Hi Akko! My name is Patrick, and I'm a translator and an English teacher, I've been learning japanese , we could help each other if you want! :)

Hi . How are you ? I hope very well . I'm Hisham from Egypt . I'm accountant at ministry of communications . I'd like to be friends It's pleasure to help you to practice and progress English with you My ID on skype Hisham_hmhbm I'm waiting for your reply sorry If I disturbed you

Thank you for your comments and corrections.They are really helpful for me. I hope the user interface in italki will be more user-friendly. Then I would get used to it more quickly.

If no toolbar at bottom, go to top right of screen, between coins ITC and INBOX is an italki bubble. That is chat on(outlined in pink) and chat off(outlined in blue). Click to pink and toolbar should pop up.

Click on contacts at bottom right corner of page. Your friend list will pop up. The names in color at top are the ones online at the present time.( You need to refresh often. Refresh buttom right top corner of chat list.) Pick person you wish to chat with, double click. Chat box will appear on left of screen. Also, orange flashing at bottom of left screen, click, someone is wanting to chat.You can double click on people not on line and chat box will appear, you can type and next time they get online it will pop up for them to see. I hope this helps in some way. I also had no way of knowing what to do until a fellow italki person taught me. Thanks Dennis where ever you are.