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Learn Korean with KoreanClass101.com! In today’s audio blog, Hyunwoo talks about the test that nearly everyone Korean must endure. This is the test that students study for since the day they are born! This is the *dramatic music insert* College Entrance Exam. And Hyunwoo had quite an experience with his day of judgment. After learning about College Entrance Exams in Korea, remember to stop by KoreanClass101.com and answer Hyunwoo’s questions!

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21 Responses to “Audio Blog #13 - The Test of Our Lives”

KoreanClass101.com says:

안녕하세요, 여러분. 선현우입니다. 지난 일주일 동안, 안녕하셨죠? 여러분, 수능시험이 무엇인지 아세요? 얼마 전에, 한국에서는, 수능시험이 있었는데요, 수능시험은, 원래는 ‘대학수학능력시험’이라고 하는데, 짧게 줄여서, 그냥 ‘수능시험’ 또는 ‘수능’이라고 합니다. 수능시험은 아마도 한국에서 가장 규모가 큰 시험이 아닐까요? 동시에 80만명이 시험을 보니까요. 전국의 고등학교 3학년 학생들이 1년에 한 번, 모두 같은 날에 시험을 보는 거예요. 한국에서는 대학에 들어가기 위해서는 대부분 이 시험을 봐야 합니다. 저도 1998년에 수능시험을 보았는데요, 정말 스릴 있었어요. 하하. 왜 스릴이 있었냐구요? 그 전날, 정말 많이 아팠거든요. 초등학교 6년, 중학교 3년, 고등학교 3년 동안 공부한 것을, 즉 12년 동안 공부한 것을, 하루에, 딱 한 번 보는 시험으로 평가를 받습니다. 수능시험으로 모든 것이 결정되는 것은 아니지만, 그래도 대부분이 결정되기 때문에 정말 중요하죠. 그런데… 그 중요한 수능시험의 전날에 제가 갑자기 아파서 시험을 보러 갈 수 없는 상태가 되었으니, 저희 집에서는 난리가 났겠죠? 저도 “아… 내일 수능시험 못 보겠다…”라고 생각하면서 잠이 들었습니다. 그런데, 다음 날 아침, 그러니까, 수능시험을 보는 날, 눈을 떠 보니 하나도 안 아픈 거예요. 기적이었는지, 아니면 어머니의 정성어린 보살핌 덕분인지, 갑자기 다 나아 버렸어요. 하하. 그래서 저는 그 날 수능시험을 아주 잘 보고 집에 돌아왔습니다. 참 다행이죠? 그런데, 생각해 보면, 해마다 11월, 수능시험이 있을 때, 제가 그랬던 것처럼 갑자기 몸이 아파지는 학생들도 있을 거예요, 그렇죠? 그래서 딱 한 번이 아니라 두 번, 세 번 봐서, 그 중에 제일 좋은 성적으로 골랐으면 좋겠어요. 여러분 나라에도 수능시험이 있나요? 여러분 나라의 대학교 입학 시험은 어떤지 알려 주세요. 자, 그럼 다음 주에 뵙겠습니다. 감사합니다.

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Ann Marie (Yoon-young) says:

I am getting an error opening file error. Is anyone else getting it?

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선현우 says:

윤영,

I can open the file :-) I hope it’s working for you now?

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Taliana says:

You can only take it once? That’s so intimidating ._.

Is it possible to fail it, or is it just that if you do really bad it lessens your college choices?

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선현우 says:

It’s not ‘pass’ or ‘fail, but you have the full mark of 500 points (it used to be 400 points for my year) and how many points you get will be play a very important role in what uni you will enter. So it’s just one chance.. tough, right? So a lot of students decide to study for one more year and register themselves in an Suneung-specific institute. :-(

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Taliana says:

Ahh, it sounds a bit like the HSC, the end-of-highschool exams in Australia where I grew up. With those, your marks give you points, and those points decide what Universities you can apply to, and what courses you can do. I think that you can resit your HSC though …

The 수능시험 sounds so much scarier!

