Im still not great at Spanish because I dont practice frequently but these things helped me:

1. Learned alphabet.
2. Learned examples of conjugation of verbs with real life examples.
3. Started with children level books and increase difficulty to read and comprehend what is being said.
4. Listen to music in that language and learn what its saying.
5. Watching telenovelas with English captions and try familiarizing words
6. Final phase I think is visiting a country who’s primary language is that language.