However, we had to wait till 1991 for an All-Slovak English competition. Local and regional competitions Throughout the history of the competition we tried out various ways to evaluate students. But in this case we found that the competitors were too dependent on the examiner. We had our best experience with two tasks that we can strongly recommend to our colleagues. The choice of pictures is certainly demanding work for the jury, because the picture must be interesting, it must provoke ideas and imagination.
Some pupils are marvelous at describing the pictures and very original in their thinking.
Another good task is listening comprehension. We usually evaluate pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and proficiency. Our school competitions are very popular, with about 30 pupils taking part. Every school has the option of sending one qualified pupil to the regional competition. The standard is usually pretty high there.