I think that if you don't feel confident enough yet to "open your mouth" this is a good start. But no... it's not the whole thing. Eventually, you should find a way to practice your pronunciation and listening skills ! Don't be shy ... ^^ Anyhow... Good Luck !

In part it works. Those messages could be useful for learning, if they write properly you can improve your reading and writing, but you are not improving Listening and Speaking. You have to find a way to do it, in order to get the whole learning process.

No, but these sites will help you learn English. You can learn English using Chinese at Italki. go to: http://www.italki.com/knowledge/learn-English-Chinese.htm Here are the Italki English teachers who speak Chinese Mandarin http://www.italki.com/teachers/1-3-English-Chinese--0-999999-0-0-1.htm Here are the Italki English/ Chinese speakers. Email some of them and invite them to be your friend or language partner. Set up a time to chat on skype. Remember the time differences between countries, If there is a green light next to a person's name, it means that they are on line. Good luck! Click on here: http://www.italki.com/partners/1-Chinese-English200-00-0.htm There is a free online talking dictionary of English pronunciation. Just click over the pink words to hear them spoken at www.howjsay.com/index.php?word. Here is a Chinese-English etymology Dictionary business and economic terms www.lai.com/glossaries.html http://www.taisha.org/ is recommended by other Italki members Italki member Courtney recommends this voice chat study group for learning English 我看见有一个可以skype聊天的group,但是没什么人去，最好还是在语言伙伴里找人，然后加他再语音吧，祝你好运 Also for Chinese speakers learning English have a look at Quick Speaker which may be useful 还在为去国外旅游无法独自开口表达而烦恼吗? 有了 QuickSpeaker 这一切将变得轻松简单! QuickSpeaker 根据在外国旅游或生活中常遇到的不同场景，分为20大类，超过3000条日常用句，每条句子都包含专业的翻译及纯正的英语发音，通过您的手机,让您真正做到随用随学，沟通随时随地

Give it a try. Then you'll have your answer.

It will help for both. But for oral practice you'll need to use your italki buddies. :P