Olympiada in English
Olympiada in English is a sequenced competition for pupils of elementary schools and students of secondary schools. It is held under the specification of the State Professinal Committee for Olympiadas in Foreign Language. This schedule is published in Učiteľské noviny every year. Constituent rounds are usually held in this period:
School round - December
Regional round - February or March
National round - April
Only the winner / winners take part in a consequent round. The competititon is devided into 2 parts – a written one and an oral exam.
A written test includes
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listening (2x and 5minutes to fulfill the task)
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reading for comprehension (10 minutes)
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vocabulary and grammar (15 minutes)
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progressive testing (3 minutes) for 1D and 2D category
Students draw lots for the order in a competition and they compete under these numbers. Tests are also signed with a drawn number. The number also determines the student´s sequence in the oral exam.
After completing the task in the oral exam the students stay in a classroom. They cannot leave because the task is all the same for all the students in one category. When scores are summarizable and order list is made the names of the competitors are released.
Categories for students of gymnázium are:
1C Prima to Quarta pupils
1D Prima to Quarta pupils who have spent 2 months or more in an English speaking country or one of their parents is a native speaker
2B students of the 1 and 2 form of gymnázium
2C students of the 3 and 4 form of gymnázium
2D students of the 1 - 4 form of gymnázium who have spent 2 months or more in an English speaking country or one of their parents is a native speaker
