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م2024 وياـم

The Linguistics and Translation

Department Holds The Third Young

English Linguist Competition with
the Participation of 15 Schools

By: Ms.Anita Nair Vice President of PSU Women’s Campus and of artistic and technological prowess. Their • Layan and Lena (Delta International Schools)
Introduction the Honorary YELC Chair. Dr. Heba extended a displays included literary analysis of famous “Basically, it’s like we’re giving traditional
On Wednesday, March 7, 2024, Prince Sultan warm welcome to the competition's delegates English novels like Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein. English literature a digital stage to reach a wider
University hosted the Third Young English and acknowledged the significant efforts of PSU Other schools displayed select pieces of audience.”
Linguist Competition (YELC), organized by the faculty and staff in organizing this extensive artwork from their student body illustrating • Deema (Intelligent Learning Schools)
Linguistics and Translation Department (LTD) extracurricular event. She emphasized its how their students utilized different art forms
at the College of Humanities and Sciences. importance as one of the city's few opportunities as a means to better their understanding of “I have always wanted to major in technology,
This event is organized annually by LTD at for girls to enhance their linguistic, creative, and language and culture. This artwork included but a great thing that inspires me is the English
the women’s campus as a primary marketing soft skills on a highly publicized platform. sculpture, drawings, paintings, and even language, so I love these kinds of activities. It’s
event for its programs of Translation and Following the welcoming remarks, LTD alumnae, music, and two violinists were on hand to play just interesting how technology and English
Applied Linguistics and an important activity to Ms. Nouf Aldossary, Ms. Roaa Alzagha, and Ms. regional pieces that resonated with their Saudi are both so related. This was a wonderful
connect with the community. This year's YELC Mona Almokayed, shared their own personal identity. Finally, a number of projects were experience!”
surpassed its predecessor in success, attracting educational journeys as former PSU LTD featured that demonstrated these students’ • Tala and Lara (Intelligent Learning Schools)
participation from 15 of Riyadh's top high students, highlighting how their coursework remarkable facility with social media, IT, and
schools, an increase from last year’s 13. These had both enabled their entry into the impressive AI. These projects cleverly integrated these As part of the event, the exhibition was visited
15 schools are as follows: careers they now find themselves in and components to generate novel applications by three judges from the Linguistics and
1. Alaroubah International Schools prepared them for the challenges they confront to better communicate English literature and Translation Department to assess the quality of
2. Alawael Schools in their respective workplaces. Thereafter, the proverbs, translate from Arabic to English, and the work displayed by the high-school students.
3. Alebtekaria Schools rules and regulations governing the competition even suggest potentially life-saving inventions, The judges carefully examined the students’
4. Alqemah Schools were read, followed by a drawing process which such as one project that modeled a potential displayed items and also engaged in interactive
5. Dar AlQalam Schools randomly designated each school to a round. solution to decrease the number of deaths discussions with the students. The criteria
6. Alsahafah International Schools and destruction resulting from floods in certain the judges used for assessment primarily
7. Altarbiyah Alahliah Schools Summary of the Linguistics Competition in the areas of the country. centered around content accuracy, creativity
8. Altarbiyah Alaslamiah Schools Main Auditorium The enthusiasm displayed by these students and originality, language use and vocabulary,
9. Delta International Schools Following this, the main competition as they presented their projects was incredibly presentation and clarity, engagement with
10. Delta Private Schools commenced on stage. For almost four hours, invigorating. Their positive and passionate visitors and collaboration and teamwork. Based
11. Dome International Schools the 15 schools, each represented by a team sentiments about their learning experiences on these criteria, the winning schools came as
12. Rwad ElEbdaa Schools of four contestants, fiercely competed for the were evident, as reflected in a few select follows:
13. AlOlayya Schools top position. The competition utilized a knock- comments below.
14. Riyadh Schools out style format, with the winning team in First position: Almotaqadima Schools for Smart
15. Intelligent Learning Schools each round advancing to the next match by (Note: Comments have been edited for brevity Learning
correctly responding to a series of progressively and clarity.) Second position: Dome International Schools
With over 250 people in attendance, the event challenging questions. These questions “Gothic stories are so interesting…because Third position: AlOruba International Schools
provided a valuable platform for young high explored diverse aspects of English linguistics, everyone has their own perspective.” Intangent to the exhibition were PSU
school students to showcase their linguistic such as semantics, morphology, syntax, and • Lamar (Dome International School) promotional activities. The LTD organizing
knowledge, artistic talents, and communication phonetics, requiring a nuanced understanding “Honestly, this is a once-in-a-lifetime committee of the event arranged campus tours
skills in a competitive yet friendly environment. of the English language. After five rounds, the opportunity. This will not be repeated for me for the high school students. The tours were led
Through this initiative, PSU's LTD has significantly victorious schools prevailed and are as follows: as a senior, so to come here and represent my by PSU students who accompanied the visitors
contributed to one of the key goals of KSA's First position: Dome International Schools school’s work and socialize and meet all these to several key locations at the women’s campus,
Vision 2030: empowering and fostering the skills Second position: Alsahafa International Schools different people is amazing…We made so many including the classrooms, the computer labs, the
and active involvement of young Saudi people, Third position: AlOruba International Schools friends!” sports facilities, the library, and the cafeteria.
particularly women and girls. • Sarah and Basma (Al Aroubah International The visiting students expressed their admiration
Summary of the Exhibition Schools) of PSU’s campus and facilities. They also highly
Welcoming Ceremony Parallel to the competition on stage was the commended the warm welcome they received
The welcoming ceremony was hosted by PSU exhibition in which Riyadh’s flourishing high “I wanted to draw something that represents and the excellent opportunity they had to
Applied Linguistics student Deem AlManee, school students graced the attendees with my culture…I want to show people my culture exhibit their linguistic skills, general knowledge,
who first introduced Dr. Heba Khoshaim, the outstanding displays showcasing a diverse array has beauty” and artistic talents.