British High Schoolers take Korea’s SAT English Exam!!

[@jisungnam1811]

조쉬님 안녕하세요,, 제가 영국남자를 중1때 구독한것 같은데 제가 어느덧 고3이 되었네요. 수능 컨텐츠 볼때마다 “아, 나도 고3이 될 때가 있겠지..?” 하면서 봤었는데 막상 수능이 다가오니 긴장되네요. 이번에도 수능 컨텐츠 찍어주셔서 너무 감사합니다!! 어느때나 영국남자 팬이니까 하시는거 모두모두 응원할게요. 영국남자 파이팅!!

[@침팬치-p6c]

수능 화이팅!!

[@롯데자이언츠-o7m]

댓글이라도 써서 응원을 보냅니다 꼭 잘보세요!

[@cadoevver1246]

ㅠㅠ공부하느라 넘 고생 많았어요 수능 화이팅!!!!!!!

[@헥셔내린]

유튜브 끄세요..

[@jisungnam1811]

@@헥셔내린 수능 컨텐츠 기다렸다구요!!!!

[@connor9785]

This isn't showing that Koreans have a better understanding of English than British people, it's just showing that their tests are unnecessarily hard and obviously focus on aspects of English that are completely irrelevant. If you have a test that somebody who is fluent in the language cant pass while somebody who is not can, then the test is doing a bad job at determining your skill in that test.

[@perakojot6524]

The problem is that ppl that create those test are themselves pretty poor in English. While the answers are formally correct, as well as a use of grammar and syntax, the phrasing, the use of vocabulary and particularly semantics are totally inaccurate.

[@irisflower9030]

Very true! And the real testament is that most or many Koreans do not speak fluent English by the time they’re done with school. As a contrast, I started studying English in Russia at 9. By the time I moved to the US at 15 I was fluent so much so that I could take trigonometry during my sophomore year, my first year in the US, without difficulty. It seems like this test is not at all indicative of the actual knowledge of the English language.

[@kikibeneme]

Exactly!!

[@iamandreasilva]

PERIODD

[@juliusmendoza8382]

@@perakojot6524 The point of the exam is to make sure the person who is learning the language can actually have a process of thinking in that specific language. We can all learn the vocabulary of a certain language easily but it’s difficult to actually think in that language.

[@user-sz7tn9xf9z]

일상영어: 나는 배고프다. 수능영어: 나는 나의 허기로 인해 나의 배 속에 무언가를 채워 충족시켜야할 필요성을 느끼고 있는 중이다.

[@아잉-s1l1k]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@nicolekim3171]

빙고

[@주누스아시야]

맞아, 한국어능력시험도 똑같아 ㅋㅋㅋ

[@fabss5841]

literally hahahha

[@illililiili8752]

ㅋㅋㅋ근데 정말 세살버릇 여든가는게요, 외국나오니 복잡한 상황에 처했을때, 깔끔하고 핵심적인 문장이 바로 안나와요.

[@jeanne6670]

"These guys aren't students, bro" "They come here, they'll be teaching me English, i swear" I'M DYING LMAOOOO

[@elaine.e]

WHEN DID THEY SAY THIS LMAO

[@dkwhattouseasusername1012]

@@elaine.e near the end just a few seconds before

[@벤티-i2s]

🤣

[@bajisfang1429]

BYE 😭

[@joonxedits]

@@dkwhattouseasusername1012 9:26

[@superha74]

All this test proved is that cultural bias exists in standardized testing. Here we have English students that have shown good deduction skills, cognitive understanding and problem solving. The test is formatted to help Korean students not to read the text but to decipher what keywords and clues will lead to the pre-generated answers. It does not encourage independent thought or comprehension. It produces good test takers that follow directions without question.

[@HopeeInk]

Exactly, but also that’s lowkey how schools and higher education works in general. I remember taking one of my final examples in English and it was tbh quite similar to this (I’m German). As a native speaker you get quite lost, because you’re not trained into finding those keywords.

[@HopeeInk]

Schooling is about recollecting memories and realizing patterns, they don’t encourage independent thinking at least in exams, because it’s quite impossible to standardize that and give grades accordingly.

[@whodis5438]

Not really. The SAT tests for “scholastic aptitude” - by way of logic and verbal reasoning. They are somewhat testing your grasp of vocabulary and grammar but the real point of the “reading comprehension” section is to test your critical thinking. It is actually a good primer to the formal academic writing you will encounter in university, ie reading theory in the humanities or social sciences. As far as measuring “independent thought” typically there is a writing portion as well where the focus is more on rhetorical ability. source: I barely tried in school but I aced my SATs... (I will say that the structure of these exams is more geared toward those with a knack for logic, puzzles, word games etc.)

[@yeyosilver7067]

Nope

[@aluminiumknight4038]

That's exactly hobwit was for us, I had to think like a teacher to solve the exams

[@maitreyisapre446]

I'm an english teacher in korea - some of these kids don't even know the names of the letters in the alphabet, but will read full passages and pass exams. The way the curriculum is taught to these kids is absolutely ridiculous. Some of my top scoring students can't even hold a basic conversation in English, yet they would easily be able to do this reading section at the drop of a hat. Memorization and robotic test prep isn't really about learning the language at all.

[@ittybittymouthful]

I heard this from friends who've taught in korea as well. Absolutely excel in written "textbook" English but can't hold a basic conversation. They need to revise their teaching methods. I suddenly remember my Spanish teach from high school. She never spoke a word of English and emphasized conversation and interactive lessons. We hardly read from textbooks or workbooks.

[@clarablanch5617]

Why do they do that?

[@SwaggerChiick1]

But foreign language learning in many places doesn't help anyone to speak that foreign language. I'm from the Caribbean, and we learn Spanish and French on my island for yearsssss but no one can actually speak any of those languages. It is simply part of the curriculum. I just feel a bit bad to see so many people coming down on Korea specifically, when I think the real issue is that: teaching a foreign language in school for a couple hours a week, with students having no way to practice said language, leads to students being unable to speak said foreign language. Edit: I just want to let you know that I know my comment was unnecessary. I totally got your point, I just felt like defending them for some reason lol.

[@kkurie]

Good point. Im 100% agree with you. look, as you c theirs so many Korean ppl replyed negative for korean ENG SAT test has problem and so many opposite replyed also(they are replayed as Korean) but no one replyed your opinion. which mean's your saying is 100% correct. 한글로 쓴 뎃글중 수능 영어가 문제 있다는 뉘앙스의 글엔 50~60개씩 반박 뎃글 달리는데, 한국에서 영어 가르치는 미국 영어 강사가 한국 영어 교육 문제 있다는 영어 글엔 반박뎃글 하나도 안달리네 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 앞에 뎃글들 좀 읽어 봤는데 원문이고 나발이고 그런건 중요 한게 아니고 한국어를 쓰는 우리가 영어를 왜 공부하는지 가장 원초적인 이유를 망각했다는게 중요함 나도 29살때 미국 와서 11년쩨 미국 사는데 10년 넘게 배운 영어가 미국에서 단 1도 도움이 안된다는게 사실이고 앞에서 외국 살아본 분들의 말이 100% 맞음 우리가 영어를 왜 공부하는데? 논문 읽고 에쎄이 쓰고 외국 대학가서 원어민 니들도 못푸는 문제 내가 푼다 나는 저세상 영어 할줄 알아(근데 아무도 사용안하고 아무도 중요하게 여기지 않는 영어) 이거 하려고 공부함? 일단 기본적으로 영어를 쓰고 읽고 말하려고 배우는건데 한국 고등학생들 10년 넘게 공부하면서 할줄 아는게 뭔데? 읽을줄 아는데 배운대로 쓰면 이거 뭔소리냐고 다시 써오라고 하고 말은 한마디도 못하고 이거 문제 있는거잖아 나 한국인인거 자랑스럽고 대한민국 너무 사랑하는데 인정할건 인정 하자 대한민국 영어 교육 영어를 배우는 교육이 아니고 영어라는 이름의 한국식 배배꼬아만든 시험을 풀줄알게만 가르치는 교육일 뿐임.

[@eugenemetayhas]

@@ittybittymouthful My Spanish teacher was the same. Our speaking grade was measured by how much Spanish we spoke to her and each other in class, so that really was a good motivator. She also taught outside the textbook and our lessons were based on discussing articles, literature, and video media from around the Spanish speaking world, which was cool because we got to learn vocabulary differences between European Spanish and Latin American Spanish (and even within Latin America there were some major differences). I still remember a lot of my Spanish today thanks to her teaching style.

[@dorothy5195]

이걸보고 전세계 공통점을 알게 됬다 1 문제가 잘풀리지 않으면 두손으로 머리를 쥐어잡고 짠다 2 집중할려면 귀를 막는다 3 에라 모르겠다 답을 찍는다 4 하교후 나의 일을 선생님과 남에게 들키고 싶지 않다 ^^

[@개서터레스]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@힛카]

오 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@yumixaa]

that sums it up 😂

[@renee1167]

I love what max said, “Exams aren’t the end of the world” and “Health is wealth”. So true. That boy’s got his priorities right!

[@youcantseeme2567]

truee🤣

[@evelynnguyen1125]

Not when you are about to get disown.

[@typhus1965]

What Max said is very true, except for in Korea. That Soonung (Korean SAT) test is unfortunately everything. It dictates their whole future and what university they can go to. The questions on that test are ridiculous. I have a Masters in TESOL, and I tried a bunch of questions from it. I barely got half of them correct. It's a test Korea needs to rethink and make it more like the English we use, and not the Korean/Japanese mathematical English they teach in Korea.

[@F_M20]

@@typhus1965 so true, not even half of those odd words (sounds like a words that came out from Harry potters movie) is usefull in daily life. trust me, in my work place i use english daily basis, but that exam is just riddicullusly wierd.

[@whowantsbrowncheese1684]

Lmao I need to hear this before I move out of university

[@박대성-d1s]

여기서 나오는 학생분들이 그나마 한국 학생들의 심정을 대변하는 느낌이라서 위로가 되는 느낌이네요..... 그런 김에 한국 수능 수학 문제 풀기 가죠.

