Sep 24 2009
Junior Language Challenge
On September 22nd Lidget Green hosted the North of England area final of the Junior Language Challenge. There were children from all over Yorkshire and Lincolnshire taking part in it along with 6 pupils from Lidget Green, Zain, Abdullah, Muskaan, Matten, Ayesha and Tulsi.
The children had already proved themselves in Greek and now faced the challenge of competing against each other in Korean for 3 places in the Final in London.
They played in two heats and the top 12 then competed against each other for the final places. The atmosphere was very tense as we watched Abdullah and Muskaan’s names move up and down on the leader board.
In the final round, all Abdullah’s hard work paid off and he finished in the top 3 qualifying for a place in the Final in London.
Congratualtions to all those who competed, you have all done incredibly well to learn two languages, Greek and Korean in such a short space of time.
And a special well done and Bahati njema! (That’s good luck in Swahili) to the 3 finalists. 
So Abdullah let’s see if you can win that trip to Africa, and even if you don’t win that you should feel incredibly proud that you are amongst the top 30 junior linguists in the country. Maybe we should get Mr Lad to give you some extra tuition if he can still remember any Swahili from when he was a child.
BJ
7 Responses to “Junior Language Challenge”
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Brilliant Abdullah, I am very proud of you.
hi abdulah try your best
go abdulah!!!
go abdulah!!!
go abdulah!!!
Ahmed
6H
thanks
where is mister lad from???
Ahmed6H
Mr Lad was born in Uganda and lived there as a child until he came to live in the Uk. Ahmed, I am relying on you to support Abdullah, because last time we had somebody at the Junior Language Challenge, she was from Libya and she said that it helped speaking Arabic. So maybe you can give him some tips.
good idea miss BJ i will give him some tips
i dont need to learn arabic i know swahili
I am glad it is going well, have you got the time bit sorted because that can be a bit confusing.
And as you know swahili you might find you also know some arabic too, some of the words are the same. Check out the word for coffee in swahili and also in arabic.
I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you on the final day and I will expect a report putting on here as soon as you get home. I will be able to check up and see how you have got on even though I won’t be able to be with you cheering you on.
BJ