At 2:20 p.m. on the 13th, English, the third session of the 2026 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), ended.
The CSAT question-setting headquarters on the day issued a press reference on the direction of the third-session English section, saying, "We used passages and materials on a wide range of topics presented in the curriculum, but composed questions using basic curriculum vocabulary and high-frequency words at the level of the test subject," and added, "To measure balanced language use that emphasizes not only fluency but also accuracy in English, we included grammar and vocabulary items."
It added, "Listening measures the ability to understand native speakers' conversations and talks, and speaking was intended to indirectly measure the ability to complete incomplete conversations and talks by applying appropriate communication functions after listening," and said, "Reading measures interactive reading comprehension that uses background knowledge and textual clues to understand meaning, and writing was intended to indirectly measure the ability to understand the content of a text and summarize it into sentences or organize a paragraph."
English consisted of 45 questions in total: 17 in the listening area (listening and indirect speaking) and 28 in the reading area (reading and indirect writing). Thirty-five questions were worth 2 points, and 10 questions were worth 3 points.