June Mock Exam Korean, Slightly More Difficult Than 2022 CSAT

In the June mock test of the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) held on the 1st, the Korean language section was slightly more difficult compared to last year's CSAT.

On the same day, the Etoos Education Evaluation Research Institute analyzed that the reading section was composed of content that was easily accessible due to strengthened linkage with EBS, but the perceived difficulty in the literature section might have been somewhat higher.

On the morning of June 1st, when the 2024 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) mock exam was conducted, students at Yeouido Girls' High School in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, were waiting for the exam to start in their classrooms. Photo by Joint Press Corps

This year's June mock test was conducted simultaneously from 8:40 a.m. nationwide at 2,107 high schools (including education offices) and 463 designated academies, under the supervision of the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, the official CSAT test agency.

First, the reading section included many passages directly quoted from EBS textbooks, so students who studied EBS thoroughly likely found it not difficult.

It consisted of four passages in total: the reading theory passage related to the 'theory of reading motivation' with 3 questions; the humanities passages on '(a) identity theory, functionalism, theory of speech act consciousness, and Lorenz's extended cognitive theory' and '(b) objectivist philosophy on perception' with 6 questions; the social studies passage on 'Janis, Levendal, and Witte's research on fear appeals' with 4 questions; and the science passage on 'types and composition of catalysts' with 4 questions.

In the literature section, modern novels might have been somewhat difficult to approach, and 3 out of 6 works were linked to EBS materials.

In modern poetry, 'Oath' by Jo Ji-hoon and 'Spring' by Oh Gyu-won were included, and in classical poetry, 'Hangeo Shippalgok' by Kwon Ho-mun and 'Gichwiseohaeng' by Kim Nak-haeng were featured. The classical novel was the anonymous 'Sangsadonggi,' and the modern novel used as a passage was 'The Person Without Character' by Choi Myung-ik.

The elective subjects 'Language and Media' and 'Speech and Composition' were both analyzed to have been set at a level similar to last year's CSAT.

In the Language and Media section, language questions on Middle Korean grammar, media questions including a visible radio broadcast about lighthouse stamp travel, an electronic document user manual for a scale, and social network conversations were included. It was particularly analyzed that the difficulty could vary depending on the students' adaptation to the Middle Korean questions.

In the Speech and Composition section, various contents were included such as introductions to Korean linguists Ju Si-gyeong and Choi Hyun-bae, newspaper-style debates and reflection essays, and planning articles on changing school spaces, which were evaluated to have been somewhat challenging.

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