More on the previous post.

Take a look at this matrix. It shows proficiency levels in language learning.


Now feast your eyes on this table:

Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Levels
Language From S/L/R*- 0 to:	S/L/R 1	S/L/R 2	S/L/R 3	S/L/R 4
I. Romance and Germanic Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, German, Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish	150	400	650	**
II. Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean	350	1,100	2,200	**
III. All Others *** e.g., East European, African, Asian Languages	250	600	1,100	**
Note: For learner to achieve these goals, classroom study should be supplemented by a minimum of two to three hours of preparation for each five classroom hours. This table is an adaptation of the U.S. State Department Foreign Service Institute’s expected levels of speaking proficiency for various lengths of training. This adaptation is intended to meet the needs of private sector students.
* S : Speaking Proficiency, L: Listening Proficiency, R: Reading Proficiency ** Generally cannot be achieved in classroom. Requires extensive use of language in the native setting.*** Indonesian, Malay approximate classroom hours for S/R-1:200; S/R-2:500; S/R-300;900
Hours approximate. Actual hours required may vary according to student’s language learning aptitude.

This chart assumes classroom study with a couple of hours of prep. So really its 150 x 2-3 or 300 - 450 hours. And that's not a night class at the local community college (nothing against Community college but they don't tend to move to quickly. They move at the pace of the slowest student. I my experience a nice older woman who has no real interest in the language, but would like to get out more.)
I believe that you can do this without a classroom if you have the right study habits and the right tools. It breaks down to about 1 to 1 1/2 years.
at the end of your 1 to 1 1/2 years you should be at a solid 0+ to 1-
Here are the definitions(speaking/listening):

0+
Survival Proficiency
Speaking:
Able to satisfy immediate needs such as for lodging,
meals and transportation, using memorized or
rehearsed speech only. No fluency.
Listening
Some isolated words and phrases such as
personal and place names and street or
store signs but not connected prose.

1
Minimal Functional Proficiency
Speaking:
Able to satisfy minimum courtesy requirements and
maintain very simple conversations on familiar or
rehearsed topics. Experiences frequent
misunderstandings. Examples: can exchange
greetings, elicit predictable information and explain
routine procedures in a restricted way.
Listening:
Able to understand very simple connected printed
material. Able to get a main idea of short, frequently
encountered materials, such as invoices, and charts.

Being a level 1 satisfies most peoples goals as language speakers. You go to Italy once a year and have a short dialog with the waiter at a restaurant. It's a huge accomplishment.

I hope this doesn't discourage you. I am probably a bad businessman for say this but I would rather you didn't buy 3DLanguage if you had illusions of fluency after a few hours. But if you want to work at it, and really achieve something, we're here for you!

Dave