Which do you do better: Read,Write,Speak or Listen?
Which of these four skills,Read,Write,Speak or Listen, do you do better in the language(s) you are learning.
Listening is my best skill. After hearing a word in spanish I can read and speak the word. I always listen to the word first in the flashcards.
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Writing High intermediate/Advanced level.This is my strongest area but I am not fluent yet and certainly far from perfect so I still continue to make mistakes when using new and unfamiliar sentence constructions and idioms/colloquial expressions
Speaking: Intermediate/'High Intermedaite level I am normally comfortable and confident discussing/talking about day to day topics with people in Spanish and many subjects but excluding those requiring a technical vocabulary eg banking or other specialist subjects.
Reading: intermediate level: I can read and pronounce most words that I come across but still experience occassional difficulty pronouncing words which have similar sounds in the same word or the following word/s. .
I used to struggle pronouncing the phrase: ¿Qué te dedicas? because the similar sounds te and de in close succession to each other used to trip me up! I can pronounce the phrase with more confidence now and correctly most of the time. 
Listening/Comprehension: Low intermediate level This is the weakest area for me I know this is unusual becuase most people can normally understand more than they can speak.I am not talking about comprehension of any subject matter I may be reading but understanding everything spoken by Spanish speaking natives when spoken at normal speed.
I am improving at this and could understand most, if not all, a Colombian lady said to me in London, recently. I will have to work at understanding natives from Spain when speaking at normal speed as they speak much faster hahhaha 
I'm the same way as most of you all. I can read/write light years better than I can listen. Although my speaking is slow most of the time, I usually can stumble through things. I have a native Colombian friend and a native Mexican friend who try and speak as much spanish as they can with me. I get corrected so much, but that excites me because I know that I'm learning beyond what one could learn on a website that way.
Writing, Reading, Listening, Speaking In that order
I feel like I can express myself reasonably well writing, and reading is challenging but not too much so. What holds me back is usually not knowing the vocabulary or idiomatic phrases, but these can be memorized in time.
However talking and listening are something else entirely. I'm only just starting to get better listening to news-speed Spanish after months of listening to it, and I can't speak confidently yet. There aren't many Spanish speakers where I live.
For me reading and writing is the easiest; then speaking, By far I find listening is the hardest because of speed dialects and the different ways Spanish speakers will say things.
Reading and Writing are the easiest for me.
But listening is a must. We have to train our ears to hear and recognize sounds that we hear in the language we are learning, Speaking is difficult for me because my mind gets in the way of allowing me to speak freely and naturally.
It all requires lots of practice and patience.
for me reading then listening then speaking then writing
For me reading, listening, writing, speaking.
...reading - listening - writing - speaking would be the correct order for me...
What a great question!
1) Writing
I love to write in Spanish! As a matter of fact, I love to write in English, too. Most of the people I talk to complain when we have to write a Spanish essay or an English paper, but I get excited! I especially like writing in Spanish because it gives me the opportunity to look up new words and phrases.
2) Reading
This area definitely needs some work, but I'm not horrible at reading in Spanish. SpanishDict's dictionary is my best friend whenever I am reading something in Spanish.
3) Speaking
I like to speak in Spanish, but my accent needs help, jeje. What I've noticed is that when I make mistakes, I notice right away, which is great. This takes away from the discouragement of making mistakes! 
4) Listening
Oh, Dios mío. That's all I can say for listening. 
It takes two or more tries for me to get a grip on what is being said in a song or listening exercise. However, since classes have started, it's gotten much better from where I was, say, six months ago when I first joined SpanishDict.
1- read (they say l have a pretty good accent )
2- listen ......
3- speak (Despite freezing whenever l forget a word l think l can say a few stuff )
4- write (my spelling sucks)
As you can see, l'm hopeless in Spanish! 
and about English ...
1- speak
2- read
3- write
4- listen (whenever there are so many accents from all over the world speaking altogether l get really confused! 
)
Wow, some people here (including myself) act as though they they are 2E people. I guess the proficiency and deficiency here is that thoroughly acknowledged.