[@onnanoko_saurus]

저도요

[@yumixaa]

id slap the shit out of someone if they actually spoke to me like this 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@rationalconservative7792]

당신 제일 잔인해ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@user-hs7ur6n]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@seap2536]

“Stress is the enemy” “Exams aren’t the end of the world” “Health is wealth” - Max

[@michaelraml4465]

Bro I was scrolling through the comments, and the second I came across it’s he said that

[@leonbird8464]

@@michaelraml4465 same 😂

[@baltimorewhisperer]

"Stress is the enemy" was said by a complete idiot

[@maxkyrus]

@@baltimorewhisperer Truth

[@monkeyd.lorenzo8280]

@@baltimorewhisperer too much stress can literally kill you so I’d say it’s not wrong

[@whatever2552]

"Psychological harm." "I should probably see someone about that." Ray is hilarious. 😭

[@youcantseeme2567]

Yes LMAO😂

[@winnygummy]

he looked delirious by the end of the video 😂

[@whowantsbrowncheese1684]

😂😂😂

[@Meutiagstn99]

😂😂😂

[@chipsand]

@@김휴일-v7f bruh why you spamming this like in every freaking comment section like-

[@itsnotleviosa236]

Armand is that boy who everyone likes and does everything perfectly. He’s a real life protagonist. Lol

[@avieannetorres4567]

them Wattpad leading man!

[@jia9420]

main character energy

[@whowantsbrowncheese1684]

@@jia9420 your username hits hard 😕

[@sungchogue]

his ig?

[@lilyflowerflies]

@@jia9420 more like second lead energy, cause the trend right now is f*ck boy

[@unloosedhades]

For those wondering about the English language used here, it isn’t to test your ability to fluently speak it in every day life but to understand scientific essay writing or similar as most books for these things are written in English. Hope that clears some questions

[@zzz3556]

But the writing of exam is really poor even for academic writing standards. Writing like the one shown in the video is by no means good for academic publication.

[@mominabutt5021]

But it’s not that the writing is super advanced or formal… it’s just plain wrong. It doesn’t make sense lol. You don’t want to be speaking gibberish in scientific essays.

[@vermillion2580]

I read only scientific papers in english, and my native language is not english. I have never seen one written like that.

[@Denturess]

@@mominabutt5021how is it wrong english tho? The first question, you just pick the sentence that gives you wrong info. All of it was correct English. And the second example about the “flow” was bit weird because like he said “what is the flow?” I thought “which sentence does not belong in this text?”which would be advertisements. But even tho English is my native language I would fail this exam as I wouldn’t be able to analyse the question’s meaning and the text’s meaning and answer all in approx. 1.5 minutes/question. These 2 questions alone took me 10 minutes. Idk…these don’t feel too different from actual essay questions I’ve gotten. But I feel bad Korean students are the ones doing these….why?

[@revilokid]

@@Denturess yeah man I feel the same, like they don’t seem wrong and by all of the rules English has they are valid sentences it but they are just, not even bad just wrong. This is like beyond the syntax wrong. My best guess is that someone wrote English perfectly but with Korean language meaning/mindset or something. Just a guess maybe it’s easier for Koreans to have it like this.

[@batnaana]

since this is their last year, it's kinda sad we won't see them do challenges again :(

[@jayeyarts6394]

I'll miss Maxxx

[@siddhisharma3796]

seriously

[@dungnguyenthimy9586]

does anyone know which year were they born in?

[@_222wo3]

@@dungnguyenthimy9586 if they are (year 11 late 2005-2006) (year 12 late 2004-2005) (year 13 late 2003-2004)

[@dungnguyenthimy9586]

@@_222wo3 oh yeah, thanks

[@lindaburkhardt6430]

As a teacher in the US I love these British high schoolers. They are very well spoken and seem well mannered also. I'm sure, like all of us they have their moments! But they really do shine and have wonderful, charismatic personalities! And they are correct... I think our educational system in the west has slipped, but perhaps the Korean system could lighten up just a bit ... I hate to hear of young people being so, so stressed and even potentially harming themselves because of exams that will not necessarily determine your whole future. Stay strong and fighting!

[@unaestrella1876]

I'm a year 12 student in the UK, these British 'high schoolers' are so well mannered but that's kinda rare to find. I'm pretty sure s lot of the higher schoolers in the US are nice and well mannered :). I just have to say though- I answered the first Korean question truthfully read all the sentences and answered number 3. Surprised I got it right. I think this test would be harder for people in Korea because English isn't their first language but if you were taught to learn and revise in this teaching style you could definitely ace a multiple question choice paper in 70 minutes. Question and exam paperd in the UK are never multiple choice.

[@michellecampbell1926]

in korea the exams do determine their entire future :(

[@lifewithoutstress2684]

These tests do determine their futures. It’s like the SATs but then times worse. It is very competitive and one could even say cut throat.

[@tae_taecookies1238]

Same here in our country "Algeria" we also have this "baccalauréat" exam which determines the future of your whole fuckin life!!

[@jamesbrowny9488]

@@tae_taecookies1238 Really ?? Cause here in France, it depending of which school you want to atend. There's 2 ways: 1 -> people who want the best "prépa " in order to atend the most selective school of the country (like H.E.C, Polytechnique, Normal supérieur...). 2 -> people who directly after the baccalauréat go to the university and after try to enter in a selective school. Cause here, you can't go directly to certain selective school after the baccalaureat, you need to firstly go to the university. Personally I'm in law and I want to enter in the E.N.M (very selective one, there's only 200 places) in order to be a public prosecutor or a judge.

[@lonael6699]

" stress is the enemy, exams aren't the end of the world, health is wealth " truer words have never been spoken

[@deadcherries1454]

i needed to hear that

[@lonael6699]

@@deadcherries1454 💕

[@오동엽-b1f]

that Max kid is one wise fella :D

[@admthrawnuru]

I knew several Koreans in grad school who could barely communicate in English, made elementary grammar mistakes, but had fantastic verbal scores on the GRE because they basically just memorized long lists of archaic words that only ever show up on tests like that. It's simultaneously so impressive and also so pointless that they do that. Other than the actual exam, that time could be so put to so much better use, even if just to learn English.

[@trebleclef9844]

They can most definitely read english. This test has nothing to do with speaking english so they most likely dont know how to pronounce each alphabetical letter and say a setence. Remember, never in this test was it a verbal test

[@trebleclef9844]

Also you saying that they could put the time to better use is invalid as the main intention for them learning english may not be to communicate, but to read and understand english as english is written over almost every daily use items

[@trebleclef9844]

Plus u only need to know super basic english to survive in the degenerate society we live in nowadays

[@tsukette.]

they most likely do know how to communicate and use grammar, just dont know how to write or do extremely well with forming sentences. If you go to Korea, you most likely memorize terms and sentences, maybe a bit of formatting, but you dont really have to learn much besides that unless you go to school or work

[@recoomedoom6117]

@@trebleclef9844the english text on there felt like it was written by ai or smth lol

[@kandyapple2210]

This has to be the best promotion ever for any school in the UK. The personality of these boys just shines. Very well spoken, having a lot of fun, engaging, supportive, articulate, smart, energetic and living life. Full credit to the school leadership and the culture. This is amazing.

[@flodderr]

except they seem to be quite dumb

[@loveicecream9947]

@@flodderr the Korean English test itself didn’t even follow grammatical rules

[@nasriayahsolaiman7130]

@@flodderr u saying this makes you dumb srsly

[@exthxr_04x21]

@@flodderr a Korean English test is extremely different to an English exam in the UK, they’re just not used to it. English a levels r very hard too

[@antukinann1070]

@@flodderr I read this kinds of tests from my korean friends and tbh I found a lot of grammatical errors and words that are just put up just to look formal or eloquent, furthermore it’s torture to put students to this kinds of tests especially if they don’t even speak a lick of english in their everyday life. No wonder my korean classmates are scared to speak in english because they’re scared to make mistakes

[@leie9636]

There’s no way Armand is even real this dudes straight out of a comic I hope everyone here pays off! Thanks for entertaining us all on the show!! GOOD LUCK IN UR FUTURES :)

[@ncgo8308]

that is sooo truee!

[@eryxmartinez8915]

He looks like a guy from a book cover. You know those mafia books. I kid you not.

[@Sashajuvua]

OMG IKR!!!

[@chibunayo9464]

I'm convinced that Armand is having some kind of reverse isekai or sumn

[@Sashajuvua]

@@chibunayo9464 what is that?

[@mariemichellequintos4292]

I really love Max and Armand tandem. No wonder why Armand is the headboy.

[@ivak8988]

What is a head boy??

[@jojicongee]

@@ivak8988 its basically the student that was chosen to be the face/representation for the school.

[@jia9420]

@@ivak8988 something similar to a school captain I think

[@stacystacy6577]

Who is Armand

[@sungchogue]

@@stacystacy6577 the handsome guy wearing glasses. the right one with smart n tidy uniform

[@꼬북-p8j]

영어권 친구들이 틀리는 영어문제라니..... 문제가 있는거같아요 ㅋㅋ 한국 고등학생들은 안됐음 ㅠㅜ

[@DgekGhkkd]

​@@itssunny0319국어도 영어급으로 내니까 ㅋㅋ

[@annnishere7985]

Harvey: "Armand is going to ace this test." Armand: *laughs while reading the passage*

[@hollymotherfk]

Armand: wtf..

[@Luminaaaz]

Armand: Gets 3/10

[@k.n956]

It's because that questions r not grammatically correct..

[@Hannah-so5vg]

As a Korean med student who’s never lived outside of Korea before, I’d always finish this exam(45 questions) in like 40~50 minutes and go to sleep. The thing is, these students in the video were all new to the questions and the exam itself, but actually the order&pattern of questions are always the same, each year. Only the passages are new. So the students would take loads of mock tests before actually taking the exam, and train so that they’d know where to look at/read even when they’re facing an unfamiliar passage. It’s more like training for the exam itself and not studying a language 😂 Some of my friends nailed the test and wouldn’t be able to have a small talk with native English speakers +)This doesn't mean that the exam itself would be easy though, since u still have to be able to comprehend all those sentences and vocabularies. For most students that is hard enough 유학 갔다 온 적 없고 항상 수능영어 40~50분컷 하던 의대생의 입장에서 말해보자면 수능영어 준비는 영어 공부보다는 훈련에 가까운 것 같아요 😂 영국 학생들은 수능 자체가 완전 낯선 상황이지만, 사실은 매년 문제유형도 위치도 같아서 한국 학생들은 지문을 다 읽지 않고도 새로운 지문을 만났을 때 어디부터 읽어야할지를 아니까요. 적어도 계속해서 그걸 위해 연습하고요! 그러다보니 대부분의 수능 과목이 그렇겠지만 영어는 특히 실제 실력보다는 누가누가 시험 준비 잘했나의 경쟁인 듯해요

[@toyangalbina332]

Really? What a shame, so true indeed what the students in the video said. It's ridiculous!

