Do you think speaking is more useful than writing?

[Princess]

When I was learning English as a beginner, I just figured that the writing is the hardest part of any other sections, If I can handle the English writing than I will be relaxed on reading or verbal things. And indeed its very useful.

But several days ago, I treated a finish and we must to talk in English. That was the first time I said such many English in one day, and I realized the writing and speaking are totally different. That is mean though you are good in writing English, you won't be in speaking as same as such fluently. It just like to rebuild a new system for the language and it killed lots of my energy.

After that, when I came back to learn GRE, I was surprising that I feel the reading test and verbal completion to be easier than before. And this feeling had been remaining untill now.

So I guess this progress was attruibuted to those days I spoke English with my friend. But I don't understand how it cause this result. So I want to discuss with everyone that if you have something similar feelings like me?

[Jamie (K)]

Reading and speaking are separate language modalities, but knowledge of each of them feeds into the other.

Students who learn only to speak have problems, because they have no efficient source of vocabulary expansion, and they never develop a full adult vocabulary.

Students who learn only to read and write have problems because they don't understand people who speak to them and they often don't speak understandably. Chinese and Vietnamese students have a famous reputation in the ESL world for being able to pass any reading or grammar test with a high score but having speech that is hard to understand. My students from other countries frequently ask me about a Chinese or Vietnamese classmate, "How can that lady get such perfect test scores and not be able to talk?" Clearly, students in China and Vietnam could benefit from more speaking practice, and especially pronunciation practice.

[Princess]

Yep! I realize if we had having the elementary grammer skills, then we need to speak more! And the speaking is really good in increase the whole system of English learning!

So I think that lovely lady just needs some more times to adapt to the new environment and needs some more courages to talk and listen with others, and she will be excellent within her talent on testing! XD Wish her.