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Jung, Yang-soo. 2014. A study on the implementation of level-specific general English and its effects. Journal of Linguistic Studies 19(3), 127-148. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of a level-specific General English program based on the students' English proficiency. Freshmen took placement test before they entered the university, and then they were placed 4 different levels based on their English proficiency. Level-specific general English program has been executed during the last 1st semester of 2014. Surveys were conducted with 21 instructors and 328 students to measure their satisfaction and perception of the program. And at the end of the first semester, 142 students sampled from 4 different levels took exactly the same test that they took at the very beginning of the semester to measure whether there were some improvements as a result of level-specific program. According to the results, instructors felt the need of level-specific English program and its satisfaction after they directly taught students one semester. In case of students, although students from 3 and 4 levels showed a relative high level of satisfaction of this program, students from 1 and 2 levels showed a low level satisfaction of it. But, in terms of achievement, students from 1 and 2 levels showed a more significant improvement than students from 3 and 4 levels compared to the results of test that they took at the beginning of semester. (Chunganm National University)