Korean History Study Plan for Civil Service Exams

Teacher Go Jeong-ho emphasizes the importance of repetition in studying Korean history for civil service exams, recommending focused, repeated learning over extensive content coverage.

### Overview of the 25th Season Public Official Exam Preparation Course
* 📅 The public official exam season typically starts in July, with **national exams in April** and **regional exams in June**.
* 📚 The course includes basic theory, conceptual, high-speed conceptual, and **final compressed review** sections.
* 👩 The content is designed for different levels of learners, from **beginners to advanced**.
* 📹 The high-speed concept edition will be conducted as studio lectures, with **video editing and subtitles**.
* 📝 The course includes **800 main past questions** and **400 additional questions** for further practice.
* 📅 Mock tests will start around **mid-October**, with Season 2 of the online class following.
* 🔍 Additional content like **previous ox questions** and **miscellaneous topics** are available for more in-depth study.
* 🕰 The instructor emphasizes the importance of **starting Korean history preparation in June or July**, and not waiting until **after Chuseok in October**.

Hello everyone, nice to meet you. I am Teacher Go Jeong-ho. The 25th season has already begun. Normally, the public official exam season starts in July. National exams are usually on the first Saturday of April, while regional exams are in the second or third Saturday of June. The pattern is set like this. Unless there are any special events next year, it will likely continue this way. Looking back, every year around the end of May, we film the curriculum videos. So, this time as well, I planned to start leisurely after the regional exams, but already people preparing for the 25th season have some inquiries. First, we have theories, which are divided into basic theory, conceptual part, high-speed conceptual part, and final compressed review.

There are dogs. So, the mission is not mandatory, it's not a required course. Well, actually, you don't even need a textbook for this. Among you, there are really pure science nerds, or some who have been abroad a bit during their high school years, or those who used to exercise during high school, right? Among these people, those who are trying to study for the civil service exam may be a bit vague about when King Sejong lived, or have heard of Kim Yushin just by name. For those people, following the concept part of the lesson is not that easy. So, for those people, we will have classes tailored to them, using expressions like No-ra-go, No-bae, and Sa-bu-in. In other words, it will be a class for people starting from scratch. Simply put, before listening to the concept part, think of it as lubrication. So, what.

Now, dividing by era, and then, by era, focusing on important kings and events, we will proceed. The main focus will be on the powerful figures of the time. The powerful figures have already emerged. Next, we have the concept section. What is a concept? It literally covers everything from A to Z in Korean history. It is explained thoroughly, providing background information. We are developing content to minimize the burden on Korean history as much as possible. Therefore, we are considering creating a main book consisting of approximately 54 sessions, each lasting 60 minutes, totaling about 3500 minutes. You can also listen through the subnotes, but the main book is the principle. This is the main course, the core course. This will be conducted in July and August in on-site lectures. Then, the high-speed concept, what is it? It is a lecture that condenses the concept to about two-thirds of the time, not half. You can think of it this way. Background explanations will be briefly touched upon to focus more on the core.

The main focus of the organization will be the Fast Speed Concept Edition. Starting this year, it will be conducted as studio lectures, including video editing and adding subtitles. This is how we are proceeding now. Currently, filming is already in progress for about 40 minutes, with around 40 lessons planned, totaling about 10,000 minutes. The textbook will be in the form of sub-notes. Next, there will be a final compression summary. This final compression summary will condense the Fast Speed Edition back to about 3. In reality, when you look at the running time, it's only about 1 for the concept. This is truly organized mainly focusing on the key points. There are currently two lessons, each with a running time. This will also be listened to as a lecture with sub-notes. So, do you have to listen to both the Concept Edition and the Fast Speed Concept Edition and the final compression summary? Not necessarily. It's not mandatory to listen to all three.

