Wiktoria Ozarek – Wins Laureate in the International Polish Language Competition

Congratulations to Wiktoria Ozarek, who beat over 50,000 students from around the world, including children living in Poland, to be crowned laureate in the International Polish Language Competition 2016. Wiktoria was able to defeat children whose first language was Polish, which is an additional language to her, having spent nearly all of her life living in the UK. She has been honoured for her outstanding determination and achievement with a prestigious award and recognition as a master of the Polish language.

Wiktoria with her certificate and awards

There were three steps to the competition; a spelling test, a grammar test and a written essay, all in Polish it is important to add. It was at the beginning of June 2016, that Wiktoria found out that she had been nominated as a laureate in the competition, a title reserved to describe the best writers and users of the Polish language. She was formally invited to attend the ceremony which was held in Warsaw, at the Polish University of Science. It was at the ceremony Wiktoria learnt that she has in fact been selected as a laureate of the competition, and her essay was to be printed in a book , along with the other laureates in a book called ” That Write the Best”.