It works very well for me because I work with the students who are working to improve. This is not a passive website, you can't join and wait for a language to fall from the sky right into your brain and you wake up the next day speaking as a native speaker. You must pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. This website works just as well and just as much as you! There are a lot of great people here who know and will help you, but in the end it is you who must open your mouth and talk or lift your fingers to write. Good luck!

Here are some easy steps for learning English for using Italki resources. 1. Find Language Partners - Click on 'Language Partners' to find a native speaker to practice oral communication or just to learn about other cultures. 2. Ask Questions - Have something specific you don't understand about another language? Click on Answers and get free help from the italki member community. 3. Discuss in Groups - Click on 'Groups' if you want to ask for help or offer help in a language. You can also discuss issues like culture, arts, society, travel or anything else you can think of. 4. Find a Language Teacher - You can find a professional teacher when you click on 'Language Teachers' to formally instruct you. Or you can hire a tutor to help you with your homework or materials. 5. Write a Notebook entry - Get helpful corrections from other native speakers for you Writing. Good luck !!!

It certainly works, but not in a few days, or if not (more or less) continuous.