Listen, and then, now, in terms of cyclic multiple costs, you should listen to the final summary or the concept of high-speed revision. This subject called Korean history has no other answer but repetition. If you repeat, it's a subject that anyone can do. However, if you don't repeat, in reality, after listening to the concept part once, the past exam questions are solved smoothly, and that person gains a huge advantage. You must repeat two, three, four times unconditionally. We have our own line of past exam questions. The main past questions are 800. From the 25th season, how will it be organized? The principles are two. One is within the last six years, the local laws. What is called local laws is the national, local, and Seoul court exams that are currently available in Korean history exams. We only include questions from the past six years here and do not include other past questions. The second principle is the same topic. For example, Lee Hwang and Yi Byeonsa, Heungseon Daewongun, these are the same topics.

There is a main topic, and the principle is to include the same main topic issues up to four times, so it will be about 800 questions. This is the main collection, so just by looking at this, you can see. However, there are also 1200 questions. Some people expect Korean history to be quite difficult now, so even though I don't have to explain, there are people who choose one question even though it is the main 800 questions. One question is the same as one volume of 800 questions. And this volume has 400 questions, which are not local laws. Actually, there are many good questions, including fire, weather, police, and old Grade 7 exam questions, national and local. This volume covers a wide range of topics over the past 8 years, not just the recent 6 years. It deals with a broader range of topics. Do you understand these features?

The questions are arranged like this. Then, there are 400 questions, and we reduced it to 800 questions by exactly half. You don't have to do it if you don't want to. But later, you will need about 400 questions. So, just keep that in mind. Next, we have our workbook line. It's a modified version of 600 previous questions. We've taken most of the old mock test questions from the beginning to the end of Korean history, from major topics to subtopics, and included modified questions from previous exams. Frankly, beginners don't need to look at these, but for those who need to get a perfect score or want to improve, these modified 600 questions will be helpful. Next, when we do our mock tests, we start lightly with previous questions. The 14th mock test will probably start around mid-October. And then, after that, the video season.

Season 2 of the online class will proceed like this. This is a mock test line that we have been doing for about ten years. So now, we will proceed with this online as well. There will be a separate guidance later. Next, there are other contents such as previous questions. You can do previous ox questions or not, but this will be helpful for repeated learning. There are absolutely necessary materials. You really must do this. It's a killer content. Miscellaneous topics are things that may not appear on the test when the exam is near. We have some things like UNESCO Cultural Heritage Records, North Korean Modern History, understanding of history, and other topics that are a bit different from the main lectures that you might easily miss. These miscellaneous topics have been around for 6 or 7 years now.

We continue like this, and now it seems like we have a lot of content, right? It seems like we have a lot, but it's not. Now, there are only tens of thousands of official trainees. Among these tens of thousands, not everyone is a completely fresh trainee. Only 20% to 30% of them are classified as official trainees. Then, what about the remaining 70% to 80%? They are people who have been studying for the exam. There are various people like them. That's why we are creating and operating various contents like this. It's not necessary to do everything. You don't need to feel pressured at all. Even so, some of you clearly want instructors to tell you to do this. So, honestly, my students will figure it out on their own. And when we talk about trainees, there are people who want instructors to tell them what to do.

What will it be? People who have been studying for less than 6 months understand. Those who have been studying Korean history for less than 6 months, those people. I call them beginners now. The essential basics are the conceptual part, you know, for review, in a cyclic way, the high-speed conceptual part, or the final compressed summary. You don't have to do both, so don't feel pressured. There are 800 past questions, just look at all 800 questions, and everything will be solved. And as I mentioned earlier, the absolute, absolute, essential content, if you listen to this, you will understand. Mock exams are available in different levels, but you don't need all of them. Season 1 is the main one for now. Just follow about 14 episodes of Season 1, the rest is just a bonus, you can do it or not, okay? If I set it like this, you won't feel burdened anymore. Some of you may be misunderstanding now.

Nowadays, Korean history is falling behind in the rankings for test-takers, ranking 4th or 5th. Out of the five subjects, even from the perspective of instructors, it's challenging to advise students to invest a lot of time in Korean history. Why is it because of the 4th or 5th place ranking? In the case of 초시, in the beginning, investing about 9 hours a week, including listening to lectures for 6 months, approximately 1 hour a day, in Korean history. When is it a good time to start studying Korean history? For those who truly consider themselves beginners, starting in June or July would be good. Generally, even for those who are not beginners, it is common to start studying around August. But one thing I really want to emphasize is not to wait until after Chuseok. Don't start Korean history after the October holiday and Hangul Day.

