On November 9, 2019, the finals of the 1st LangTech 2019 Competition of English with Technical Elements for Secondary Schools were held at the Language Centre, followed by an award ceremony for the winners in the presence of Lodz University of Technology authorities and invited guests. The ceremony was attended by His Magnificence the Rector of Lodz University of Technology, Prof. Sławomir Wiak, PhD, who was accompanied by a guest from a partner university in Italy.
The gala was hosted by the Director of the Language Centre, Prof. Magdalena Nowacka, PhD.A total of 119 students from Lodz, Świętokrzyskie and Pomorskie provinces qualified for the final stage. The students started the competition with a written test extended by technical elements. In this year's edition it was a vocabulary for dimensioning. While the students were writing the final test, their teachers participated in two methodological trainings conducted by experienced trainers of CJ TUL, Krystyna Breszka-Jędrzejewska and Mariola Hejduk. After the lunch break, the students went to educational activities prepared for them. Some of them visited the Museum of the Sports Bay, others took part in the workshops of creating computer games for non-programmers and other groups held demonstration lessons in foreign languages taught at the Center. The classes were prepared by our colleagues mgr M. Walenda, mgr A. Rogaczewska-Granatowska, mgr D. Gola, mgr A. Rodak and mgr E. Muszczynko.
The first edition of the LangTech 2019 Language Competition ended with a gala ceremony at the Centre for Information Technology, during which we presented diplomas and prizes to the winners from the close group of finalists. Small gifts were also given to the teachers who supervise the Olympiad in schools. The first place, with 90 points out of 100, went to Jakub Piotrowicz, a student from the Public High School of Lodz University of Technology. Second place went to Małgorzata Kosiorek, a student from the Piarist Queen of Peace Secondary School in Łowicz, and third place went to Diego Król, a student from PLOPŁ, with a score of 87 points.
Below is the full list of winners awarded in the LangTech 2019 Language COmpetition.
1st place - Jakub Piotrowicz - Public High School of the Technical University of Lodz (90/100)
II place - Małgorzata Kosiorek - Pijarskie Liceum Królowej Pokoju w Łowiczu (88/100)
III place - Diego Król - Public High School of General Education of Lodz University of Technology (87/100)
IV place - Michal Zelazko Public High School - Lodz University of Technology (86/100)*
5th place - Daniel Podwysocki - Electronic School Complex in Zdunska Wola (86/100)*
VI place - Jakub Krzysiak - Public High School - Lodz University of Technology (84/100)*
VII place - Adam Stefański - Public High School Comprehensive School of Technology in Łódź (84/100)*
VIIIth place - Jakub Gąsieniec - XXVIth General Secondary School in Lodz (84/100)*
IX place - Jakub Szubert - I High School in Bełchatów (84/100)*
Xth place - Aleksandra Mikołajczyk - XXXI Liceum Ogólnokształcące in Łódź (81/100)
* In the case of the same number of points the place in the final was determined by the number of points scored for the last two tasks with technical content.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the sponsors, partners and patrons of the LangTech2019 Olympiad. Among them were: HF Media Company, Comec Polska, Comarch S.A., Almatramp travel agency, Breadnia restaurant and Cafe Verte, Macmillan, Pearson and Oxford publishing houses. Honorary patronage was taken by the Rector of Lodz University of Technology , Prof. Sławomir Wiak, the Mayor of Lodz, Hanna Zdanowska, the School Superintendent in Lodz, Mr Grzegorz Wierzchowski, and the Governor of Lodz, Mr Zbigniew Rau. Media patronage was held by Radio Łódź and the Życie Uczelni bulletin, which was represented at the gala by Ewa Chojnacka, PhD, press officer of the University of Łódź. Special thanks also go to all our colleagues from the Language Centre for their help in organising this year's edition of the language competition.
LangTech 2019 Language Competition Organizing Committee: Prof. TUL Magdalena Nowacka PhD, Magdalena Gałaj MA, Magdalena Jarniewicz MA and LangTech Competition coordinator Robert Pawłowski MA.
We invite you to watch the photo report from the final of the Language COmpetition and the award ceremony. More photos on the event website in the Gallery tab and on the LangTech profile on Facebook.
