I spend 8-12 hrs per lesson the first time through, doing all the exercises etc and memorizing the vocab. But that's not enough for me; it just doesn't stick. So stage 2 is to type everything up and review/memorize it in list form for 4 days, then dump it into supermemo. I do this in increments that I can handle in a day, like 10 sentences or 30 vocab words. This probably takes 15-20 hours. Stage 3 is making a recording, which probably takes 2-3 hours. So I'm really slow, but I study enough hours to finish a lesson in a reasonable number of days.
I'll have to try Skype one of these days. Sounds pretty convenient.
I'll have to try Skype one of these days. Sounds pretty convenient.