I think the main reason people learn a foreign language, is because they need it for work, or because they want to learn about another culture. First, you need to be able to understand what is being said in a conversation, and then be able to respond to it, in order to express your ideas. Because of this, listening and speaking are both, necessary skills. When you are able to speak in a foreign language, and understand what is being said, you have succeeded. Reading and writing is far more difficult than speaking and listening. Moreover, they are not that important for beginners. It should be your top priority to improve your speaking and listening skills.

Listening and speaking are important.

When we start to learn a foreign language, the main aim of us is to communicate with a native speaker in terms of work and cultures. Firstly, you need to understand what the speaker said in the conversation, and then respond and express your own ideas. So speaking is a necessary skill for all the people who want to learn a foreign language well. When you grasp the main skills of a foreign language in the aspects of speaking and listening, you succeed. To be honest, reading and writing are more difficult than speaking and listening. Hence, beginner can advoid learning reading and writing and spend more time on speaking and listening. It is the top priority that we should improve speaking and listening at the first place.