Sometimes you get lucky. Sometimes you find someone who wants to talk and practice.
I find Italki and Skype not the best for teaching, but very good for practice: practice speaking and listening to a partner. I do my learning through books and with an Italki teacher but most of my learning is done by myself at home. Listening and speaking are good here.
Yes, you need to smile and wave (like how the Penguins of Madagascar say it "smile and wave boys, just smile and wave"). I don't have time to teach you. I am prepared to listen and talk and check your speech, but I don't have time to teach you everything. And most people I have met online, I do not have a long friendship with them, for various reasons. You need to offer something. We get tired of reading "please help me learn English. I can teach you an obscure language" or worse: "please teach me. I need help to learn English for......". Sell me your case: почему я надо помогать вы? что это для мне?
Проблемы:
- носителей английского гораздо меньше, чем тех, кто его учит.
- люди (особенно англоговорящие и женщины) получают слишком много входящих сообщений.
- многие люди, которых вы видите в поиске - неактивны, заняты или уже имеют достаточно партнёров.
Короче говоря, обмен-то есть, но налажен плохо.



