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Representing Australia at the International Linguistics Olympiad in Poland

Participating in the National and the International Olympiad in Linguistics was an enriching experience. During our time in Poland, we learnt much more than we previously knew about linguistics and the keys to solving linguistics problems. We found that despite the age difference, we were able to meet and make friends with people from many different cultures, and to find the similarities between people from all places in the world, as competitors came from places such as Slovenia, Estonia, India, the USA, Serbia, Ireland, Russia, Latvia, Sweden, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Korea, Germany and Great Britain. Despite the short amount of time we spent in Poland, we were able to see much of Wroc¬law and the surrounding area through excursions organized by the ILO committee.

Written by Krysia Choros and Sarah Twomey

The Australian team, Ross McGachey (Year 12), Krysia Choros (Year 11) and Sarah Twomey (Year 9), has just come back from the 7th International Olympiads in Linguistics, held in Poland. This year, 23 teams representing 17 countries participated in the IOL/IOL and, along with Ireland, Great Britain and India, this was the first time that Australia was represented. The team did quite well for a first effort but even more importantly they really enjoyed the competition — both individual and team events — and they had a great time with the students from so many other countries in the excursions in and around Wroclaw.