It's dangerous. Of course, for those whose main focus is on local government positions, it's okay to do so. When the cold wind blows, those focusing on local government positions can start studying Korean history. But for those focusing on national government positions, no matter how urgent other subjects may be, you must start studying on Hangeul Day. Do you understand? If you keep procrastinating, you may end up in a very awkward situation later on. Every year, some students make this kind of mistake. So, no matter how late it is, it's usually right to start after Liberation Day. And then, no matter how late it is, you must start on Hangeul Day. I want to give you this advice. Unlike other instructors, I don't do fear marketing. Really, if you invest about six months, listening to lectures for about an hour a week, everyone can score 95 points out of 100 in the national and local government exams. If I have something like this...

If you keep bluffing like this, oh, your fingers are already gone, the fingers of sincerity have already flown away. So now, please believe me once, and I will continue to tell you. I don't do horror marketing to you. I don't want you to invest a tremendous amount of time in Korean history. However, Korean history is about repetition, you know, just keep repeating it. For example, now, the Donghak Peasant Movement or something like that comes out well on the test. If you can solve the past questions easily after hearing it once or twice, or after seeing it in a book once or twice, then that person is a genius. Korean history is genius. Usually, that's not the case, but don't worry. You don't have to worry. How many times do you think you will repeat the Donghak Peasant Movement until the national exam next year? How many times do you think you will repeat it? At least ten times, and if it's severe, about twenty times. Even if you've done that much and still can't solve the problem, those are very rare cases. Don't worry.

Korean history is something that you can just repeat. It's not a subject that requires a profound understanding, right? So, everyone, let's meet in the lecture and study hard together. Thank you, everyone.

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The Structure of the 25th Season Civil Service Exam Prep

The 25th season of the civil service exam prep has begun, with a set pattern for the exam schedule.

The course offers tailored classes for those with vague knowledge of Korean history, and it is divided into basic theory, conceptual part, high-speed conceptual part, and final compressed review.

The main course consists of approximately 54 sessions, lasting 60 minutes each, totaling about 3500 minutes, and will be conducted in July and August through on-site lectures.

The Fast Speed Concept Edition and Final Compression Summary

A new organization is focusing on the Fast Speed Concept Edition, offering studio lectures and video editing for about 40 lessons.

The final compression summary will condense the content to about 1/3 of the original length.

It is not mandatory to listen to all three - the Concept Edition, Fast Speed Concept Edition, and the final compression summary - but repetition is emphasized for gaining a significant advantage, especially in solving past exam questions in Korean history.

Overview of Mock Test Questions and Study Materials

There are 400 initial questions, which were then doubled to 800 questions.

A workbook with 600 modified questions covering Korean history from major to subtopics is available for those aiming for a perfect score.

The mock tests, ongoing for a decade, will continue with the 14th test starting in mid-October.

Additional study materials include previous ox questions and miscellaneous topics like UNESCO Cultural Heritage Records and North Korean Modern History.

The available content caters to the tens of thousands of official trainees, with only 20% to 30% classified as such, while the remaining 70% to 80% are individuals preparing for the exam, creating a variety of study materials to meet their needs.

Effective Strategies for Studying Korean History

Start studying Korean history in June or July for beginners, and no later than August for others, to avoid falling behind.

It is advisable to not wait until after the October holiday and Hangul Day to start studying.

For those focusing on national government positions, it is crucial to begin studying on Hangeul Day to avoid any potential setbacks.

Korean history is characterized by repetition, making it possible to succeed on tests through rote memorization.

The Donghak Peasant Movement is highlighted as a specific example of this repetitive nature in studying.

The message reassures students that Korean history doesn't require a deep understanding, but rather the ability to repeat and memorize information.