The British Council-Echorouk’s English Competition a Success

The English Language Competition organized jointly by the British Council in Algiers and Echorouk newspapers has been a success, as 30 thousand people of different age and specialties have participated in.

The British Council headquarters on Sunday hosted the ceremony of the draw of the three winners supervised by a bailiff, with the presence of representatives of Echorouk and the British Council.
Finally, the laureate was Miss Soraia Alliouche, a 24 year old English BA student, hailed from Algiers, who won a two-week training trip to London.
The second prize was gone to Mr Rouabah Attia, a 33 year old accountant from Setif, who won a high-tech laptop, while the third prize was gone to Miss Zahra Tounsi, a 28 years old teacher, as she is to be allocated a digital camera.
The prize award ceremony is to be organized shortly in the British Council in Algiers, with the presence of several cultural figures.
This English language competition took part in the last 14 weeks (10 October 2011 to 15 January 2012).
To recall, the British Council in Algeria has signed an agreement with Echorouk newspaper to publish a series of 14 articles about contemporary UK culture.
It is the second time such competition is being organized. It aims at helping readers to improve their English and, at the same time, learn something about the UK way of life.