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middle school, I happened to Learning foreign languages, espe- What a surprise it was when I re-
stumble upon the quotation “An- cially English, is my passion. I took alised in January that I advanced
ything worth doing is worth doing my first steps when I was two, when to the next stage of the compe-
well”. Ever since then, I have always my father taught me the letters of tition!
tried my best to put this particular the English alphabet.
maxim into practice, especially in re- The organisation of the second
gard to constant self-improvement In high school I became Laureate stage was pretty neat. Firstly, the
on various fields. of the English Olympiad (informally time spent on waiting on one's
known as Henryk Krzyżanowski's Ol- turn before the oral part was cut
In my opinion, a good command of ympiad), and now I've had the oppor- down to the minimum. Secondly,
English is undeniably indispensable tunity to participate in the final stage as far as I know, the number and
in the business environment, with of the English Olympiad for Students the quality of rewards exceeded
my stress being put here on the pro- of Technical Universities. It was a most of participants' expecta-
fessional society of engineers. The very memorable event for me, par- tions. Finally, serving some snacks
conclusion I would like to draw here ticularly the presentation part. The to reduce the tension before the
is that nowadays, one’s ability to use speech about 'Robotic Apocalipse' results was a very nice gesture.
English is just as important as their was so captivating that I actually did
knowledge in a given specialty. some research on the subject on ar- All in all, I had a great impression
rival home! of this competition. Not only was
This was my first time in Poznan and it a rewarding and pleasurable ex-
I was genuinely charmed by the pic- I wish I could take part in next year's perience but also a good way to
turesque city centre. What surprised Olympiad. I can keep my fingers refresh my English skills. I would
me on my visit to the Poznan Univer- crossed though that the event will be definitely recommend everyone to
sity of Technology, was the spacious at least as as successful as this year! try and take part in it next year.
campus and the impressive newly
constructed buildings, along with the The English Olympiad
innovative infrastructure. In my eyes,
the Staff of the Centre of Languag- for S tudents
es and Communication proved to be of T e chnic a l Uni v ersities
true professionals, who were always
kind and helpful to all contestants.

With no doubt, I am definitely going
to come back to your city soon!

1st Olympiad of the English Rector’s Secretary, E. Szmaus, Ph.D. section teachers. The smooth running
Language, May 19-20th 1995 of the event was the responsibility of D.
Laureates: Bogacka, M.A., K. Ciesielska, M.A., and J.
The participants were PUT students only. 1. Irmina Szcześniak Wolak, M.A. The honorary patron of the
The Olympiad was organized by English 2. Paweł Jachimowicz Olympiad was His Magnificence, Rector of
section teachers. The smooth running of 3. Katarzyna Peplińska PUT, Professor Eugeniusz Mitkowski, Ph.D.
the event was the responsibility of L. Dor- 4. Szymon Ceranka Eng., represented at the Olympiad by the
na, M.A., B. Lange, M.A. and W. Tyszka, 5. Łukasz Ligęziński Rector’s Secretary, E. Szmaus, Ph.D.
M.A. The Olympiad was a two-stage com- 6. Anna Ciaś
petition. On May 9th the students faced 7. Piotr Wiegandt Laureates:
the challenge of a written test and on the 8. Joanna Dworak 1. Krzysztof Śniadek
next day they presented their language 9. Małgorzata Leżańska 2. Rafał Bald
skills in front of a committee that checked 10. Marta Popenda 3. Sławomir Tomczak
their fluency in a talk on a drawn topic. 4. Maciej Komosiński
2nd Olympiad of the English 5. Monika Antoniewicz
The honorary patron of the Olympiad Language, March 22nd -23rd 1996 6. Dominik Darski
was His Magnificence, the Rector of PUT 7. Mikołaj Dolata
Professor Eugeniusz Mitkowski, Ph.D. The participants were PUT students only. 8. Anna Józefowicz
Eng., represented at the Olympiad by the The Olympiad was organized by English 9. Robert Kaczorek

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