Name: 韓國考試院長因「離譜」英文考題請辭！BBC新聞 (South Korea exam chief quits over 'insane' English test | BBC News)
Uploaded: 2025-12-13T17:06:34.000Z
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The English section of South Korea's grueling college entrance exam or the sunyoung, is notoriously difficult, with some students comparing it to deciphering an ancient script.

韓國嚴苛的大學入學考試的英文科，也就是 sunyoung，出了名地難，有些學生覺得就像在解讀古老文字一樣。

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Well, so intense was the criticism around this year's test that the top official in charge of administering it has resigned to take responsibility for the chaos that it caused.

唉呀，今年考試的批評聲浪實在太大了，負責舉辦考試的最高官員已經辭職，為造成的混亂負責。

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Amongst the most daunting questions are one on Immanuel Kant's philosophy of law and another involving gaming jargon.

其中最艱難的問題包括一個關於康德法律哲學的，另一個則涉及遊戲術語。

The latter were three points asked students to pick where a sentence should fit in a given paragraph.

後者是要求學生選出一個句子應該放在哪個段落裡的三個題目。

A video game has its own model of reality internal to itself and separate from the player's external reality, the player's bodily space and the avatar's bodily space, the avatar's body space.

影片遊戲有它內在於自身的現實模型，這個模型分離於玩家的真實世界、玩家的身體空間和虛擬角色的身體空間，虛擬角色的身體空間。

The potential actions of the avatar in the game world is the only way in which the reality, the external reality of the game world can be perceived as in the real world, perception requires action.

虛擬角色在遊戲世界中的潛在行動是唯一的方式，讓遊戲世界的真實世界、外在現實得以被感知，就像真實世界中感知需要行動一樣。

Well, let's speak to someone who's taken the test herself in the past.

好，我們來聊聊一位過去曾經考過這個試的人。

Professor of Korean linguistics at Oxford University, June Care.

牛津大學韓國語言學教授 June Care。

I don't know whether you saw that particular question that was was featured on our website.

不知道您有沒有看到我們網站上出現的那一題。

Yes, I saw that the article and I tried to solve it myself and it was very hard.

是的，我看到了那篇文章，我自己也試著解題，真的非常困難。

I mean I took the exam 30 years ago but I think it's now becomes too difficult to the point like, you know, I don't.

我是說，我三十年前考過這個考試，但我覺得現在變得太難了，難到，你知道的，我無法…

I'm not sure how much I would get it from this exam.

我不確定我能在這次考試中拿到多少分數。

Because it's obviously sort of caused huge stress, hasn't it in the process?

因為這顯然造成了巨大的壓力，不是嗎？

I think it's because sort of they think about English as a way because there's other exams but they kind of think about English as a way to sort of, you know, best tool to rank students and in this exam and you know, it's very easy to basically distinguish who are the top first person using English tool.

我認為這是因為他們把英文科當成一種方式，因為還有其他考試，但他們總覺得英文是個很棒的工具，可以用來在這個考試中區分學生，而且你知道的，用英文這個工具來區分出頂尖的人，其實非常容易。

So I think this is way how every year it becomes the exam becomes more and more difficult to the point like even native speaker can't really find the right answer.

所以我覺得這就是為什麼每年考試都越來越難，難到連母語人士都找不到正確答案。

And what is the significance of passing it?

What does it count sort of hugely towards getting into colleges of your choice?

它在進入你選擇的大學方面佔了多大的比重？

Yes, I think this exam is basically Korean people still, I mean even in my time, but

是的，我認為這項考試基本上是韓國人，我的意思是即使在我那個時代，但

even now they think this one day this exam will determine your life.

即使現在他們也認為這一天，這項考試將決定你的人生。

Not only your own life, but your family's future.

不僅是你自己的人生，還有你家人的未來。

So I think they put so much emphasis and practice drilling to find the best result for this exam.

所以我認為他們非常重視並勤奮練習，以在這個考試中取得最好的結果。

The day basically when the exam happens, the nation stops.

基本上考試那天，全國都會停擺。

So just tell me what happens on the day at home.

所以請告訴我那天在家裡會發生什麼事。

You start everybody goes to work an hour late and from 1 o' clock afternoon about 45 minutes even, you know, nothing should move because they have English listening test and the military actually even stops for the day.