[@chenxiumei]

Whatt so it beats the purpose of actually teaching and making them learn English? Exams are so impractical huhu God bless and good luck to all Korean students out there, fighting!!

[@akooarius]

That's actually very similar with the exams to apply for uni in my country. Every subject has its own pattern, students can almost remember, for example, what question #15 would be about (it'd be a different question every year, but from exactly the same part of materials). I hate it so baaad it's really stressful but many people would probably pass the exams pure by luck.

[@cj-ni3fp]

In the Philippines, we study the English language so that we can apply it in our daily lives. Not only a means to pass your studies or get good grades. One can learn better if what we're learning in school is more practical and can be applied outside school. That's the point why we study right? I hope the Korean education system will be improved for the sake of the students, it might be frustrating for them.

[@joyzalik]

I’m soo sorry for the students. Who made the exam pattern tho. I mean I don’t understand the objective of them making the exam like that. Even academic papers don’t use language like that. Even government budget plans don’t use this kind of language. Whyyyy

[@RuyLopezTheSicilian]

If Josh and Ollie met in high school I think they'd be like Armand and Max

[@Hyeyeon952]

yesss! hahahah they give off the same bestie vibes!!!

[@jt-qe4xu]

yesss

[@oht6ni]

yess

[@LindaC616]

Yes not just because of their appearance but also because of their personalities

[@xxxcxaxca]

🤣

[@makeenarose9270]

I have no trouble finding the right answers, probably bcs my school also use the same type of questions for our english exam. Once you understand the pattern u can get the answer by glance. The different is, korean use non practical words to make the passage looks harder bc sometimes u really dont have to understand the whole paragraph to get the answer. you only need to choose which one stand out more. Which mean, the whole exam doesn’t test their understanding and comprehension of the language itself.

[@pseudopseudohypoparathyroidis0]

For reall

[@fadhelfarras1175]

Armand's words is just so powerful "failure isn't that bad, it's not the end of the world, you can do loads of things, especially in an exam like this, where you're judged on circling a number" damn...that's powerful...and I love what Max said "health is wealth" 그리고 당신은 입학 시험에 참가할 고등학생들에게 최고입니다. 인생은 어느 대학에 등록했느냐가 아닙니다. 시험에 낙제하더라도 할 수 있는 일이 많으니 낙심하지 말고 최선을 다하십시오.

[@whowantsbrowncheese1684]

In Asian culture failure literally means end of the world I swear 💀💀

[@theplainest]

@@whowantsbrowncheese1684 right? I worked in an elementary school in Korea and their futures are basically determined by the time they're in 5/6th grade based on these tests 😞

[@whowantsbrowncheese1684]

@@theplainest it’s pretty sad 😞

[@s.o.j4656]

한국의 학생들은 공부에 의한 성공 아니면 실패라는 말을 들으면서 성장합니다. 그렇기 때문에 그들에게 시험은 세상의 모든 것입니다. 그렇기 때문에 시험을 잘 치지 못해서 최상위대학에 가지 못하면 실패한 인생이라고 스스로에게 실망하면서 성인으로서의 첫시작을 하는 사람들이 많습니다. 저 또한 그랬습니다.

[@just_solie]

It's such an obvious thing but sometimes it takes so much time to actually realize it (due to the peer pressure, school, parents, work etc.).

[@buttarain27]

I used to teach English in Korea and even assisted with test preperation at the middle school level (format is all the same starting in middle school) and I think there is a misconception about English education in Korea. Korean students aren't taught English to speak it, they are taught in regards to what is seen as eductional prestige in their country (what looks good on paper, that can propel and solidify your employment in an elite company). Most Korean students don't care about learning English for communication purposes (many students score high on the English part, yet have no plans of stepping foot outside of the country) they care about "learning English" for presitge, high-end job placement and the status it gives. Students who actually WANT to learn English or know how to speak English, don't learn through school; they learn in their own time through hobbies, media, engagement, immersion, high interest in the language and being very open to speaking with native speakers whenever possible (just like things you would do if you wanted to genuinely learn a new language).

[@nagnusyo]

I agree. If you wanna learn how to speak and communicate in English, you should go abroad, not studying for the exam. For English proficiency, IELTS is actually valid in my opinion. In fact, many people who have lived abroad understand what the problem is. So many educated Koreans are deciding to live abroad for educational purpose. But the funny thing is, I found people tried to justify this problematic English exam. They are saying like "The exam tries to evaluate students' academic paper reading skills." "The exam pursues on finding people who has high intelligence." None of these arguments doesn't make sense.

[@rockthecasbah6450]

It's the same thing here in Malaysia. The rigidly official English taught in middle schools are boring and most students who are fluent English speaker don't actually learned it from school. They learned from watching movies, listening to music or any hobby that is usually presented in English. I myself didn't learn English from school, it was boring and taught by mostly unqualified English teachers

[@rockthecasbah6450]

@@nagnusyo that's interesting to note. An acquaintance of mine scored just average level of proficiency in the Malaysian English test. But she managed to be a top scorer in the IELTS in Malaysia and won monetary award.

[@dregus3385]

Korean language will sound funny and strange if they are taught to speak it, because codeswitching is very much possible, like what we do here in the Philippines, here, English is very much necessary for communication purposes, in preschool upto the end of elementary the rules are very strict compared to highschool to college, its necessary to speak in english only, if you speak in filipino or in any other filipino lang, they give you such creative punishments, like paying money everytime you talk in filipino or you're the badge holder 👀

[@devashrijoshi9079]

Ikr? Not a native English speaker here but hey I learnt English the same way. Fun fact: I was actually the English topper of my school in 10th grade & I was surprised Imao

[@shalomnguseni7258]

I’m going to miss this class. They were a bunch of lovely and respectful boys. Wishing them all the best.

[@lauralee4800]

I just attempted the test and i was surprised how difficult it was. My parents are korean and studied the english there before moving to the US. Personally, the test was manageable and i did decently well (missing only a few questions). In retrospect the only reason i did well is because my parents are literature teachers and i have been reading since I was two. This just goes to show that it doesnt mean people in Korea have a better equipped English skill set, it just shows how unbelievably strict and high the standards have been set for Korean students.

[@trebleclef9844]

No the way of your thinking is incorrect, its not about speaking english like a normal person, its taking the definition to the maximum, like making the question as hard as possible

[@kenkei.mwaniki]

Where can I get the test? I'm really curious to try my hand at it

[@DgekGhkkd]

맞습니다 😢

[@자스민자스민-f7v]

Why does Armand and Max feel like Josh and Ollie if they were in High School..

[@darlenefae]

omg i didnt realize until you pointed it out but this is so true

[@Linanid]

Omg you’re on to something!!

[@themoon5201]

EXACTLY

[@Inezzzzie]

Am I the only one who thinks Armand looks like he could be James Potter? He is also a Head Boy lol

[@anmliea]

they should cast him lol

[@sunshinewing5517]

Whats head boy?

[@stanwiggrouptwice6340]

@@sunshinewing5517 he’s like the student leader of the school, the head students usually run student council and speak at events etc

[@19jacinta88]

Doesn't Orlando look like Ben Barnes here?

[@mindstone6883]

I think he looks like a male version of Margot Robbie.

[@herbtea8994]

아르망은 그냥 회장님이구나.. 정말 회장님 스타일이야.. 하이틴이 가능한거였어..

[@hans3986]

Are you a student also

[@Peko-chan]

매력있어요

[@dnjsRnfp]

남잔데도 얼굴 감탄하면서 봄..진짜 잘생겼네

[@ZUNO9121]

ㄹㅇ 인성좋고 잘생기고 똑똑한 모범생 그냥 완전 학생회장

[@드게제-w4v]

혹여나 우리나라 시험이 외국인도 인정할만큼 고난도라고 우쭐해하지 마세요. 원어민들이 말도 안된다 어렵다 이게 뭐냐 라고 말하는 건, 대단하다는 칭찬이 아니라, 말그대로 과목이 영어인데 시험 문제는 아무도 쓰지 않는 쓸모없는 영어, 즉 상당히 엉터리라는 겁니다.

[@MJJS82939]

ㅇㅈ

[@blackmoon3067]

이게 맞는말

[@불광동가오가이거]

@Bibigobibi근데 막상 해석해보면 말도 안되는 온갖 미사여구를 갖다 붙여서 해석의 혼란을 만드는 문단들만 따와서 출제자 입장 딴에는 점수 변별력 만을 위해 꼬이고 꼬인 지문을 낸거죠? ^^.. 사실상 해외에서 연구를 하면서 도서관에 코박고 한 박사학위 논문을 꼭 봐야할 필요가 없는 이상 저것을 해석해서 점수를 따고 이것은 영어를 위한 영어문제이다. 정말 말도 안되는 아이러니한 문제 방식이죠^^ 원어민들 왈 질문의 흐름에 맞는 답이 없다는 것. 말 그대로 이것도 답같고 저것도 답같고 지문은 꼬이고 꼬여서 원어민 조차 이게 뭔데 굳이? 정도면.. 이걸 .. 왜.. 영어 교육 시스템이 이만큼 망가졌다는 증거 아니겠습니까. 원문이 엉터리 인지 아닌지는 중요하지 않죠. 실생활에 도움이 안되니. 성리학을 엄청 버무린 책을 실학이 한창 유행이며 각광받으며 온갖 대단한 업적을 기록할 시점에 던져주며 익혀라 이거와 너무 흡사하지 않습니까?

[@user-xd3qt3te2w]

​@Bibigobibi그래서 자부심 느껴도 된다는 거예요?? 한국 자살율이 높은 이유가 이런 이유입니다... 이런 거 볼 때마다 우리나라는 좋은 나라 라는 생각이 안 드네요...

