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res fluency in it; at home, majority of materials that I sured the second position in the ranking. Apart from that,
read is also in English; finally, even in my relationship it is the audience awarded me a prize for the best speech, a
the primary language of communication. In
my opinion, nowadays the ability to speak prize very dear to my heart, since it is public
a foreign language is indispensable and speaking (and not technical English) that is
comes in handy in many situations. There- my passion.
fore, it is always worth the effort one has to
put in while studying. Overall, I find this year’s Olympiad to be
well-organised and properly hosted. The
My own efforts have certainly been reward- organisers were truly helpful and support-
ed during this year’s Olympiads. I mustered ive throughout the whole process. My only
all of my knowledge and skills in order to concern was raised by the technical facilities
excel and prove (mostly to myself) that I am provided during the final stage; when par-
capable of being in the national top ten. I ticipants of a national level contest are re-
almost lost my hope after having written quired to hold presentations, a remote con-
the first part, as it turned out to be more trol to steer the overhead projector and a
difficult than I had expected. But I still did hands free microphone would not go amiss.
my best during the oral examination and eventually, I did Other than that, everything was precisely
make it to the final ten. I worked hard on preparing my prepared. I genuinely enjoyed my stay at Poznań University
presentation and it certainly paid off. My overall score as- of Technology.
Katarzyna Liszka
Hi! I am 23 years old and I live on the outskirts of Wrocław- Besides English, I have a good command of German, Span-
in my view the most captivating city in our country (but ish and Russian. During my high school days I also had
with Poznań being the runner-up, as I
found out on the occasion of this year’s my fair share of Hindi classes- I found
English Olympiad). Currently I am a 4th- them really compelling and the progress
year student of Civil Engineering at Wro- immensely rewarding. However, I wish
claw University of Technology. Although I I had more time for learning mentioned
have yet to decide on my specialty in fu- languages now.
ture carrier, as of today I gravitate towards
steel structures and buildings or bridges. Apart from this, I like doing yoga and trav-
eling in my spare time. In my opinion trav-
I’m interested in learning foreign languag- eling, with the right attitude- a pinch of
es which, according to some, I have a gift open-mindedness and eagerness to learn,
for. Personally, I like to think no such thing is the one thing worth spending your
really exists and you can always achieve a money on. I also think that the world is far
great deal solely through hard work. Just too big for a person to be settled down in
as Colin Powell once said: “A dream doesn't become reali- one place all your life. Hence, I’m enter-
ty through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard taining an idea of moving abroad and exploring the world
work”. after I will have received my Master’s degree.
Alicja Piechnat
Funny. As I place Bowie's recent record, „The Next I am a sophomore, studying Mechatronics at the Poznan
Day” into my prized music player's CD tray and hear University of Technology. Up until now I've been living in
the first sounds ringing out, a smile surfaces on my Szczecin, where I was born. I'm fond of it, especially as
face...which lies in sharp contrast to how I fared at the my home's away from the city centre, situated in a green,
olympiad finals; twisted with fear, I imagine I must've chilled-out district.
been anything but cheerful. Trial by fire it was, all the
more glad I managed. I've attended extracurricular English classes for around six
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read is also in English; finally, even in my relationship it is the audience awarded me a prize for the best speech, a
the primary language of communication. In
my opinion, nowadays the ability to speak prize very dear to my heart, since it is public
a foreign language is indispensable and speaking (and not technical English) that is
comes in handy in many situations. There- my passion.
fore, it is always worth the effort one has to
put in while studying. Overall, I find this year’s Olympiad to be
well-organised and properly hosted. The
My own efforts have certainly been reward- organisers were truly helpful and support-
ed during this year’s Olympiads. I mustered ive throughout the whole process. My only
all of my knowledge and skills in order to concern was raised by the technical facilities
excel and prove (mostly to myself) that I am provided during the final stage; when par-
capable of being in the national top ten. I ticipants of a national level contest are re-
almost lost my hope after having written quired to hold presentations, a remote con-
the first part, as it turned out to be more trol to steer the overhead projector and a
difficult than I had expected. But I still did hands free microphone would not go amiss.
my best during the oral examination and eventually, I did Other than that, everything was precisely
make it to the final ten. I worked hard on preparing my prepared. I genuinely enjoyed my stay at Poznań University
presentation and it certainly paid off. My overall score as- of Technology.
Katarzyna Liszka
Hi! I am 23 years old and I live on the outskirts of Wrocław- Besides English, I have a good command of German, Span-
in my view the most captivating city in our country (but ish and Russian. During my high school days I also had
with Poznań being the runner-up, as I
found out on the occasion of this year’s my fair share of Hindi classes- I found
English Olympiad). Currently I am a 4th- them really compelling and the progress
year student of Civil Engineering at Wro- immensely rewarding. However, I wish
claw University of Technology. Although I I had more time for learning mentioned
have yet to decide on my specialty in fu- languages now.
ture carrier, as of today I gravitate towards
steel structures and buildings or bridges. Apart from this, I like doing yoga and trav-
eling in my spare time. In my opinion trav-
I’m interested in learning foreign languag- eling, with the right attitude- a pinch of
es which, according to some, I have a gift open-mindedness and eagerness to learn,
for. Personally, I like to think no such thing is the one thing worth spending your
really exists and you can always achieve a money on. I also think that the world is far
great deal solely through hard work. Just too big for a person to be settled down in
as Colin Powell once said: “A dream doesn't become reali- one place all your life. Hence, I’m enter-
ty through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard taining an idea of moving abroad and exploring the world
work”. after I will have received my Master’s degree.
Alicja Piechnat
Funny. As I place Bowie's recent record, „The Next I am a sophomore, studying Mechatronics at the Poznan
Day” into my prized music player's CD tray and hear University of Technology. Up until now I've been living in
the first sounds ringing out, a smile surfaces on my Szczecin, where I was born. I'm fond of it, especially as
face...which lies in sharp contrast to how I fared at the my home's away from the city centre, situated in a green,
olympiad finals; twisted with fear, I imagine I must've chilled-out district.
been anything but cheerful. Trial by fire it was, all the
more glad I managed. I've attended extracurricular English classes for around six
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