The excellent results of the students of FL theory and practice department in National Student Olympiad in English

On April 20-21, 2023 the National Academic Olympiad was held for the groups of specializations - "Foreign Languages" in three directions: "Foreign language: two foreign languages", "Translation" and "Foreign Philology", in seven languages: English, French, Turkish, Arabic, Chinese, Korean and Japanese in Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages in Almaty. About 270 students from 29 Universities and 15 cities of Kazakhstan participated in the given Olympiad.

 The stages of Olympiad included general testing on CAE (Cambridge Advanced English), listening comprehension, essay writing in IELTS format, solution of pragma-professional tasks and homework (project defense).

3 students of FL theory and practice department - Tileukhan Dariya, Kalieva Anel and Dukenbaeva Madina with supervisor Anasheva D.K. and invited as a commission member Nurzhanova J.D. took an active part in this Olympiad. Students demonstrated excellent knowledge in testing. They depicted high skills in listening and writing, as well ass impeccable presentation skills. As a result, Darya Tileukhan got the 2nd prize.

According to students’ opinion, the Olympiad was a great test, where some tasks required creativity and the ability to apply the acquired and mastered knowledge in various spheres making the tasks more captivating and diverse. Participation in such   a competition develops self-confidence, increases stress tolerance, where fear is already a small victory, as well as being an irreplaceable experience.  Thus, participation in the subject Olympiad for our students of FL theory and practice department is not only a test of knowledge, but also an excellent training and self-development.