Olympiad
On September 19-20, the third International Contest (“Olympiad”) in Russian as a Foreign Language “Russian is the language of art of engineering” was held at Ulyanovsk State Technical University. It entered the complex of events of the VII International Youth Innovation Forum. The participants of the Olympiad came from 8 universities and 33 countries of the world. In total, about 137 people from universities in Ulyanovsk, the Volga region and Bulgaria took part in the contest.
In the first round, the participants underwent vocabulary and grammar testing on knowledge of Russian as a foreign language in accordance with the group and category of participants. In the second round, the participants performed written work on a given topic of the science direction in accordance with their category and group, and in the third, an oral task to develop “science” conversation in accordance with category and group.
Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University was represented by students of the preparatory school Erdogan Deniz Hakan (Turkey) and Stephanova Adeline Stefanova (Bulgaria), as well as our graduates from 2018 Idiar Daniel Yese and Gbeja Joseph Oluvamayova (Nigeria), now the students of the Fundamental Institute of medicine and biology. Our students proudly represented our school: they not only successfully completed all three tours, but also won prizes. The winners were Idiare Daniel Yese (3 degree diploma), as well as Gbeja Joseph Oluvamayova (2 degree diploma). They were awarded with diplomas and memorable gifts.
Assistant of the Department of Humanities Liliya Ildarovna Fakhrutdinova accompanied the participants on the trip, and also acted as a member of the jury of the Olympiad.
The extensive program of the Olympiad included not only passing various tests, but also visiting the Lenin museum, as well as a tour to the industrial zone "Zavolzhye".
We congratulate the participants and prize-winners of the Olympiad and wish them continued success!
