The second edition of the Dictionary Marathon Contest organized by the Center for Applied Linguistics was celebrated at the “Abel Santamaría Cuadrado” semi boarding school during Spanish Language Day.
The main objective of the competition is to test the student’s skills to look for words in the dictionary. Students from 30 junior high schools of the municipality of Santiago de Cuba participated in the activity and the six best times were selected using a digital chronometer. Authorities of the Ministry of Education in the municipality and the province were present. Results obtain were very positive and stimulated more ambitious efforts for this practice next year. (April 2012)
