Having spent the last year and a half dipping into my Japanese book here and there, I have decided it's either time to learn the lingo, or get myself outta here and back on the job scene back home.

I can't be more than a JPLT4 technically, althought there are many bits anf pieces I have picked up from being in Japan.

I am considering saving for an intensive course (a few months of a few hours a day - or any other suggested methods would be appreciated) and would like to know how far this would get me? Has anybody tried this? What can i expect to acheive at the end of it? close to JPLT2? nowhere near? higher? I'm an average worker but will obviously be keen to use what I'm learning, that's the whole idea. Time to figure this country out.

Does anyone have any suggestions, experiences, ideas, advice? I need the intensity of it to get me studying. an hour or two a week I will not commit to. A Heavy Dosage is the key for me.

Please Help.

Steve.