[@slowstarter6246]

@@불광동가오가이거 시험에 대한 불만 여기저기 배설하고 다니는 사람치고 잘하는 사람 없을듯 ㅋㅋㅋ 왜냐면 자기들이 못하는거에 대한 핑계가 필요하거든 ^^

[@ryukiel2641]

내년에는 반대로 영국의 영어시험을 한국학생들한테 풀게해봅시다 (그냥 재미로 풀어보자는건데 다들 잘 맞추려고하고있는.....)

[@Minsoo0o0]

주관식 많을텐데 힘들지 않을까요 ㅋㅋㅋ

[@hynale565]

영국의 수능 같은 시험인 GCSE, o levels, A levels의 영어는 다 주관식에다 논술이 있어서 불가능. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@kieranl2375]

좋은 아이디어네요. '진짜 영어'가 뭔지 알아야 우리도 변화의 방향을 제대로 잡겠죠.

[@amiupne]

ㄹㅇ 유럽은 문제가 거의다 주관식이랑 논술임 객관식이 많이없대

[@김은우-w1n]

@@amiupne 그럼 채점하기가 꽤 힘들겠네요

[@iseetheendisnear2416]

The test isn’t just “hard.” It expects Korean students to correctly analyze formal texts _full_ of logical inconsistencies and improper word usage. Like putting “while” between two harmonious sentence components (“then” would make much more sense). The sentence structure does not follow a consistent rhythmic style, making reading difficult whether you speak native English or not. The text isn’t just verbose, but overloaded with information that isn’t supported by necessary stylistic organization.

[@mehrotraankur05]

Wtf is a harmonious sentence 💀💀💀

[@pillyhere]

@@mehrotraankur05 Obviously, a sentence that is coherent and grammatically correct. lol

[@chrishayes5755]

It's not even that complex if you look at the question they showed on screen. It's similar to IQ test questions. It's just a little bit tricky, you need to take your time and really focus. The kids were more interested in joking around than taking the test seriously, because 1) the results have zero effect for them and 2) the video needs to be entertaining.

[@mehrotraankur05]

@@pillyhere obviously 🥲🥲✨✨✨

[@ultraaquamarine]

But this is what annoys me about it though. It's not necessarily hard because it's high level, it's just confusing because it's badly written.

[@aaidenbb7454]

한국 중고등 영어교육은 영어를 가르치는게 아니라 오로지 누가 더 빡세게 공부했는가 라는 변별력을 위해서만 존재합니다.

[@sinmyoung77]

과목명을 바꿔야 될듯 변별력영어로

[@ys-m31]

그냥 언어 교육의 본질에서 벗어남

[@IsaaaValorant]

정확하다

[@기동-b9b]

국어 수학도 마찬가지 아이들에게 지식을 가르치기보단 머리에 누가 더많이 집어넣느냐 누가 기계보다 더 잘푸나 더해서 부모님의 경제적풍요까지 더해져야한다 썩은교육

[@TogaHimiko520]

@@goood100 국어 몇 등급임?

[@TedBarton91]

Question one - Number 3. It makes more than enough sense. None of it seems massively incorrect, it just uses terminology and speech patterns most people don’t. Give this test to a solicitor and see how they do, I bet they’d smash it.

[@xaoins]

Or maybe for them.. it doesn't make sense so shut up

[@jcorrea6515]

I was thinking number 1 because it’s the only one that centers it’s subject on something other than humor itself/qualities of humor, and rather focuses on the example’s story and what reactions it evoked.

[@jcorrea6515]

Looking back It (number 3) actually does make the most sense as it’s the only sentence that doesn’t focus around bonds between workers or a collective

[@ian3523]

its not about being incorrect its just way too unnecessary, even native speakers are struggling. that just shows how irrelevant it is and sometimes the sentences barely make sense and most answers are correct in one way or another

[@jessicataylor7174]

@@jcorrea6515 I literally did not understand the question properly so I focused on the English itself (as it's supposed to be an English test). 1 should have read "...at face value..." instead of "on its face"; 2 had the weird last few words "...and do not." added to the end, which doesn't flow properly either. Obviously I didn't understand what 'flow' we were even supposed to be looking at! :D

[@군침이싹도노-n8e]

나는 그냥 현지인처럼 유창하게 영어를 잘하고싶지 저렇게 어려운 문제들 풀기 싫음...

[@AdelaideStJohn]

You don’t need to these tests are so confusing to learn English. But you can do it!

[@군침이싹도노-n8e]

@@AdelaideStJohn thank you 😊

[@Cheongju_National_Monkey]

인정이요 저도 영어를 유창하게 잘하고 싶지 어려운 문제 풀기는 싫어요ㅋㅋ

[@garydomaz1849]

As a native English speaker, the English on this exam is incorrect. Please do not follow this exam and how it uses English. Someone said it correct earlier, it shows you how to read English, not to properly speak it or understand.

[@usernameisusernam]

I'm not even that good at English tests here (usa) and its my native language lol

[@karthinashree3122]

The British high schooler series are literally one of the best series I have ever watched..❤✨ They brought smile on my face just in a second watching them. Thank you Josh, Ollie and the entire team for this amazing series.. Please bring this boys to Korea to explore more of their culture and food..

[@wenwen_art]

I like this series too, so refreshing

[@vislee9386]

right~~how lovely lovely boys they are~watching them with a big smile

[@la4598]

I couldn't agree less, love them

[@Buttefliesandrainbows]

@@la4598I think you mean “I couldn’t agree more”

[@yennitrianda5504]

I like what Max said “Stress is the enemy. Exams aren’t the end of the world” Very well said, Max

[@Kimchibokumbab]

한국인:하지만 인생의 전부가 아닌 일부인 시험조차 통과하지 못하면 앞길은 더 험난해진다

[@MichaelHarto]

"Health is wealth" Priorities!

[@yennitrianda5504]

@@Kimchibokumbab Yes to some people, but not to all of people I guess. I knew people who live a normal, happy and successful life even without passing the exams.

[@yennitrianda5504]

@@MichaelHarto Totally agree with this!

[@user-cp3vn9gt9l]

really it is.. the exam is not not all… 😒 many Koreans also think so. but, exams don’t say that🤣😭

[@graceaxisa4213]

As an educator who teaches teenage boys, I found this incredibly funny and entertaining. These boys' reactions remind me 100% of how my students here in Australia would react! Their honesty and humour are such a delight. As for the sentence structure of the passage that was read out, it was incredibly complex, weaving its way, this way and that (I think I was able to follow it 😅). Oh and that TicTok app story had me in stitches!

[@SoiledBriches]

This is so wholesome I CANN'TT❤️❤️❤️

[@graceaxisa4213]

@@SoiledBriches ❤️😅🤗

[@Binnieishere]

It's funny how Armand is known to be the top of his class as well as being head boy and even Harvey acknowledged how prepared he'd be... ...then a minute later he was struggling big time. Lol

[@rucylululiu5835]

🤭ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@devinyasas9304]

This was fun to watch. Although, I do agree with one of the comments here that these tests are designed and trained in a way that doesn't really help the student to learn the language but memorize how to do the test by following its patterns through mock exams and possibly past papers. SO for the Fulham boys, please don't be disheartened and I wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

[@moubhattacharyya1141]

It is typically oriental.

[@Termsofseve]

@_ everyone calls it that.

[@Kumorini]

@_ Bruh

[@onetimecupid]

@_ uhhh people call it that

[@eyan4329]

Today I learned koreas curriculum is v similar to Irelands

[@starlighty8888]

it’s not about learning a language, it’s learning the pattern of the exam. i’m not korean and never took this exam, but i can tell for sure that u shldnt be reading the whole passage from top to bottom for every question. u look at the question first and then look at the parts of the passage that is relevant. this is what korean students do and what the exam board wants them to do. it’s basically a logical thinking exam in english. if u know the pattern and know how to answer these question types, then even if u can’t speak english or know the language well, u can do well in the test. this is why many kpop stars can’t speak english in interviews and only those who lived in english speaking countries before can. they aren’t trained to speak english, they are trained to take this exam that isn’t even testing their english

[@afsheenshah9990]

I am from nepal , that exactly how it is taught . I was fortunate enough to be in school that did give us passages thag were diverse but like in the bored exam its more about if you know the patern or not , the thing that you mentioned about reading the questions first is the key and knowing that the first questions answer is always in the first to 4 line is the knowledge thaf you get . Nepal in the state that you even have a book to tell you the answer and coping the answers a praized more that writing it yourself,English is the only exam i have never studied for till this date , teachers predict the questions and its normally93% accurate. Its basically can you mug ut up at this point , not the thing that you would want for the betterment of your future

[@samiaoishy7862]

@@pierce9019 ayo no education system is that perfect but I'd say South Korea has much better tho we share the same pattern

[@ReyoVR]

This is why I think many of these exams and thus the education systems fail to teach students proper skills to navigate the world after graduating. Students have to spend hours learning these pattern which will not be very translatable to life skills. The exam is just not accurate in assessing the student's actual English skill. If the questions are geared towards testing the students' ability to say construct sentences that are precise and easy to understand, writing passages that sounds graceful, comprehend older literature etc, those will be very useful.

[@arrianne311]

We have a similar test here in Texas that you have to take every year, but starting in 2nd grade it starts to count as an actual grade. We’re tested on reading, writing, math, science and history. A lot of times for the reading and writing I would do the same thing to to the part of the passage that the question was sending me to. 🤣

[@kookie7344]

Ohhh that's why! I'm from India and in our country we are made to write 120-150 words answer of a question given which test our grammatical, vocabulary and how we express ourselves

[@MH-mhmh]

I might be the only one who wants to see the question paper. I saw the passage and now I'm curious 😅

[@farheenjawaid6260]

Same, I really want to try it out

[@Pikachewzz]

search up "Check your English ability with 'notorious' Korean college entrance exam" and the korean times article that pops up should be correct, they translate the questions for you and you can check your answers in the parentheses where it says to click 'here'.

