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▷ Team from Olpe wins the national foreign language competition

30.11.2020 – 09:01

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A team of students from the vocational college in the Olpe district in North Rhine-Westphalia won the national foreign language competition. The second prize in
in the TEAM BERUF category for trainees and vocational school students went to a group from the city in Sauerland. Two teams can win a third prize and the special prize from the Spanish Teachers Association
from Bavaria. Due to the corona pandemic, the final of the competition took place exclusively digitally this year.

Bonn, 30.11.2020. The winning team of trainees and vocational school students who competed in the national foreign language competition in the TEAM WORK category comes from Olpe. The students from the vocational college of the district of Olpe won with a self-made, English-language video on the subject of “How I got my job”. Another group of participants in the vocational college made the double success perfect by winning the second prize. Third place went to a team of trainees from Schaeffler Technologies AG in Herzogenaurach / Bavaria. In addition, there was an additional award from the German Association of Spanish Teachers for the Munich team at BMW AG. The winners received cash prizes.

Around 200 teams of apprentices from all over Germany registered for the competition at the beginning of the year. The twelve best teams were invited to the digital trainee tournament. They had qualified with self-produced films, radio plays or multimedia productions about their everyday work. In addition to foreign language skills, the trainees demonstrated their communication skills and creativity.

In the final, the participants were given a new task: they had to prepare a foreign language presentation in groups and present it online. The best contributions were then assessed by a jury and awarded individual prizes.

After the competition is before the competition: apprentices and students from vocational schools can register for the 2021 competition run until February 28, 2021. More information at www.bundeswettbewerb-fremdsprachen.de

About the federal foreign language competition

The national competition for foreign languages ​​is one of the most traditional school competitions in Germany. The performance competition promotes young language talents and aims to arouse curiosity about foreign languages ​​and cultures. The competition is organized by Education & Talent, the federal and state talent promotion center.

About education & talent

Education & Talent is the federal and state talent development center. Its competitions and academies help young people to develop their strengths – regardless of which school they go to or which culture they come from. In addition, Education & Talent supports teachers, parents and students with extensive information and networking offers such as the specialist conference “Perspective Talent” or the online portal www.begabungslotse.de. Education & Talent is a subsidiary of the Stifterverband. The sponsors are the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Conference of Ministers of Education. The patron is the Federal President.

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