Doesn't that mean you can speak 6? No. It's possible to read formal prose in a language without speaking it. Polite/learned communication, specially in writin

Doesn't that mean you can speak 6? No. It's possible to read formal prose in a language without speaking it. Polite/learned communication, specially in writing, is often contrived and limited, often resembling an archaic form of the language. It's very possible to read formal text in a language, and glean meaning from it based on your expertise in the language family. Though you would be helpless in the street.