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Hello,

I am studying Spanish for my GCSE and I have a massive problem. I am extremely biased with reading and listening, mediocre with writing, and terrible at speaking. I actually failed my recent Speaking exam, which really hurt because I am meant to be one of the best in my class, and almost everyone else passed.

I am good with languages but speaking them has always been a problem for me. I am very one-sided in general with regards to school subjects, extremely good at the ones that require reading and memory but poor with mathematics and practical application. Maths has always been my weakest subject since I was a child.

I have ANOTHER speaking exam and I think a Reading and a Writing one (or two Writing, not sure). I think it's a shame because it is assumed that reading is the basis for learning a language and once you know how to read it's simple doing everything else, which would explain why schools concentrate more on Speaking and Writing. As a result it is going to be very hard for me to get an A or A* in the subject.

Any advice?

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