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선현우 says:

Haha, yes, it is scarier. I seriously think that the students should be given more than one chances to sit the test because one bad luck and that might take one more year . :-( But other than that - it’s a very comprehensive test so your score doesn’t change all of a sudden on the exam day unless you’re sick or very unlucky.

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maxiewawa 김 says:

Taliana도 NSW사람 이에요!?

나도 HSC 헸어요!

They didn’t offer Korean when I was learning though.

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Taliana says:

Maxiewawa: XD I grew up in NSW!

They didn’t offer Korean when I was learning, either. My school was tiny (20-30 students per grade), and we only had one language teacher, who taught German and French.

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선현우 says:

Wow. 20-30 students per grade? That’s very small. I would prefer such a school to something that is too big. We had 50 students in one class :-(

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Taliana says:

Yeah, I always really liked it being that small. It meant that the teacher could find the time to sit down and help you if you needed it. In my last year of highschool, I transferred to a much larger school so that I could study part-time instead of full-time, and the classes were huge. I didn’t like it at all, the teachers never had time to help everyone in class.

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Daniel K says:

인사 드리겠습니다!

캐나다에서는 비슷한 시험 없어요. 캐나다 대학교들이 고등학교 점수를 보고 학생 다닐 수 있을까 결정해요. 보통 겨우 Grade 12/마지막 년 점수를 확인해요.

제 생각에는 한국의 시험 방법 좀 미쳐요. 학생들에게 스트레스 많이 줘요. 역시 겨우 수능시험을 위해서 학생들이 공부해요. 그러니까 한국의 학생들이 좀 작은 세게관 받아요. 아마 이이유일테니까 한국의 대학교들이 세상의 최고가 아닙니다. 제 생각만이 아니에요. 한국 사회에 대한 책 보았는데 표제는 Korean Unmasked이에요. 그책의 저자가, Won-Bok Rhie, 그시험들이 큰 문제이다고 했어요. 어쨌든 재미있는 질문이죠!

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seoulsista says:

wow! that sounds so tough!!! only one day to take the test?? :???: :? ??:

I would do bad in Korea. I’m not a very good test taker :oops: :oops:

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The KoreanClass101.com Blog says:

[…] The plane arrives an hour early but despite this we still have to wait until 10:50pm at the train station for the last 무궁화 train to 여수. So here I am in 용산 but am unable to browse the cool electronics stores that 현우 씨 has told us all about. We board the train and arrive in 여천 at about 4:15am. I believe there was a big exam that Friday and so the train was absolutely packed, standing room only for most of the trip with students returning to their homes. We had seats. I tried to sleep most of the trip. There are no more taxis waiting at the train station when we get there so we lug all of our stuff down to the main road and catch two taxis to the hotel. Our driver is not very talkative. He is just starting his shift. I am not feeling too talkative either. I’ve been up for quite some time. […]

오스틴 says:

여기에 수능시험을 잘 보려고 기도하는 학부모님 비디오예요.

Here is a video of some parents praying for a good result on the college entrance test!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCTIvW-gGfQ&feature=related

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선현우 says:

Thanks for posting the links to the videos, Austin. This is interesting indeed, huh? I wish we had a better testing system for college entrance. :-( But I really think highly of all the sincere effort that all the high school students in Korea are making for their future, regardless of how fair or efficient the testing system is.

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mnorgovudkka says:

Hy my name is mnorgovudkka
Im from mongolia
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현우 says:

mnorgovudkka

Annyeonghaseyo :)
Nice to meet you! Are you learning Korean? :)

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KoreanClass101.com Blog » Blog Archive » 수능 - the “Korean SAT” that actually matters says:

[…] Want to brush up on your 수능 knowledge? Recommended reading material include this short photo essay about 수능 from a Korean high school student. For that matter, SeoulGlow posted a video a few years back that’s pretty interesting to watch (alt link). Of course, KC101’s advanced audio blog has more on the subject. Also, 현우 produced a regular audio blog that covers the same topic from a slightly different angle, too. […]

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