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I made the most significant gains in speaking and listening skills while spending several weeks living with a family in Central America. I had already completed my high school's 3 year program in Spanish when I went. My aural/oral skills continued to improved over the next few years due to ongoing opportunities to use Spanish; university classes in Spanish language and literature, living with native speakers as roommates and fellow residents in my residence hall, and working for a few years at a place that provided services to foreign students including many from Spanish-speaking countries.
Spending as much time as you can participating in unscripted conversations can help a lot, particularly when at least some of the people who you are conversing with speak Spanish better than you do.
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