I'm about to start my career in the US, but my girlfriend and I visited Japan and are completely enamored by it. We've been studying japanese slowly just enough to get by ordering food and such at restaurants during our visit, but after this we really want to pour ourselves into learning in hopes of visiting and being able to converse with locals, or even moving here one day.
My local community college offers Elementary and Intermediate Japanese, both with I and II versions. I'm considering their online hybrid option (it's the only one that fits my work schedule) which has 2 2.5hr virtual class sessions every week, and with books would probably cost less than $800.
Do you think it would be worth it? Would I be better off pouring myself into textbooks, or any other self study method?
by Eubank31