[@MH-mhmh]

@@Pikachewzz thank you 😊

[@omgnousernameavail]

It really is a shame that Korean students spend YEARS learning English that they can’t use in a practical way. They work so hard yet when they want to go in for an interview in English or make English speaking friends, they can’t apply what they spent years learning in school. It’s definitely time to reevaluate the academic system and curriculum in Korea.

[@MrSajutong]

맞아요ㆍ정확한 지적입니다

[@BiehahNabihah]

I agree. That's why I always tell my students (in Malaysia) that doing well in ur English exam =/= fluent in the language. You might be good in theory, but if you don't actually practice speaking it, there's literally no use to the theory

[@bbol999]

Not necessarily. Problem with Korean English is that a lot of Koreans are conservative and shy ppl and lack of confidence when it comes to speaking. As soon as they overcome these issues, they’re extremely well spoken.

[@clarachan96]

I agree too. I was chatting with my friend that is a student in Korea and she not necessarily have the best grammer and vocabulary all those. But when she show me her English homework I was shocked because I had a difficult time understand it

[@Hundparken97]

yes it is ridiculous!! their English tests are so much harder than ours here in Sweden yet Sweden is top 2 of the countries with the best english for second language. Like why why are those tests so hard if most of them have a problem speaking English in the first place? It's like they have to study word association instead of the actual language that people use. I feel bad for them :(

[@유림-d1f]

Max and Armand looks like Ollie and Josh.They're so cute together.

[@itsnlee]

I wasn't expecting humour but ended up laughing at their reactions. They're so lively and engaging, best of luck to them and students taking this exam !

[@magripinop]

Max nailed it with health is wealth and exams are not the end of the world. Good for you Max

[@Widoxnxlala]

Armand's face is brighter than my future -3rd year Korean high school 수능콘텐츠 감사합니다 ㅠ 수능 잘보고 올게요 03화이팅!!

[@time.passesanyway]

and he's also the head boy....life is unfair XDDDDD

[@Widoxnxlala]

I'll immigrate to England to see his face

[@tpqmsxls0526]

수능 내일이시죠? 정말 떨리시겠어요ㅠ 그래도 노력하신 만큼 좋은 결과가 나올거에요 화이팅!

[@aestheticallypleasing2099]

I think I died laughed

[@allison7886]

you got this!!! fighting!!

[@geamartoro9136]

I’m going to be so sad when these guys graduate. I’m really going to miss them and I don’t even know them, I swear so strange😂

[@chelyn.annette]

i feel that too TT_TT

[@laonagrouchini]

Time to follow them to Uni LOL

[@anna-if8fi]

Most already graduated their school just has their own sixth form attached to it

[@신재훈-x9b]

영국 고등학생들의 자유롭고 위트 넘치는 대화가 더 눈길을 끄네요. 우리나라 고등학생들에게서도 이런 여유있는 모습을 볼 수 있었으면 좋겠습니다.

[@vishnupriya.k.p.]

AS an Indian, so true for my country as well, TT

[@고우털고우고우]

100년은 더걸릴듯...

[@코레디-1]

@@고우털고우고우 100년?어림도없지 우리나라 정부가 안바뀌는한 여유따위는없을듯

[@hietao6387]

지들이 못하는걸 왜 일반화하는지?

[@oyj8353]

우리도 아무 부담없으면 이들처럼 여유를 갖고 웃고 떠들지요.

[@한량이-r6r]

이 친구들 영상 보고있으면 내아들도 저리 즐거운 생각하며서 살았으면 좋겠어요~^..^ 계속 웃게 만드는 친구들이에요~

[@norahnin19]

Armand seems like a really decent guy. He is handsome, smart and kind. Life is just sometimes really unfair xD

[@gelkim7589]

He’s God’s favourite. 😂

[@tolerance711]

Wdym sometimes life has always been unfair 😭😂

[@u울랄라]

제발 교육부 장관 비롯해 전 교육부 직원들 워크샵때 필수 영상으로 보게 했음 좋겠다. 얼마나 쓸데없는 문제에 아이들의 소중한 유년시절이 허비되고 낭비되고 있는지..교육부 공무원들이 얼마나 중대한 오류를 범하고 있는지를 깨닫길

[@미니돈까스-c7r]

수능에 나오는 문제? 진심 사회 나가면 단 한 문제 한글자도 필요가 없지 ㅋㅋ

[@엔슈롬]

진짜임. 이건 고문이고 학대임 그렇게 공부해서 쟤네들이랑 말을 할줄 알기를 하나 도대체 무엇을 위한 시간허비인가 모르겠네. 아차.교육 공무원이 영어를 제대로 알기나해야 없애든지 하지. 울 나란 진짜 꼰대사회라서 사회가.뒤로가고있다

[@준영-w3t]

논문읽을때 필요함

[@nf7218]

수능은 회화목적이 아닌, 영어 논문을 얼마나 해석을 잘 하는가에 달려있습니다. 실제로 영어 지문은 외국 저널에서 가져오기도 하고요. 저는 제가 수능공부하면서 헛된공부라고 단 한번도 생각하지 않았습니다. 탓할시간에 단어 하나라도 더 외우는게 좋습니다. 회화목적이 아닌 시험을 외치냐며 빼액 소리질러 댈게 아니라.

[@엔슈롬]

@@nf7218 솔직히 고등학생 그것도 한국인 대학입학시험에 저널에서 가져와서 문제만든다고? 미국도 그런짓은 안한다. 아무리 해석함 뮈해? 독창성 있는 글을 못 쓰는데. 어디 우리나라 논문 수준보고 이야기해라

[@MHluvwhale]

토비가 메일 보내준다고 했을때 진심 빵터짐.. 말이라도 고마워요ㅠㅠ 아르망은 오늘도 참 멋있고 멋있는 말만 하는구나… 진심 최고야… 맥스는 오늘도 귀여움 최고치다,,, 다음주에 수능보는 고3인데 좋은 기받아서 열심히 풀고올게요🥺🥺🥺 영국 고등학생들도 시험에서 좋은 결과있길 바라요🙏🤍

[@yutasbiddies]

화이팅!!!!!🤍🤍

[@t0lu]

good luck, fighting!! 💓

[@nasra93]

굿락 화이팅 ! 💗

[@Menna777]

Good luck! I wish you do all the best

[@딸기-t2c]

수능 화이팅 하세욤!!!!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@whalesrock5432]

This test does make sense in English, it’s just very weirdly worded and it took a lot of time to get through only because the language used was weird. In a sense, the first question would have been much easier if the passage said “Shared humor is a good way for people to bond together because 1. Humor helps make people share their experiences 2. Makes people feel included in a group 3. Humor is good to use in commercials 4. Shared humor is almost a requirement in a group setting. This wording makes it super obvious which one doesn’t fit. But the thing is that when formal language is used, people who aren’t used to it have a harder time understanding what exactly is being said. Since it’s said in a way that no one ever talks in that language. It even took me a second to understand the first part of the passage honestly and the difference in test formatting did not help. In conclusion, shout out to Koreans for surviving this testing experience. You all are getting scammed 😅 stay healthy, sleep well, and all that good stuff

[@Toawii]

"Alex, do number 5. One of us will get it right." I cracked right tf up. 😂

[@Tjwls-1]

진짜 아이러니 한게.. 저렇게 모국어임에도 외국인들이 어려워하는 시험을 우리나라에선 다 맞는 경우도 있고 한두개 틀린 사람도 정말 많은데 막상 그런 학생들도 외국 나가서는 제대로 된 회화도 못하는 경우가 정말 많은거,, 이게 교육부가 원하는건가 싶기도하고.. 전국 고3을 공평하게 평가하려면 어쩔 수 없나 싶기도하고...

[@돌아지-z3c]

저런 영어시험은 영어라는 언어를 배우기 보단 문제풀기 위한 논리력이 필요해서 그런 것 같아요 그래도 단어는 많이 외워서 좋을 듯

[@obpl8085]

그래도 요즘학생들은 전체적으로 회화도 잘하는것 같아요~ 옛날하곤 다른것 같아요^^ 고3화이팅!!

[@이주엽-y7i]

사실상 논문읽는걸 위주로 보는 시험이죠.. 대학에선 필수로 요구하는 부분이니까 참고 하는수밖에 없네요 ㅠㅠ 올해 고3입니다

[@ingyeomkim5583]

저런 것들 다 외국어 논문에서 가져오는데 우리도 한국어 논문 이해 못하잖아 ㅋㅋㅋ 그런거야

[@Musuubi]

저거 잘 하는 친구들은 회화도 잘 합니다. 서울권 대학에 간 친구들 영어로 수업 잘만 듣고, 교수님하고 커뮤니케이션도 잘 만 한답니다.

[@빈-u5e6b]

작년에 수능치고 대학 들어와서 다시 보는 영상인데.. 정말 올해도 우리나라 학생들 너무 수고했다는 걸 느낍니다..ㅠㅠ 이 영상도 2년 전이라니.. 지금봐도 너무 잘생겼지만 추억을 돌아보는 것 같은 앳된 느낌이 들기도 하네요..🥲

[@ayniabdifateh2334]

You guys are very strong. I hope you got a Lot of rest😭🫶🏽🫶🏽❤️

[@charlesnnana-kalu9460]

That passage is filled with unnecessary big words that are not only repeated over and over again to cause confusion but aren't really necessary. The gist of the entire first passage is simply "Life experiences brings people together and when a funny moment is experienced by a group of people, their bonds are much stronger." I guess I can only say that now after my brain has developed a more at 29 but there really isn't any need to have these big words in a passage like that...

[@Termsofseve]

not from korea, but the passages just feel badly written in my opinion. shoving random words and making simple concepts obtuse in a passage doesn't make it more intelligent, it just confuses the reader and makes the passage fail at it's purpose (to inform/to describe). one example of this is "One team told repeated stones about a dumpster fire, something that does not seem funny on its face, but the reactions of workers motivated to preserve safety sparked laughter as the stories were shared multiple times by multiple parties in the workplace." First sentence, seems fine. Second sentence, also fine. Third sentence: - goes on for too long, making it wordy - has extra information that aren't clearly marked (workers are motivated to preserve safety), making that part even harder to follow - looks like it's just trying to increase the word count ("were shared multiple times by multiple parties in the workplace", or ya know, just say "were shared across the whole workplace")

[@tuvu8394]

I used to study for the SAT for an entire year in high school. I agree that most of the vocab and reading were not very practical in daily use. I guess they were just trying to test our reading comprehension and critical thinking skills rather than the language itself. There were tips and tricks to go through the reading quickly, and after like hundreds of problems you'd become quite efficient in solving them xD A lot of the passages were taken from the classics as well, so the language always felt archaic and overcomplicated.

