Two Ealing Students Triumph at Linguistics Olympiad
Amitai and Stanley solved problems based on an understanding of language
The participants from Latymer Upper School at the Linguistic Olympiads
Two school students from Ealing have wone medals at this year’s UK Linguistics Olympiad (UKLO).
Amitai won Gold and Stanley won a bronze. They were among the 13 students from Latymer Upper School who competed in the Advanced Level competition - the highest number of entrants ever fielded by the School who have achieved the best results the School has ever enjoyed.
The UKLO is a competition in which students compete to solve problems based on some of the world’s 7,000 languages. Participants use data from a given language to crack codes and solve puzzles. It requires analytical skills and critical thinking. Linguistic Olympiads started in Moscow in the 1950s but there are now over 40 national competitions taking place every year leading up to the International competition.
For Year 11 students Adam, Rhea and Stella it was their first time entering the competition, as it was for Year 12 students, Juliette, Alexandra and Bee who all performed brilliantly. Stanley and his peers Esme, Elfreda and Sanna came away from the competition with a Bronze as did Didi who narrowly missed out on Silver by 1.2%.
Amitai (Y12) and Xane (Y13) both won Gold and qualified for Round 2 of the competition which involves a 3.5 hour exam. Candidates who do well at this stage are then selected for the UK team for the International competition.
Last year Xane achieved a high Gold award in UKLO Round 1 and was one of 51 students, out of the 1000+ who competed in the Advanced Level competition, to qualify for Round 2. In that second round he was one of the eight highest performers and qualified for the UK team who competed at the 18th International competition, hosted by Ventspils, Latvia in July 2021.
Due to pandemic, 216 contestants of 54 teams representing 34 countries took part, competing remotely in their countries, making it the biggest competition in the history of IOL, in terms of the number of contestants.
“This has been the most incredible set of results and Amitai and Xane have done so incredibly well to get through to the next round,” said Mrs Collier who coordinated Latymer’s entry. “They all engaged really enthusiastically with our training sessions and I hope that many of them will have been inspired to participate next year.”
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March 24, 2022