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The Effects of Shadow Speaking on Korean Learners’ Listening Ability

This study investigates how shadow speaking affects on adult Korean learners’ listening comprehension and affective attitude about Korean language learning. To meet the goal, an experiment had been carried out into shadow speaking education for five weeks to 29 adult Korean learners. The group was assigned to three language proficiency groups followed their levels on the Test of Proficiency in Korean: level 4, level 5 and level 6. The study examined learner’s Korean listening ability using the TOPIK and affective attitude using the survey. Paired sample t-test and one-way ANOVA were conducted for statistical analysis. As for results, the study found out that (i) the whole group showed significant improvement on Korean listening ability, (ii) there is a significant improvement on only level 4 group, and (iii) the whole group reported that shadow speaking brought the positive effects on listening ability and affective attitude. Overall, this study proved that shadow speaking was an effective way improving Korean listening ability and arousing a positive attitude about Korean language learning.