[@charlesnnana-kalu9460]

@@tuvu8394 I definitely agree with the critical thinking skills aspect of the passage. If that was what was being tested then I can see how this applies.

[@tulam1645]

I have a coworker that grew up in China. He would use a thesaurus to find big complex words to try to sound smarter in an email. It definitely is really weird concept. I also never understood teachers who would require a 30 page essay in college when you can easily make a better easy work 20 in America. Quantity over quality never made sense to me.

[@bluecircle06]

More like "Taking a passage in korean and using Google Translate to reduce the amount of effort one has to put into the question paper."

[@LuluAthil]

As a Kenyan, I read that passage and immediately knew the answer. I think the way English has been taught in countries where it isn't the native language is just really intense and formal. 😅 I will say though, it gets less verbose for us as you get into high school and only gets weird again when writing papers in university! 😂

[@ezenwanyi3756]

yeah generally for non-native speakers it’s simpler. that’s why when immigrants come to the US they question why the curriculum is so easy compared to their place back home. 😭 i’m going for nigerians because that’s what i’m but they make me feel extra stupid when they come to america and understand things so easily. i’ve even noticed this with indian immigrants they make you feel like you’re failing and it’s literally a secondary language to them. 😭 it’s really crazy.

[@78cottoncandy]

English is my primary language but I could also understand the questions pretty well. I’m in college though and have a lot of practice reading dense research papers. Maybe when it’s your native language, you’re used to barely having to focus to understand so it’s difficult without practice to focus more? Versus with a second language, you’ve always put more focus into it.

[@ReeYuuJee]

As a Foreigner, after learning 12 years of English I can confirm that these SAT tests are absolute cringe and useless in teaching you anything of use in life. One is better off reading off of comic strips found in an abandoned run down bathroom. No wonder the general skill level of foreigners is so pathetic.

[@JustAnotherLondoner]

@@ezenwanyi3756 Tbf when speaking of the American curriculum its really easy to British people too 😂 American education is extra easy.

[@lukeh4946]

@@78cottoncandy bro I’m a junior in hs and I knew it

[@초심찾기-f8q]

언제가 될지는 모르겠지만 영국문화를 한국인도 경험할 수 있는 컨텐츠가 나왔으면 좋겠네요 . 영국남자 채널을 통해 한국문화가 알려진 만큼 이제는 영국문화를 한국인이 느껴 좋은감정을 느끼고 또 서로가 좋은 피드백을 가질 날을 기대하고 꿈꿔봅니다 .

[@SongYoungDal송영달]

식빵에 장어젤리 발라먹기,정어리 파이 먹기,민트초코 먹기

[@hjsong656]

오 나도 그생각했는데 역으로 교류할수 있는 컨텐츠도 만들어 주세요

[@oxoxoxox8152]

@@Note-pb5zd 우물안 국뽕충

[@oxoxoxox8152]

@@Note-pb5zd 트렌드가 국뽕코인은 맞는데 간간히 한국인이 영국가서 찍는 영상 찍었다고 영국남자가 망할거라는건 억측이죠 조회수 안나오면 다시 국뽕코인 타면 되는거고요 구독자수가 몇백만인데 쉽게 망하나요

[@athenakongkong]

2:15 it's making me re-think if i know English or not Please stop, this is so funny. 😂

[@chisomoSakala7243]

The British high schoolers episodes are my favorite. These children crack me up

[@darlabayarea]

Once these boys graduate and move on, they'll be the Gen One of this series you guys have started. They are funny, open-minded, and an absolute delight to watch. I hope you find ways to still bring them on the show together or maybe even that trip to Korea you and Josh promised in writing for Max and Armand. What an amazing thing your team has started!

[@Binnieishere]

I think they really are planning for this trip to happen for the older students. Since it's their last year, they might do something for summer vacation after graduation which obviously is the best time to go for younger people.

[@renee1167]

@T that would be amazing!! They’re already so funny in school, can’t imagine what hijinks they get up to in Korea

[@urfriendhannah]

I think native English speakers are confused by this because it’s basically the most formal way of typing out words by definition, whereas people don’t actually speak like this at all, and nowadays there are so many slang words that it would be hard for a foreigner to keep up with all these different abbreviations for things.

[@doughboyandpie]

It’s not just slang though, it’s sentence structure and passage comprehension in general.

[@urfriendhannah]

@@doughboyandpie yeah ik

[@rakshanaaaa]

@@doughboyandpie especially regional words like summat haha, I remember coming to the west midlands from Croatia and being so perplexed by all these new words I had to listen out for. Luckily I'm pretty rooted in England and their slang nowadays thanks to my daughter but wow was that exhausting 😅😅

[@gamegeekage]

I think these kids were confused because they're not intelligent. It should be easy for you, as a native english speaker to complete this test. It's funny to me Americans get called uneducated, yet these dolts can't complete this.

[@micadanna644]

@@gamegeekage I’m sorry to say but, most Americans would not be able to comprehend even a sentence in any of the two passages shown. This is coming from a non native American who lived here for 20 years. I’ve learned, taken tests, and studied with Americans, and the level of English they teach here is getting easier and easier because students can’t pass it. The difference isn’t intelligence, rather the way of teaching. Places with English as the native language will have more difficulty than non English speakers because natives mostly learn English by being spoken to. As generations have passed, slangs are created in the language, spoken to the children, and that’s what they learn. They create shortcuts in sentence structures while non natives are taught “proper” English structures which sounds more “formal.” These kids most likely struggled because they’re “native” speakers. Non English countries teach English strictly because that is what they expect English to be and they cannot catch up with the slangs created. I moved here when I was 10, but when I arrived, everything that they were teaching from my grade to three grades after were things I’ve already learned from my native country. From science labs, English, and math…other countries are just more advanced in teaching

[@sunkissedroseate]

I don't know if anyone caught it but the first question was almost exactly something you would be asked on the SAT in the U.S. I am sure the rest of the exam is much more difficult than the SAT as many prepare for over a year and still fail. Good luck for anyone taking the CSAT or the SAT/ACT!

[@Jas_wandering]

Max’s optimistic nuggets of wisdom warms the heart. He’s like the goodest boy, and an Ollie Jr. at the same time, cos Ollie is also an optimistic ball of sunshine. We need more of them in the world.❤️

[@whowantsbrowncheese1684]

He is very well mannered and wise

[@aespanishbread1281]

I love him

[@lois1587]

I’m not Korean, but this is what I just needed. “Failure isn’t that bad. “ I nearly failed one of my midterm exams and I’m so discouraged. It’s just the first of four days. 😭

[@sirisweetsugar]

Fighting, I know it hard but you can do it. Good luck for your exams.

[@뒹굴-t8y]

Good luck.

[@SanaKhan-kl4kh]

Studying for final stage medical exams and the stress is real, really needed Max's 'health is wealth' also haha

[@shrutijangs]

Lois, we all are cheering for you!! FIGHTING 💕

[@babyswagie8435]

Good luck on the rest of you exams Fighting

[@faith8631]

i feel like all of their individual humour and charm has finally came out here and it is so nice to watch!!! thank you lads for bringing some laughter and smile to my face, wishing you all the very best as you spend this final year prepping for your A levels!

[@whowantsbrowncheese1684]

It’s already their last year and it’s my last year in university

[@rainbowballoon]

I really like Tobi's empathy here and how he wants to write in to protest against the (ridiculousness/ unfairness of the) exam

[@bereasonable8018]

I love how comfortable these students are with Josh and Ollie. I'm going to miss them when they go off to university. Still hoping they get to film a series where they go to Korea (as promised).

[@pianoonparade]

Once they graduate, just means Josh and Ollie can actually take them over to Korea lol

[@Nikestales]

Coming from asia and now living in England, there’s a significant difference in work-life balance. In the Philippines, Highschool was 7am-5:30pm then the clubs or sports. College/University was 7am-7pm. Then I went to the UK and I think mental health is much emphasized here. They know you are supposed to have a life outside school or work. It may be different now tho

[@krysylleangelica992]

7am-5pm at school and then homework or studying when you get home😵

[@soleil8596]

As a Filipino and is currently in college here in the ph. I agree with you, school is ridicously hard here.

[@Nikestales]

@@soleil8596 traffic is bad as well. I had to get up at 5-5:30am for school and arrive home at 7pm. That is if you don’t have any extracurricular activities such as clubs and sports varsities.

[@nmplab]

Interesting. My high school (g7-10, pre-K-12) was 7:30-3:30 (dismissal changed every year but more or less was in between 3:20 and 3:40) then extracurricular “9th period” would be an additional 50 minutes after 8th period. And that’s it.

[@Nikestales]

@@nmplab we have a schedule like that but only once a week. But then I have to stay a bit because I have to wait for others to finish due to our school service

[@maheknayab0562]

I'm going to miss these year 13 boys bcs they are graduating soon. This group made me laugh so much, I really love the series. I wish all the luck to them and also can't help but hope I see them on more videos ❤️ thanks for great content as always!

[@twiceswift_]

can anyone explain why do they have Year 13? what's their education system like

[@faizaanwar3662]

@@twiceswift_ They are 18 years old now, and high school here finishes at 16 and the 17/18 is college which is year 12/13

[@anna-if8fi]

You graduate in year 11 do your gcse exams then go to sixth if you want to go to university (year 12-13) and take a levels some schools have their own sixth forms like this one

[@TryWithSadia]

This high school series brings back memories of going through my own A Level exam. I wouldn’t want to go back to those 6 paper exams but high school was definitely one of the best time of my life

[@sharllala144000]

40대 한국 아저씨인데 이번 영상이 영국남자 컨텐츠 중 제일 마음에 드네요. 왠지 눈물이 납니다. 한국 교육시스템의 부정적인 면을 보여주면서도 격려를 해주고 계신 영국남자팀과 영국학생들! 마음이 쓰리면서도 따뜻해지는 기분이예요. 학원문화를 언급하면서 빈부사회까지 언급하는 부분이 유튜브 컨텐츠계의 오징어 게임, 기생충 같습니다. 좋은 영상 감사합니다.

