have any reason to learn Spanish.)

I find it much more efficient to try to learn grammar on my own and then use them to practice concepts.

The main reason for using BaseLang in my case is because my free time is during an awkward time (EST morning) and I like being able to schedule practice sessions which would be virtually impossible otherwise (without paying for it).

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There was another post in /r/languagelearning that would be worth the read for you: [Here](
https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/comments/5ian7q/language_learning_a_howto/).

I always liked this

As a reference guide I use this

A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish Grammar

It isn't tailored to any exams, nor it is it a textbook, but it has EVERYTHING you could possibly need to know about Spanish grammar.

I also agree with /u/ImovedtoEurope's suggestion of Repase y Escriba. You can get the older versions for about $10 on Amazon.

A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish by John Butt and Carmen Benjamin is amazing. It has everything in it in excruciating detail. Well researched with examples from Spanish press and literature throughout the world. There is some slang in there, but not because they want you to learn slang; it's simply incidental to how grammar constructions are used in the real world. I imagine the new fifth edition has even more documentation and clarity.

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A New Reference of Modern Spanish Grammar

Suuuuuper good.

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Not "in" Spanish, but my personal favorite is Butt & Benjamin.

Translating generally hinders language learning. Reading books and articles written in Spanish is a great way to gain familiarity, increase understanding, and develop fluency. However, it is best to rely on cues when confronted with a new word or phrase.

When children learn to read, they are not taught to reference a dictionary or grammar book for every unknown word. Instead, they are taught to rely on the cues given by the text, along with their life experience and the knowledge they have about how the language works, to make sense of what they read. It's okay if you don't know with certainty what every word's equivalent would be in English. As you read more, you will naturally learn conjugations and your vocabulary will build. In time, a book that once seemed difficult will be an easy read.

If you simply want to learn and practice grammar, I recommend Practising Spanish Grammar and A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish. The books are written primarily for Europen Spanish, but do note the American Spanish rules when they differ.

If you don't have one already, I would recommend one in English to begin with. I swear by the one below. I had the 4th Edition for many years but it was getting a bit tatty and coffee-stained, so I've just bought the 5th Editiion.

A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish
https://www.amazon.com/New-Reference-Grammar-Modern-Spanish/dp/1444137697/

If you ever hear anyone mentioning "Butt and Benjamin" when discussing Spanish grammar, this is the book they're talking about.

Edit: It's worth pointing out that I would call this a descriptive rather than a prescriptive grammar book. In other words, it tells you how things are rather than how people would like them to be :-)

There are lots of decent books out there. I have a pretty decent college textbook that goes over every aspect of Spanish grammar, but I wouldn't recommend its format is not as good as a proper grammar reference. I do, however, recommend this book:

A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish

This one seems to be all-inclusive and well-written, so I'd go with this one.

Pro tip: If you're starting out, a grammar reference will be of little use at the very beginning, but you'll find it invaluable as time goes on and you're trying to compose the language.

If you want to really learn the language, I'm sad to say that probably the best approach is rote memorization of words. Despite what the purveyors of language products would have you believe, there really is no skipping this step. When I initially learned Spanish, my time was divided into 50% vocabulary, 20% spoken conversation, 20% grammar study, and 10% composition, and that worked really well for me. To enhance your vocabulary, there are a ton of awesome interactive exercises here.

Also, if you want to talk to a fluent speaker, just give me a PM, I'll be more than happy to chat or answer any questions you may have.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1444137697/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527170727&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=a+new+reference+grammar+of+modern+spanish&dpPl=1&dpID=41bTv%2BMiftL&ref=plSrch

This is a dense heavy book, but I'd argue a must have. Advanced level means advanced workouts, so it's not going to hold your hand with exercises to fill out. But it's exhaustive in what it covers. I mainly just use it for reference, but you could try taking it a chapter/subject at a time.

I'd recommend writing/speaking lots of practice sentences for each topic to really internalize them. You could use a site like italki or the like to have a native speaker double check your examples.

I tried a bit of Pimsleur spanish for what it's worth, and I found it to have the same issues. Talking with a native speaker is hardier, more unpredictable, and yes scarier but so much more useful. If you get this reference grammar https://www.amazon.com/New-Reference-Grammar-Modern-Spanish/dp/1444137697 and read it in conjunction with, say, Spanish language meetups, or iTalki chats with a Spanish tutor, or Hellotalk conversations with Spanish speakers from a country of your choice, I can almost guarantee you'll learn more efficiently than via Pimsleur. Granted, people have different learning styles.