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Sook Kyung Jung. 2012. A study on the phone English and its effect on promoting English speaking fluency. Journal of Linguistic Studies 17(3), 69-88. The purpose of the study was to measure the effect of phone English conversation through smart phones by investigate the process of three month phone English class. 14 college university students participated in the research. Students learning styles and attitudes towards the phone English were explored. According to main research results. students predominantly preferred phone English class over face-to-face English class due to its availability regardless of time and space, one to one teaching style, and the amount of teachers’ corrective feedback. The t-test result of pre and post online speaking test revealed that phone English class has contributed to improving the students' speaking ability. In spite of students' predominant use of smart phones for phone English, most students are not used to utilizing the internet functions of smart phones for learning purpose. (Daejeon University)