[shawnjeezie]

i like just started self-teaching myself Japanese. Unfortunately I don't know of many things I can do that can help me learn the vocabulary an average japanese college student would know. Things I know are watching japanese anime (unsure of whether it is better to turn on english subtitles or to just listen to the japanese and try and figure it out myself), reading and studying out of the book i got (kinda old, Japanese in Ten Minutes a Day), and speaking it with people who are also learning or already have learned it. Also a kind of off-topicish question, but I was wondering if college-prep school was another way of saying high school in Japan or if it was different. All help will be appreciated!

I left off something xD. My book doesn't teach me how to read Japanese writing symbols. Teaches me how to speak it only. Therefore all the words are in English Alphabet. Could someone tell me where I could find a book that will teach me the symbols. I'm sure I'm am going to need it.