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Jun 13, 2011 - 09:05 AM
It's a tough question to answer, because a lot inevitably depends on the individual learner and how much time you put into learning the language. Mandarin 1+2 will certainly help tremendously in getting you up to speed for the types of common interactions you're bound to have, and we estimate that each session will take around 2 hours or so (45 sessions in Mandarin 1+2, so 90 hours total). Our software is very much geared towards making sure that what you learn, you learn well, so we strive for strong internalization right from the outset.
Hope that helps!
Hope that helps!