Foreign Students’ Fest: University Contest “I Learn to Speak Eloquently”

On March 5, 2013, another event within the framework of the Foreign Students’ Festival - University contest “I learn to speak eloquently” - took place. Representatives of almost all Faculties, at which foreign students study, participated in the event: Faculty of Law, Geography, Philology, Physics and Mathematics, Biology and Foreign Languages. Department of General and Russian Philology was the organizer of the event.

The contest consisted of two rounds. During the first round the contestants made presentations on the topic “I would like to tell you about…”. Presentations were made in the form of stories about motherland, national traditions and customs and symbols. Some contestants expressed their opinions on why it is important to remember ancestors and to have deep respect for mothers. 8 out of 13 contestants were allowed to the second round.

During the second round held in the form of dialogues on the topic “Do you know that..?” the students had a conversation about famous Belarusians.

Regarding the results of the strong rivalry the winners of the contest were declared:

1^st place – Soltan Ovelekova, 2^nd year student of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics,

2^nd place – Yunus Bekchanov, 3^rd year student of the Faculty of Law and Oguljeren Tirkishova, 3^rd year student of the Faculty of Foreign Languages,

3^rd place – Ni Xiang, 4^th year student of the Faculty of Philology.

All the participants were awarded certificates; the winners will be awarded during the Festival closing ceremony that will take place on March 12.

Department of General and Russian Philology