<p>I think you’ll have to take a year off to prepare for the language requirements. You don’t want to shut doors at programs where you would otherwise be accepted. Your decision to attend graduate school and the subsequent determination to acquire the necessary language skills could become an important part of your personal statement.</p>
<p>A community college will unlikely give you the type of language instruction you’ll need at graduate school. You need something intense and thorough, with an emphasis on reading. Community college courses tend to focus on speaking and everyday vocabulary, and they generally aren’t as rigorous as four-year college instruction. You might want to look into free-standing academies and post-bac programs that specialize in such instruction. Although I don’t personally know of any, I’m sure someone with better knowledge will chime in.</p>