Korea Linguistics Olympiad

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Korea Linguistics Olympiad
한국언어학올림피아드
Hanguk Eoneohak Ollimpiadeu
KLO Logo
AbbreviationKLO, KrLO
RegionRepublic of Korea
Years2010 – present
Frequencyannual (every November)
Official websitekrlo.co.kr

Korea Linguistics Olympiad (KLO; Korean: 한국언어학올림피아드) is a national linguistics competition in South Korea. It is held annually, usually in November, and is a part of the team selection process for Republic of Korea to International Linguistics Olympiad. It is organized by KLO organizing committee (Korean: 한국언어학올림피아드 조직위원회).

History

KLO started in 2010 as IOL National Representative Selection (Korean: 국제언어학올림피아드 국가대표 선발전) by The Linguistics Society of Korea (LSK). Later it was organized by Language Research Institute (LRI) at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) in 2015–2017, and, by HK Semiosis Research Center in 2018–2019. KLO started using its current name in 2017. Nowadays, KLO is independently organized by KLO organizing committee.

Eligibility

Eligibility of KLO is given to the South Korean residents or nationals satisfying either of the following conditions:

  1. is a student enrolled in a middle or high school in South Korea;
  2. has not advanced to the higher education (university or college) and is born in the year 18 years before the contest year or later (e.g. born in Jan 1st, 2002, or later, for KLO to be held in 2020).

Senior students at high school (Grade 12) are not eligible.

Format

KLO is an individual paper-based contest where contestants are given 2 hours to solve the problem set containing 8 to 10 problems. Working language is Korean. Some questions ask for short (closed) answers, while others require explanations.

Problems

Problem sets of KLO were released since 2017. They are also archived in the official website of KLO.[1]

Past contests

List of Korea Linguistics Olympiads
Year Date Venue Organizers Problems Solutions
2008 Teams were self-organized.
2009 Teams were self-organized.
1 2010 N/A N/A LSK Not published. Not published.
2 2011 April 30, 2011 Seoul (Korea University) Not published. Not published.
3 2012 March 24, 2012 Seoul (Korea University) Not published. Not published.
4 2013 April 6, 2013 Seoul (HUFS) Not published. Not published.
5 2014 April 5, 2014 Seoul (Korea University) Not published. Not published.
6 2015 March 17, 2015 Seoul (HUFS) LRI Not published. Not published.
7 2016 March 26, 2016 Seoul (HUFS) Not published. Not published.
8 2017 February 18, 2017 Seoul (HUFS) KLO 2017 KLO 2017
9 2018 March 17, 2018 Seoul (HUFS) HK Semiosis KLO 2018 KLO 2018
10 2018/19 November 10, 2018 Seoul (HUFS) KLO 2018/19 KLO 2018/19
11 2019/20 November 10, 2019 Seoul (HUFS) KLO KLO 2019/20 KLO 2019/20
12 2020/21 Scheduled on November 29, 2020[2]

References

  1. "Problems", official KLO website.
  2. "Upcoming Contest", official KLO website.

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