你知道，大家上班都會晚一個小時，下午一點開始，大概四十五分鐘，什麼都不會動，因為有英文聽力測驗，軍隊甚至會停擺一整天。

So when you this year was 13th of November and basically people have to stay quiet for the entire for students not to be disturbed.

所以今年是 11 月 13 日，基本上大家都要保持安靜，以免打擾到學生。

And so yeah, or every operation in South Korea stops or you know people Dubai low key for the students.

所以，對，韓國的每個運作都會停止，你知道，大家都會為了學生低調行事。

The amazing work ethic of Korean students is known of course in many parts of the world.

韓國學生的驚人職業道德，當然在世界許多地方都很有名。

I think it's sort of to the point like you know, we learn how sort of hard working is almost like in DNA of South Korean people and they believe that education is the only asset we have as a nation.

我覺得已經到了一個程度，你知道，我們學到努力工作，幾乎就像是韓國人的 DNA 一樣，他們相信教育是我們國家唯一的資產。

And so, you know, recently there's been a case that kids as young as 4 year old have to take English tests in order to have better results in the swing exam later.

所以，你知道，最近有個案例，四歲的小孩就必須考英文測驗，以便在大學入學考試中取得更好的成績。

So I think this work ethics in my days, maybe not in age 4, but

所以我覺得我那個年代的這種職業道德，可能不是四歲，但是

now, you know, it's getting much severe and severe to the point like you know, even young children have to practice and for the exam.

現在，你知道，情況越來越嚴重，越來越嚴重，到了一個程度，你知道，連小孩子都要為了考試練習。

I mean is this, is this a shortage of jobs?

我的意思是，這是因為工作機會不足嗎？

Is it pressure on very good university places?

還是說，是為了頂尖大學的入學名額有壓力？

我的意思是，為什麼會累積成這樣？

So yeah, I think it's sort of also the university because this exam good result will take you to the best university in South Korea like Seoul National University or Yonsei University or these top three universities or the medical school.

所以，我認為這也跟大學有關，因為這個考試的好成績會讓你進入韓國最好的大學，像是首爾大學、延世大學，或是這三所頂尖大學，或是醫學院。

And they believe that you know, entering to these universities or medical school will determine your future, you know, your job prospectus and everything.

他們相信，你知道，進入這些大學或醫學院將決定你的未來，你的工作前景等等。

So I think this is, and of course it's highly competitive.

所以我認為這是，當然，競爭非常激烈。

You can't get these universities and places easily.

你不可能輕易進入這些大學和拿到這些名額。

So even if the population is decreasing, still there's high competition lies in this university.

所以即使人口在減少，大學入學的競爭依然很高。

And so as a result it's highly competitive.

是以，結果就是競爭非常激烈。

We're seeing technology and AI starting to change the whole education field too.

我們也看到科技和 AI 開始改變整個教育領域。

Do you think this exam, but me as it stands will also adapt?

你覺得這項考試，以目前的狀況來說也會適應嗎？

I do believe that you know, this doesn't fit, you know, the exam swindling exam, the highly, you know, the competitive exam worked well when we have many children and you have to rank students and to get you know, particular certain point to university.

我確實相信，你知道，這不太適合了，你知道，這種詐騙考試，這種高度，你知道，競爭激烈的考試，在我們有很多小孩，而且你必須對學生進行排名，才能進入大學的某些特定點時，是有效的。

But now, you know, the population is decreasing.

但是現在，你知道，人口正在減少。

Also, you know, AI does not require education, you know, teaching education like this.

而且，你知道，AI 並不需要像這樣的教育，你知道，教學教育。

So I think, you know, it's a bit absurd that, you know, they have to sit down, 70 minute English exam, and

所以我覺得，你知道，有點荒謬，你知道，他們必須坐下來，考七十分鐘的英文科，然後

And that does not actually, I think, make your English better.

而且我認為，這實際上並不會讓你的英文變好。

Rather, it makes you students, pupils to people have more language anxiety rather than, you know, incompetence.

相反，它會讓你們這些學生、學徒對語言感到焦慮，而不是，你知道，無能。

So I think this is very sort of outdated and this practice or this way of testing English should stop and does not fit in our time, I think.

所以我認為這非常過時，這種測試英文的方式應該停止，而且我認為不符合我們現在的時代。

Professor Kier, thank you very much indeed for being with us today.

Kier 教授，非常感謝您今天和我們一起。