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Yoon, Seok-Hwa. “Improving Listening Ability -through Movies.” Studies in English Language & Literature. 37.3 (2011): 319-42. This article is to investigate the improvement of listening ability through Movies. movies turn out to be an effective teaching device and very motivating to develop the EFL learners’ listening skills. Their capacity to arouse the English learner’ motivation to engage them in a variety of activities related to aural perception in the target language can hardly be denied. Hence, using correctly films can help boost motivation and increase students’ enthusiasm for English learning while helping them develop learning skills. The growing acceptance of content teaching within EFL context as a motivator for students has led in recent years to the frequent use of movies in English classes. For the purpose of the study, the researcher formulate two hypotheses, that there would be a significant enhancement in the listening ability and a strong relationship between listening and affective factors - confidence, anxiety, interest, participation, easiness, and willingness to use the expression in the movies. A written questionnaires asking the level of affective domain in Likert Scale were submitted to the students in class. Based the findings and conclusion formulated in this study, the following recommendations are hereby proposed. English teachers can use movies to enrich their teaching and enhance learners’ interests in learning English. English teachers should explore the other enrichment activities that could be used to teach the movies and overall linguistic skills. (WonKwang University)