Russian language Olympiad for international students of Russia gathers in RUDN University representatives of 29 countries
The Russian language proficiency among foreign students can be checked in various ways, while choosing the best in the country is a very hard task. Once every 2 years, the All-Russian Olympiad for RFL students takes place at the RUDN University, teams of all higher educational institutions of Russia are invited to participate.
The team could include up to 5 people - a leader, 2 students of science and technology and 2 students of general humanitarian majors. The participants cannot be representatives of Russian-speaking families, foreigners studying in a school where they teach the Russian language, holders of bachelor's degrees in the fields of “Philology”, “Linguistics”, “Translator”, “Teaching the Russian language".
The Olympiad took place in 2 rounds. First, all participants wrote a 3-hour essay based on the visuals. For 3 hours, foreign students had to write an essay reflecting the topic and tasks.
All participants went to the second round, but only 12 people became finalists - 6 from each specialty. In this part of the Olympiad, students presented projects, the jury evaluating not only monologue but also participation in discussions with members of the jury. No more than 7 minutes were allotted for each project.
Winners in the General Humanitarian specialty
Li Ziyang - China, 3rd year, Faculty of Philology, Linguistics, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
Florian Baranya - Hungary, 3rd year, Faculty of Philology, Philology, Kuban State University
Molongua Mecheba Sergio Renato - Equatorial Guinea, 3rd year, Institute of Economics and Quality of Life, Business Informatics, Tambov State Technical University
Winners in the Science and Technology specialties
Jaber Khalil Abed Alnaser Abedalkader, Jordan, 4th year, Medical Institute, General Medicine, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
Elbanna Anas Malek Mostafara, Egypt, 3rd year, Faculty of Medicine, Kuban State Medical University
Milic Jovana, Serbia, 1styear Master, Faculty of Oil and Gas, specialty "Operation of wells", St. Petersburg Mining University
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