In my point of view, it is more important to be good at speaking than writing, because the ability to speakskillfully provides the speaker with several good advantages such as: ability to inform, persuade and direct, ability to have a confidence in unknown society, and also to have a good relatiopns with others. Nowadays to speak well is essential for social communication. There is a typical example of me, I am really good at grammar, because at school i had a perfect teacher, who always taught us english grammars, however i never had a practice of speking. I was poor at speaking, i couldn't explain my thoughts, opinions. But now i study at the university, where all subjects, lessons are in English. And i had foundation courses, where i improved my speaking skills by doing presentations, discussions and performances. So, i can say that grammar is important, but speaking is more significant than writing. In addition, to speak well is the key to beating in the competition, especially for getting a job, because while being an interview you will have a huge confidence in yourself, and confidence is the best key of everything))).

And also, i want to add the information that conversation skills are important! "Conversation skills are important to any kinds of career because it is the base means with which you express yourself to other people, specifically your colleagues, your boss and other people you will deal with in the career you have chosen for yourself. Many a competent graduate has missed out on opportunities for a rewarding career because he or she lacked the ample amount of conversation skills needed to be able to sustain the communication dynamics that come with every sort of promotion in work. " i agree with this argument

If you are a person with good conversation skills, you also naturally inspire others to do the same thing even without trying. Having good conversation skills is like shining a flashlight on what is otherwise considered as a typical work routine day.

How about the kids? Do they learn grammar? The kids need to learn more about conversation skill, before they start to learn grammar. A kids about 1 or 2 years old how do they communicate with their parents? Do they use grammar to communicate? of cause not. For example, when they hungry how they tell their parents? using grammar? no, they using conversation word like mom mom.

Also, The teachers when they explain you or have a communicate with they usually using conversation skill, words. So I think grammar is not so important than practising conversation skill.

How about the kids? Do they learn grammar? The kids need to learn more about conversation skill, before they start to learn grammar. A kids about 1 or 2 years old how do they communicate with their parents? Do they use grammar to communicate? of cause not. For example, when they hungry how they tell their parents? using grammar? no, they using conversation word like mom mom.

Also, The teachers when they explain you or have a communicate with they usually using conversation skill, words. So I think grammar is not so important than practising conversation skill.

Most English learners feel that they need more conversation practice. In fact, over the years I've noticed that the number one requested skill by students is conversation practice. I think this points clearly to the fact that students need English to communicate first and foremost. Grammar, writing and other skills are all very important, but in the students' minds conversation is the most important. Unfortunately, teaching conversational skills is much more challenging that teaching grammar.

Pragmatically, conversation lessons and exercises are intended to improve conversational skills. For this reason, I find it helpful to first focus on building skills by eliminating some of the barriers that might be in the way of production. Having been assigned roles, opinions and points of view that they do not necessarily share, students are freed from having to express their own opinions. Therefore, they can focus on expressing themselves well in English. In this way, students tend to concentrate more on production skills, and less on factual content. They also are less likely to insist on literal translations from their mother tongue.

Think about children, how they learn the language. They don't know how to read, therefore they don't study the grammar rules, and yet they learn to speak the language fast and fluent. Best to study English through listening and conversation practice first, then grammar later when you are in the advanced level.

just like 4 building a castel u nid a gud foundation live vise grammar is a foundation to buil n improve our communication

In fact 'how did we learnt our mother tongue due to grammar ' huh no due to our conversation skills we spoke wrong but day by day we developed that's why Speaking is important

I don't think the two are mutually exclusive. You can practice your grammar as you practice your conversation skills. Both are equally important, especially with job interviews.