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prizes were funded by over 20 sponsors. During the fi- such as tablets or external storage devices, plus over 60
nal ceremony, held on the 10th of May, the best participants books and lots of small gifts and gadgets from the spon-
of the Olympiad were given a number of valuable prizes, sors.
1st ENGLISH OLYMPIAD,
M AY 1 9 TH/ 2 0 TH 1 9 9 5
T he Olympiad was organised by teachers from the tee that checked their fluency in a talk on a drawn topic.
English department and the participants were solely The honorary patron of the Olympiad was His Magnificen-
from PUT. The logistics and smooth running of the ce, the Rector of PUT, Professor Eugeniusz Mitkowski, Ph.D.
event lay in the hands of L.Dorna, M.A., B. Lange, M.A. and Eng., represented by the Rector’s Secretary, E. Szmaus, Ph.D.
W. Tyszka, M.A.
WINNERS:
The Olympiad was a two stage competition. On May 9th, the 1.Irmina Szcześniak
students faced the challenge of a written test and on the next 2.Paweł Jachimowicz
day they presented their language skills in front of a commit- 3.Katarzyna Peplińska
MEET THE BEST
PARTICIPANTS
Do not be afraid, citizen. I come from the internet! him wrong (about failing, not about caring), and kept at-
... whoops, wrong reality. So let's start over. tending the competition in subsequent years just to drive
the point home. So, if you are reading this, Mr. Kubiak:
I'm a student of Computer Science on Opole University Of You. Lose.
Technology, with Computer Networks and Database Man-
agement Systems as my major. Since childhood I've been There isn't really much more to say - I'm a huge bookworm and
fascinated by logic puzzles - upon my first experience with my spare time tends to be devoted to reading literary fiction
programming, I found it not just a logical extension of that and comic books - particularly anything written by Warren
but literally my calling in life: live to code, code for a living. Ellis (Read his books. Do not argue with me, I'm an engineer).
I didn't really enter this contest in order to win, but to prove "Trust me, I know what I am doing"
a point. Four years ago my former lecturer tried to sign me
on without my consent to prove a point - that I would fail Michał Gawlas
because I didn't care about his classes. I've decided to prove
My name is Katarzyna Liszka and I am a 21-year-old bache- I have been learning English since early childhood. Al-
lor student at Gdańsk University of Technology. To my great though at the beginning I was not the keenest student,
surprise and happiness, I ranked second in the 15th Eng- with time I grew to appreciate this language for its richness
lish Olympiad for students of technical universities.It is un- and intricacies. It is now a prevalent part of my daily life:
doubtedly a huge success for me and a great way to satisfy in my studies, English is the language of instruction and all
my linguistic ambitions. of my coursework, including writing my dissertation, re-
EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AT PUT 3
nal ceremony, held on the 10th of May, the best participants books and lots of small gifts and gadgets from the spon-
of the Olympiad were given a number of valuable prizes, sors.
1st ENGLISH OLYMPIAD,
M AY 1 9 TH/ 2 0 TH 1 9 9 5
T he Olympiad was organised by teachers from the tee that checked their fluency in a talk on a drawn topic.
English department and the participants were solely The honorary patron of the Olympiad was His Magnificen-
from PUT. The logistics and smooth running of the ce, the Rector of PUT, Professor Eugeniusz Mitkowski, Ph.D.
event lay in the hands of L.Dorna, M.A., B. Lange, M.A. and Eng., represented by the Rector’s Secretary, E. Szmaus, Ph.D.
W. Tyszka, M.A.
WINNERS:
The Olympiad was a two stage competition. On May 9th, the 1.Irmina Szcześniak
students faced the challenge of a written test and on the next 2.Paweł Jachimowicz
day they presented their language skills in front of a commit- 3.Katarzyna Peplińska
MEET THE BEST
PARTICIPANTS
Do not be afraid, citizen. I come from the internet! him wrong (about failing, not about caring), and kept at-
... whoops, wrong reality. So let's start over. tending the competition in subsequent years just to drive
the point home. So, if you are reading this, Mr. Kubiak:
I'm a student of Computer Science on Opole University Of You. Lose.
Technology, with Computer Networks and Database Man-
agement Systems as my major. Since childhood I've been There isn't really much more to say - I'm a huge bookworm and
fascinated by logic puzzles - upon my first experience with my spare time tends to be devoted to reading literary fiction
programming, I found it not just a logical extension of that and comic books - particularly anything written by Warren
but literally my calling in life: live to code, code for a living. Ellis (Read his books. Do not argue with me, I'm an engineer).
I didn't really enter this contest in order to win, but to prove "Trust me, I know what I am doing"
a point. Four years ago my former lecturer tried to sign me
on without my consent to prove a point - that I would fail Michał Gawlas
because I didn't care about his classes. I've decided to prove
My name is Katarzyna Liszka and I am a 21-year-old bache- I have been learning English since early childhood. Al-
lor student at Gdańsk University of Technology. To my great though at the beginning I was not the keenest student,
surprise and happiness, I ranked second in the 15th Eng- with time I grew to appreciate this language for its richness
lish Olympiad for students of technical universities.It is un- and intricacies. It is now a prevalent part of my daily life:
doubtedly a huge success for me and a great way to satisfy in my studies, English is the language of instruction and all
my linguistic ambitions. of my coursework, including writing my dissertation, re-
EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AT PUT 3
