Learning a new language can be a stressful, long process,  no matter what method one use, its always gonna take 2 or 3 years to use the basic skills with certain degree of confidence, and if one lacks the  necessary set of tools to put in practice the learned there will be a 1-2 years delay, thats why finding if not all at least the basic tools available to practice  is essential, in my case im a self-thaught individual with a couple of introductory courses, that has never used internet to find language partners. That said I'm an  inexperienced learner hoping to get the best out of this site and find great language partners.