Critical Review of Research on Aural and Oral English Competence for Enhancing Culture Learning

The present study is aimed at reviewing the previous research findings about the aural and oral English competence of Korean EFL learners in order to confirm the importance of culture learning in the language classroom. In the study, 83 journal articles (23 for aural, 46 for oral and 10 for aural and/or oral) were collected from the Journal of English Language Literature and Teaching (ELLT). Then, the research conducted a statistical review with Frequency Analysis (FA) to get the gist of collected journal articles and Correlation Analysis (CA) to confirm the relation of research variables: date of publication, research methods, applicable levels, research topics and cultural implications. Next, the content analysis was appended to investigate the perspectives of culture learning from the studies of aural and oral English competence. In the results, the gist of descriptive information proves that cultural implication is more recommended in the studies of oral English learning. Besides, the significant correlation among research variables is reported. Lastly, the results of content analysis suggests that cultural implications in the studies of aural and oral English competence are categorized according to the components of Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC), which are intercultural awareness, knowledge, skills, attitudes and traits, and proficiency.