[@지마-w2k]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@juicebox5883]

❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 I hope the system improves dramatically, it is simply unjust to do this to students

[@ejjem3719]

저두 눈물이 났습니다... 우리 아이들 저만큼 해내느라 너무 고생하는게 짠해졌어요...,ㅜㅜ

[@수혀닝-o7d]

애초에 수능 영어 시험은 사고력을 측정하기 위한 시험이지 일상적인 영어 회화의 목적이 아닙니다 때문에 논문에서 글을 그대로 따온게 대부분이죠

[@makemeglorious0000]

@@magnetic6974 그럼 시간제한은 왜 두는거? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 그냥 인정하셈 한국 영어는 정신나간 영어인거.

[@Unknownz000]

That goes to show that it's an unnecessarily difficult test. Imagine failing a test this badly when it's about your native language that you're fluent in. At that point it's the test that's bad not the test takers.

[@sarakhader5677]

No cuz that's such a good point

[@DirtyPrancing]

Fr, this is frustrating. We think so poorly of white people compared to asians that even when the test is this bad, we just assume the koreans can speak English better than the native speakers. So ignorant

[@xhoco]

Korean SAT is purposed at students' effort, not talent. So someone feels it too hard.

[@emilaubry6856]

As an American, I can assure you that 99% of Americans (and probably anyone growing up in an English speaking country) would score less than 20% on the reading comprehension and writing portion of the SATs (*which is an exam created in America*). That just goes to show that America's level of education is sad, and that you probably need to stop being so ignorant and try to blame others for your ineptitude (although being ignorant and blaming everyone else is very American LOL)😢.

[@microcolonel]

It's not ‘difficult’, it's just wrong. English is what English speakers speak; if English speakers don't understand your English test, you aren't testing English.

[@danielcho2912]

정말 신기한것은 영어를 한국어로 해석하고 읽으면 이게 무슨 개소리지 하는거임 ㅋㅋㅋ

[@rsilverz9814]

격하게 공감하지만...언어영역도 개판이었던지라...뭘 써놔도...

[@뚜비나나-e2z]

답지 보면서도 이게...뭔 개소리야 햇엇네요ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 수능 친지 이제 8년이 다됏는데도 여전히 똑같은 수능...진짜...개노답

[@공공-f1j]

쓸데없이 ㅈ같은 수식어구랑 쓸데없이 잘 쓰이지않는 고급단어 개때려박은 문장이 너무도 많음 진짜... 무슨 인문학논문 같은 글귀임

[@amiupne]

@@공공-f1j 아니 진짜 쓸데없는 that절이 너무많다 ㅅㅂ

[@영산홍]

@@공공-f1j 실제로 논문, 학술자료, 원서 가져다가 해석하는데에 지장이 생길 정도로 어려운 단어만 학생 수준으로 바꿔 쓰고 다듬어서 출제합니다

[@user-pe587ui90]

These boys are so cute! And it's true that health is wealth!!

[@짐니-z5v]

초딩 때였나? 영국인들이 수능 푸는 거 보면서 난 정말 평생 겪지 않을 일처럼 느껴졌는데 수능이 7일 남았다니 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 같은 학생들이라 그런지 더 공감해 주고 힘내라고 하는 게 더 와닿아요!! 수능 성적 제발 10모대로 나오고 수능 다음날 나오는 대학 합격하길... 🙏🏻

[@Potato-popo-v5g]

지나가던 고2 학생인데요! 저희학교가 수능장으로 쓰인다고해서 짐 다 빼고 청소하니 기분이 싱숭생숭하더라고요! 고2인 저도 그런데 고3선배님 기분은 어떨지 감히 상상도 안되네요 꼭 수능에서 좋은 성적 받기를 바래요 선배님! 대학 합격 하면 꼭 알려주세요 ㅎㅎ!! 수능 대박 기원 할게요!!❤️❤️

[@militaryandaviationchannel8907]

지금 유튜브 보고있을때가 아닌것 같은데? 한국 입시 엄청 빡세가지고 ㄹㅇ. 아니면 수시로 가서 최저만 맞추셔도 되는건가 ㄷㄷ

[@짐니-z5v]

@@militaryandaviationchannel8907 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 제 상황은 제가 젤 잘 알지 않을까여? 3년 동안 빡센 입시 잘 버텼고 수시로 갈 거라서 최저만 맞추면 돼요~^^ 걱정감사

[@짐니-z5v]

@@Potato-popo-v5g 응원해 주셔서 감사해요!! 대학 시원하게 합격한 다음에 제 기 다 드릴게요 👍🏻

[@하이루-p1u]

수능 ㅜㅜ전 이제 좀 있으면 1년 남았네요..수능 응원하겠습니다!!힘내세욥

[@oliver-wm5zc]

3:29 "How do I know what doesn't fit the flow- WHAT IS THE FLOW?" "still on question one?" "Yes bro" LMAO THIS IS HILARIOUS 😂😂😂

[@camelopardalis84]

I'm a non-native speaker of English and maybe "flow" isn't the best expression to pick in the eyes of a native speaker, but I get what they meant and found it quite obvious that the correct answer was number three. Did you read the question?

[@ni.zainal]

I laughed so hard at this 😂

[@aciln]

😭

[@MM-jf1me]

@@camelopardalis84 Looking it over again, I agree that question 3 must be the correct answer, but "flow" seems like it would refer to ease of readability. He kept getting caught up in the beginning because none of the sentences had good flow. A better question would replace the word "flow" with "topic".

[@tensuranikki3529]

The channel actually hand picks the most difficult questions from the exam, and giving the median time to answer them 1min/question. In reality the test comprises of a lot of easy questions that can be answered within seconds. Thus even being wrong at all the complicated ones doesn’t immediately equate failing as it can be compensated by the easier ones. Trust me, I’m currently attending college in SK and have lots of korean friends!

[@wolf1916]

이렇게 한국인들이 영어교육을 언어습득으로 받아들이지 않고 시험으로 생각하기 때문에 근원적으로 '틀리는 것'에 매우 큰 부담을 가짐. 이점이 영어를 최소 12년 공부하고도 영어를 한마디로 못하는 사람들로 만듦(틀릴까봐 두려워서)

[@languagedt9029]

니만 그런거 아님?

[@ttttt.tttttt]

진짜 한마디를 하려고해도 문법적으로 틀린건 없는지 걱정하느라 입밖으로 내뱉지를 못함ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

[@Cryth.]

@@languagedt9029 아님.

[@yeocd1077]

근데 직장에서 외국인과 대화가 필요하다면 그냥 내가 아는단어 총동원해서 주절거리게 됩니다ㅋㅋㅋ 그러다보면 영어로 일상정인 대화는 불가능해도 일과 관련된 대화는 어느정도 가능해지죠.

[@성이름-r1n2g]

영어를 의무교육으로 만든게 교육부 최대 실수임

[@moments_0629]

예시로 보여준 문제가 쉽다고 생각했다 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 영어는 항상 일등급받다가 졸업했고, 이젠 이십대 후반으로 가고있지만, 나는 여전히 영어회화공부를 하고있음 진짜 실용성 제로 한국 입시영어 .. ㅋㅋ 하지만 불평한다고 본인들한테만 손해임 해야할 시기에 어쨌든 열심히 잘 해내고 나서야, 불평도 할 수 있는거지.... 결국 시스템이란 하루아침에 바뀔 수 없는 거니까ㅋㅋ 😅 그래서 결론은, 한국 고등학생들 부디 힘내시고... 항상 응원합니다.

[@6_0e0_9]

회장 오진다....와...공부도 잘해 개소리를 써놔도 찰떡같이 알아듣고 풀어....하...진짜...여권 발급 다시해야 겠다ㅠㅠㅠㅠ진짜...다 가졌다....

[@가문희영광]

ㅇㅈ… 진짜 뵙고싶다…^^^

[@lynlee5739]

쟤네 학교 트위터 가면 옥스브릿지 설명회 듣고 있더라고요ㅎㅎ 저번에 나온 해리는 옥스포드대 원서 넣곸ㅋㅋ 다 아시는거 제가 말하는 것일지도 모르겠지만ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@lynlee5739]

@민서 아르망이요 맨 오른쪽 안경 쓴 학생

[@가문희영광]

@민서 젤 잘생긴 사람이요

[@꿈더하기-s1p]

반대로 영국 고등학생이 푸는 영어시험을 한국 학생이 풀어보는 것도 보고 싶어요^^

[@SamsungKimPro]

고등학생 과정은 모르겠지만 캠브리지 공인 시험이 있긴해요. 전 B1,B2단계 운좋게 영어선생님이 학생들한테 한 번 풀어보라고 해서 20년 전에 풀어본 경험이 있기는 한데 일반적인 토익 시험보다는 쉬웠네요.

[@SamsungKimPro]

C1,C2 난이도의 문제들도 풀어볼까 싶긴 했지만 공인 시험이라 공짜로는 못봤기 때문에 그냥 토익만 준비했던것 같네요.

[@mae6565]

Honestly the literature exams we do aren’t that difficult if you revise well but the language exams are the difficult part and where students often loose marks

[@kikiteka]

Me too!

[@calum5975]

I've never heard of a High School offering Korean in the UK.

[@kin1485_]

“Who wrote this test? We need to talk” “I'm so sorry Korea. I don't know who wrote this exam. I'll email them. Strong email. This is actually ridiculous.” TOBI GONNA FIND Y'ALL LMAO

[@arrinette8203]

hes gonna find them, you guys r done ! you're done !

[@eurogael]

Man on a mission.

[@wenwen_art]

Now it's his life goals y'all 😂

[@이나나-u4d]

Be careful guys, tobi is on his way to you😂

[@whowantsbrowncheese1684]

I won’t be surprised if he become sk’s president 😂😂

[@bp5276]

Max is a legend ..

