Table 1 Changes in the number of test-takers for second foreign language subjects in 2021 and 2022 (Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, 2020a, 2021c)
From: Test review: French examination of the College Scholastic Ability Test in Korea
Subject | 2022 academic year | 2021 academic year | Changes 2022–2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of test-takers | Share | Number of test-takers | Share | Number of test-takers | Share | |
Japanese | 8395 | 25.3 | 5626 | 10.3 | 2769 | 15.00 |
Arabic | 7062 | 21.2 | 38,157 | 69.6 | − 31,095 | − 48.32 |
Chinese | 6119 | 18.4 | 3707 | 6.8 | 2412 | 11.65 |
Classical Chinese-language literature in Korea | 5764 | 17.3 | 2631 | 4.8 | 3133 | 12.54 |
Spanish | 2080 | 6.3 | 1265 | 2.3 | 815 | 3.95 |
French | 1730 | 5.2 | 1209 | 2.2 | 521 | 3.00 |
German | 1194 | 3.6 | 998 | 1.8 | 196 | 1.77 |
Vietnamese | 491 | 1.5 | 764 | 1.4 | − 273 | 0.08 |
Russian | 408 | 1.2 | 494 | 0.9 | − 86 | 0.33 |