The Correlation between Learning Style and Listening Self-efficacy of Korean Learners - Focusing on the Chinese KFL learners-

The purpose of this study is to examine the learning styles and listening self-efficacy patterns of Chinese KFL (Korean as a Foreign Language) learners and to investigate the correlation between learning styles and listening self-efficacy. The survey for this research was conducted among Chinese KFL learners studying Korean at a university in China. The results showed that the most preferred learning style among Chinese KFL learners is the authority-oriented learning style, while the analytic learning style is the least preferred. There were no significant differences in listening efficacy according to grade level or Korean proficiency. Finally, only the communicative learning styles of Chinese KFL learners were found to have correlations with all sub-factors of listening self-efficacy, indicating that emphasizing a communicative learning style in education effectively enhances learners' listening self-efficacy. This study explored the previously unexamined correlation between learning styles and listening self-efficacy, and the results highlight the significance of applying learning methods tailored to individual learner characteristics in Korean listening education to maximize its effectiveness.