[@banchu80]

한국에서 영어를 가르치는 강사들중 한명으로서...깊게 공감합니다. 우리만의 영어문제를 풀기 위한 우리만의 영어수업을 하고 있는것이 한국 영어 교육의 현실이죠...모국어도 풀 수 없는 영어문제를 푸는것이 영어에 도대체 어떤 의미를 부여할 수 있는지...그리고 이런 상황에서 아무것도 할 수 있는게 없다는 사실이 가슴을 먹먹하게 하네요...

[@user-wx2xc2rl1u]

@@노-p6j3b 당장 밥그릇 싸움과 해외에서는 먹히지도 않는 권위주의자들 때문에 힘들죠. 또 한국것 만이 최고라는 인식이 박힌 많은 한국 사람들이 있기에 10년 정도는 걸릴 거 같네요

[@justyoon51]

당장 공교육 변화시킨다고 해도 사교육시장 반발 및 사교육 지지하는 부모들이 거세게 반대 => 교육개혁 무산 도돌이표임. 교육개혁은 기득권들이 내려놓냐 내려놓지 않냐 싸움인데 그들이 죽기를 기다리기 보다 출산률 저조(절대적입학생수감소=부실대학감소=부실교수감소=기득권축소)로 인해 자연스럽게 변화될거라 예상합니다

[@krk7524]

분명 전공이 영어인데 아직도 얘기할때 구글 번역기 말투가 나옴.. 한국인의 정서+주입식 교육의 폐해인것 같음. 문화와 배경을 이해 하면서 배워야 제대로 말문이 트이는데 맨날 논문급 영어지문만 보고 읽고 풀고 있으니 사고방식이 꽉꽉 막히게 됨.

[@볼초코-e5d]

수능이란 시험은 출제의도 자체가 우리가 일반적으로 뭔가를 아는지 유무의 테스트하는 개념이 아니라, 떨어뜨리기위한 시험이라,그런거임. 여기에 사교육자들의 밥그릇도 한몫한것일테고. 일반적인 시험이 출제가된다면, 누가 학원에 다니겠음? 학원강사들 손가락빠는 사태속출할것임.

[@polite3402]

@@볼초코-e5d 결국 교육방식 자체가 잘못된거임. 수능 영어 1등급 나와도 기본적인 회화도 못함. 이러니 당연하게도 한국사람들이 다른 언어를 배워볼 엄두를 못내는거

[@limk0604]

와 아르망 학생 회장 성적 합산 물어보고 시험지보고 자신있다며 눈 반짝거리는거 봐 학교 성적도 거의 만점이라는데 아르망은 외모도 배우급으로 잘생겼지만 두뇌도 명석하고 보통 비범한 애가 아니구나

[@땅콩버터-b6z]

아르망은 잘생기고 성격좋고 공부잘하는 학생인거야..? 혼자 하이틴 찍네

[@흐앙무서웡]

학생회장임

[@타오즈의마법사]

@@흐앙무서웡 갓벽....

[@yj1481]

잘생기고 학생회장에 성격좋고 공부 잘하고 알바로 테니스 가르치는걸로 ..저번에 50달런가 걸고 불닭 다먹기했는데 자기 오늘 테니스 일당이라고...

[@밈-x6x]

진짜 무슨 럭비부 부장하게 생겨서 학생회장…… 최고된다…..

[@당대표되잔아]

헤어진 여친의 집에 찾아가 딸 둘이 보는 앞에서 농약을 마시라고 하고 여친이 딸 앞에선 못마시겠다고 하자 딸 앞에서 칼로 잔혹하게 살해한 넘도 있다. 이넘의 변호사가 누구인지 아는가? 그이름도 유명한 살인자 전문 변호인 이재명이다.

[@Bazinga-xf6dr]

말하는 거 너무 웃기고 순수함 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@바나나니킥]

Armand가 괜히 학생회장이 되는게 아닌것 같군요. 짧은 시간 내에 문제의 취지가 무엇인지 보고 격려의 말까지 멋있는... ㅎㅎ

[@ptk810]

약간 젖은머리 금발 학생

[@agwhanaj]

@댓글금지채팅금지 앜ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 모든 면에서 멋져서 다들 좋아하는거 같네요☺

[@user-aka27rt1v0t]

천재 물리학도같음...

[@모모-x1s]

학생들 착하다. 다른 나라의 문화를 존중하려 애쓰는 모습이 기특하네요. 영국남자 덕분에 한국의 다양한 모습이 좋게 전달되는 것 같아요. 시험 잘보라고 행운을 빌어주는 모습들이 진지하면서도 귀엽네요👍

[@crun1teliveontwitch645]

Hello, I am American and was wondering if you would want to talk about Korean culture?

[@김도희-c3f]

인정해요…

[@crun1teliveontwitch645]

@@김도희-c3f I am using the google translate feature to understand what you are saying and it reads “I admit” which to me does not make sense. Is there any other way you could say what you mean to say?

[@조한DanielCho]

우리나라 수능 문화는 ㅈ같음

[@unhealow]

@@crun1teliveontwitch645 Just go learn about it yourself lol

[@selene36]

Armand is like a walking Yves Saint Laurent brand. 한국에 동원씨랑 로제가 걸어 다니는 입생로랑이라면 영국엔 아르망

[@beefmeatball4370]

omg you read my mind

[@whowantsbrowncheese1684]

I wouldn’t be surprised if he becomes a model but he should do what he loves doing not something others want to see him doing

[@jungbonault320]

정말 한국식 영어 교육과 시험이 너무 잘못되었다는 좋은 예시입니다

[@cubone909]

Which one is he

[@madeofcastiron]

@@cubone909 the guy wearing the jacket and tie with glasses (he sits on the very right, next to the boy with ginger hair)

[@chipndaleKDH]

Ayman..?님도 훈훈하고 귀엽고 총명해보여요! 무엇보다 다들 웃음이 많은게 넘 행복해보이고 부럽네요❤

[@letsdothis8679]

중학교때부터 영어시간에 쌤들이 영국남자를 정말 많이 보여주셨는데…아마 저랑 같은 고3 중에 영국남자를 모르는 학생은 없을 거예요 영국에 또다른 친구들이 수능 문제를 푸는 것도 신기하고 영상으로 별 얘기 안 해도 영국과 우리나라의 문화가 다른 것이 느껴져서 되게 신선하네요 진짜 이 지옥같은 수험생활 고3도 힘들지만 N수생들도 정말 힘들 것 같아요ㅎㅎ뭔가 영국남자를 오랫동안 봐온 것에 대한 응원의 선물처럼 느껴져서 좋아요 감사합니다ㅎ

[@ghijkabcdef6887]

한국의 교육은 철저히 잘못되었음 세상엔 길이 많다는걸 아이들에게 알려줘야 하는데 공부를 못하면 그 길도 못가게 만들어놓은 사회 시스템 고등학교까지는 기본적인것을 배우고 사회성,도덕성 이런 인간으로서 지키며 살아가야할 최소한의 것들을 배우면서 친구들과 어울리고 놀고 같이 여행도 다니고 그러면서 세상을 배우고 내가 하고 싶은게 뭔지 깨닫고 그 길에 대학이라는 고등지식을 요구 한다면 대학교를 가는것이고 한국 사회는 공부 - 공부 - 공부 - 대학 - 대학원or 취업 자영업을 한다던지? 기술을 배운다던지?농사일을 한다던지 이런 목표를 가지고 있는 학생들은 없음 왜냐하면 교육 자체가 전부 공부 - 대학으로만 초점이 맞춰져 있거든 그니깐 어린애들도 길이 이것밖에 없다고 느낌

[@tithy193]

As a south asian kid who encountered these types of passages for countless times I can assure you the given passage made sense to me. The structure is so familiar to me as we had similar passages during our junior high. That doesn't mean we're any better than them. We are trained(extremely guided) to face these passages anytime. I remember during my board exam days I've attended 7 coaching classes for each subjects where 2 of them covered English 1st and 2nd paper. The pressure we had to face those days were beyond terrible.

[@natd602]

Similar thing happens here in America. We’re taught how to pass a STAAR test or the SAT without actually fully comprehending the material. We just know what the evaluators are looking for and cater to it. That’s why hardly any of us are coming out educated. It’s not really being taught and we’re paying the price.

[@tithy193]

@@natd602 exactly it almost like consuming foods without even knowing their ingredients. Honestly speaking my country's education system is pretty f'ed up and many of us always look forward to leave for Canada, Australia or any foreign country as soon as they complete their higher secondary.

[@woofie_]

yup as an indian i confirm this . tge indians education level is already tough so SAT exam is very easy for the students here and the actual school exams and coaching exams are very tough

[@namwonglue]

As an asian I can confirm that these passages don't make any sense at all. As someone who takes the test, you're not supposed to read them but to scan for certain keywords. They've been designed to unnecessarily consume your valuable exam time and to exhaust your mental capacity as quickly as possible. This is how they facilitate the artificial sense of competition. They force kids to do excessive amount of tests in limited time to distinguish students who invest more in private tuition (both time and money) from the rest.

[@stprocastinatedrm]

Which country are you from?

[@youreirritating9654]

I live in the Philippines and we have English as our second language so believe me when I tell you that this is not how we use English in real life. I don't get why Koreans are forced to learn complicated sentence structures when their priority should be forming English sentences that are easier to understand when communicating orally. Not only will this makes things easier for Korean students, but also helps the country pursue globalization. No English native would want to listen to a person rambling with words they picked up from the dictionary just for the sake of sounding good.

[@iwannabeisekaid8157]

Hello there, I also agree to your point. I've read here in some korean citizens' comments that it isn't used for communication rather for entering the university, getting good grades and understanding complicated structural grammar in the thesis when attending in the university. However, I don't agree with them. Building up basic knowledge will make it easier for them to understand and comprehend complex sentences. It is not only meant for communication as they've said but we also use it for education. Their view in studying english is somehow the same in learning mathematics.

[@iialenixii1285]

Now this!!!!

[@m_edha5312]

Exactly

[@drkpop7859]

Omg I was thinking the same. I'm from India and the English exam is nothing like this. We have more writing, grammar part as well as reading part where passages are given to know how much we understood etc.

[@obento4293]

If Korean students want to learn English they need to ignore this exam and literally just watch "Friends" or any other simple English TV show and you will learn more in 20 minutes than you will in all the years studying for this test.

[@sareenfatima6114]

"HEALTH IS WEALTH" truest words ever spoken.