Use the Internet or a Spanish-English dictionary to look up the pronunciations of the Spanish alphabet. Practice saying the alphabet and learn the letters that are not in the English alphabet. The Spanish alphabet includes all of the standard English alphabet letters plus a few extras. Memorize the alphabet.
Study the beginning Spanish textbook to learn key phrases that are necessary in everyday vernacular, such as "hello," "goodbye," "my name is" and "how are you." Write these phrases on note cards with the Spanish on one side and the English on the other, and memorize them.
Continue to add more phrases to new note cards as the old phrases become familiar. Look up words or phrases that seem difficult to pronounce in a Spanish-English or English-Spanish dictionary in order to read the pronunciation key next to the words.
Read the beginning Spanish textbook to learn the grammar rules of the Spanish language, including conjugations of verbs, pronoun usage and punctuation.
Add more and more words, phrases, and verbs to the note card stack and memorization repertoire, increasing the amount of Spanish knowledge learned.