I'm currently learning Japanese, and that is not a well defined goal IMHO. How do you "learn computers"? Alternate ideas.. I want to be able to: * Ask for

I'm currently learning Japanese, and that is not a well defined goal IMHO. How do you "learn computers"? Alternate ideas.. I want to be able to: * Ask for directions in Japanese * Tell a joke in Japanese * Write a letter congratulating someone on their new job * Order food in a Japanese restaurant * Hold a conversation in Japanese about topic X - (My life, my hobbies, the weather, my recent vacation, etc) * Watch a Japanese movie w/o subtitles etc.. Having a specific real-world goal like that makes it WAY easier than dealing with word lists and grammar rules, and trying to 'synthesize an sentence based on rules in your head'. I found the structured book based approach to be very boring. We all learn differently of course, so you may have success doing it either way.